An information page on the rise of factory labor as the Industrial Revolution took hold in the North.

Learn the names of some jobs that people do. Includes audio narration in 10 additional languages with text in English.

In this interactive lesson plan, use primary and secondary sources such as video and audio to unravel the mystery of Maria Moreno, a woman who fought for farm labor rights before Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta formed the United Farm...

The founding and development of Millertown in central Newfoundland is profiled. One man's vision created this logging town in the wilderness. Archival photographs and documents are included

The Royal British Columbia Museum discusses the role that Italians played in shaping the province. Italian workers were instrumental with the gold rush, with coal mines and with the construction of the railroad. The Italian Community...

In this 4th grade unit, students study how citizens and government of the early 20th century sought solutions to problems that accompanied immigration and industrialization. By focusing on child labor, factory working conditions and...

Support your Economics or History curriculum with this video that introduces students to Just Born, a candy manufacturer in Pennsylvania that is adapting its seasonal business model to changing times. Then, use the accompanying lesson...

Companion page to the documentary on the Boulder City, a planned city in the middle of the desert.

Site is a companion piece to a PBS special on a group of Mexican immigrants who live and work in America but send their money back home to Mexico.

Listen to and read about librarians and the roles they fulfill in local communities.

Short article discusses the census findings for the Indian-Americans. "One obvious factor for the growth in the Indian-American community is the importing of hi-tech workers."

The area around Blaenavon is evidence of the pre-eminence of South Wales as the world's major producer of iron and coal in the 19th century. All the necessary elements can still be seen - coal and ore mines, quarries, a primitive railway...

New Lanark is a small 18th- century village set in a sublime Scottish landscape where the philanthropist and Utopian idealist Robert Owen moulded a model industrial community in the early 19th century. The imposing cotton mill buildings,...