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Organizer
Curated OER

Breaking News English - Gap Inc. Launches Sweatshop Enquiry

For Students 9th - 11th
In this ESL/ELL lesson, students read or listen to an article entitled, "Gap Inc. Launches Sweatshop Enquiry." They complete a variety of reading and discussion activities based on the article. They discuss clothing, childhood, and...
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Lesson Plan
Oxfam

Sweatshops - Exploitation Is Never in Fashion

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Here's a resource that brings home the idea that we are all part of a global community, that our actions have far reaching consequences. Class members examine the labels in their clothes, create a list of the manufacturers, the countries...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Industrial Age in America: Sweatshops, Steel Mills, and Factories

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the working conditions during the Age of Industrialization. They research how workers reacted to the conditions and discuss the results of labor movement.
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Curated OER

Sweating the Big Stuff

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the responsibility of corporations in increasing global labor standards. They read case studies about sweatshops and create a list of human rights violations involved in a sweatshop.
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PPT
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Life in a Big Urban City in the Gilded Age

For Teachers 10th - 12th
While this presentation is not heavy in text it more than makes up for it with the telling images of life in New York at the turn of the century. Use as a supplemental lecture tool when covering immigration, tenements, Shirtwaist...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 4, Unit 1, Lesson 19

For Teachers 9th Standards
Building on the previous discussion of the supplemental reading article "Where Sweatshops Are a Dream," class members use the provided Evaluating Argument and Evidence Tool to identify the claims and evidence Nicholas Kristof uses to...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 4, Unit 1, Lesson 18

For Teachers 9th Standards
As first-year students continue to investigate how sugar changed the world, the focus shifts to a consideration of why people with limited job options take on dangerous or subjugating work. Class members read an opinion piece by Nicholas...
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EngageNY

Deepening Your Research

For Teachers 7th Standards
Give credit where credit is deserved. Scholars discuss what makes a credible source as they take a look at "An Apparel Factory Defies Sweatshop Label, but Can It Thrive?" Learners read the article to look for answers to the research...
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EngageNY

Mid-Unit 3 Assessment and Independent Reading Check

For Teachers 7th Standards
It's time for scholars to be on their own. Individuals work independently reviewing sources to answer their research questions. Learners read "Are Your Clothes Made in Sweatshops?" to help complete the mid-unit assessment. After...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Globalization: The Garment Industry in Southeast Asia

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars are introduced to the concept of globalization. In groups, they read primary source documents to view sweatshops from different points of view. They write a paper about the impact of globalization on the garment industry...
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University of Wisconsin

Why Did the Triangle Fire Occur?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
An investigation of the 1911 New York City Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire leads class members to examine primary and secondary source materials related to the event and apply what they learn about the working conditions at the time to...
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Interactive
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English Vocabulary Skills: AWL Sublist 7 - Exercise 3c

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Lesson Plan
The New York Times

A Worker's Compensation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Middle schoolers read about the history of Labor Day in a newspaper article. They discuss difficulties American employees of the past had to face, learn about labor rallies, and conduct Internet research. Part of the intention of this...
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National First Ladies' Library

Rosie the Riveter

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify and interpret the power of symbols. Then they research and identify what type of information that they can locate at the Library of Congress website and list what they learned from it in the time allotted. Students also...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Immigration; The New Colossus

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus. In this The New Colossus lesson, 7th graders read the poem and analyze its meaning. Students discuss what the poem means about American culture and why it was engraved on the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Labor Rights

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine international labor laws. In this labor rights instructional activity, students analyze labor laws around the world. Students also read 2 case studies and determine how they do or do not fall into line with International...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Industrial Revolution

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research how the Industrial Revolution impacted people. In this Industrial Revolution activity, 7th graders examine how the change from shop or cottage industry to the factory affected people, how the railroad affected...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Are We There Yet? The Changing Pocono Vacation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study the Poconos and the importance of the resorts there.  In this Poconos lesson plan students research and plan a travel itinerary to the Poconos.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Grade 5: Elementary Social Studies Test: Document 2, 2006

For Students 5th
In this 5th grade social studies standardized test practice worksheet, students examine documents and tables. Students respond to 1 essay and 5 short answer questions that require them to review their knowledge of social studies.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Supply Chain Management

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify the steps of production. In this supply chain instructional activity, students determine how businesses monitor production and trace the supply chain of products they own. Students also discuss ethical issues related to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Understanding the Nature of Work

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze case studies of child labor situations and differentiate between developmental labor which can benefit children and exploitative labor which can harm children. Then they look closer at forms of exploitative labor to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Problem-Based Research Lesson: Wal-Mart Debate

For Teachers 10th - 12th
To prepare for class, pupils will read several articles (links included). Students discuss the articles, and ways to deal with the proliferation of big-box stores in rural areas. The class takes two minutes to generate a research...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dangerous for your health

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students articulate the relationship between the Shirtwaist Factory Fire and working conditions in an essay using primary sources. They are introduced to working conditions in America during the Industrial Revolution.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Stress in English

For Students 4th - 8th
In this stress in English worksheet, students mark the stressed syllables in a set of words after reading a brief paragraph of information about how to proceed.

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