Labor Pains

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Labor Pains

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This is an inquiry lesson where students read an account of the Chicago Haymarket Riot of 1886 and identify questions that need to be addressed to understand the historical circumstances surrounding the event. Student groups then research individual questions and present answers to the whole class, thus explaining the labor situation during this time.

Education Levels:

9, 10, 11, 12

Subject:

United States History, Reading, Process Skills

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

Beacon Learning Center

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Keywords:

Labor strikes, Chicago, Haymarket Riot

Mediator:

Secondary school teachers

Publisher:

Beacon Learning Center

Contributor:

Richard Johnson

Is Part Of:

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/lessons/LA.asp

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Language Arts, English, History

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (1996)

Listening, Viewing, and Speaking

Standard 3: The student uses speaking strategies effectively.

3. uses details, illustrations, analogies, and visual aids to make oral presentations that inform, persuade, or entertain.

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards: Social Studies with Grade Level Expectations (1999)

Strand C: Government and the Citizen [Civics and Government]

Standard 1: The student understands the structure, functions, and purpose of government and how the principles and values of American democracy are reflected in American constitutional government.

The student understands the role of special interest groups, political parties, the media, public opinion, and majority/ minority conflicts on the development of public policy and the political process.

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (1996)

Listening, Viewing, and Speaking

Standard 3: The student uses speaking strategies effectively.

4. applies oral communication skills to interviews, group presentations, formal presentations, and impromptu situations.

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards: Social Studies with Grade Level Expectations (1999)

Strand A: Time, Continuity, and Change [History]

Standard 5: The student understands United States history from 1880 to the present day.

The student knows the causes of the Industrial Revolution and its economic, political, and cultural effects on American society.

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (1996)

Reading

Standard 2: The student constructs meaning from a wide range of texts.

1. determines the main idea and identifies relevant details, methods of development, and their effectiveness in a variety of types of written material.

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network

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