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You
will need to research child labor, women’s suffrage, and labor unions. How did
these topics affect the people living during that era and how has your life been
affected by these movements?
Child
Labor: You are going to read
three stories written about child labor and the appeal to reform this activity.
The Dirty Children, Mr. Coal’s Story and The Story of My
Cotton Dress tell about the treatment of children during this time period.
These stories were told to support the protection of children by the elimination
of child labor. Then you are going to look at a montage (collection) of
photographs dealing with this issue. Newspaper reporters called muckrakers used
photographs like these to incite people to action against child labor.
Sources:
The Dirty Children by Phillip Taft (http://www.msha.gov/KIDS/DIRTY/DIRTY.HTM)
Mr. Coal's Story (http://history.osu.edu/Projects/ChildLabor/MrCoalsStory/)
The Cotton Dress (http://history.osu.edu/Projects/ChildLabor/CottonDress/)
Child Labor Montage (http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/index.html)
Click on the photographs to view enlarged pictures. Choose two pictures to
complete the “Examining
Photographs Graphic Organizer”.
Women’s
Suffrage:
1.
Research women’s
suffrage.
a.
What was it?
b.
What effect did it have?
c.
Who were the major people
involved?
d.
What did they do?
e.
How did the changing
fashions in society reflect the changing roles of women?
Source: (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eleanor/sfeature/fashion_2.html)
America’s Story: 10 Suffragists
Arrested (http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/jazz/sufarrst_1)
Places Where Women Made History: Women
in the Progressive Era (http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/prog.htm)
Women in the Progressive Era (http://144.80.32.210/women/Default.htm)
Labor Unions:
1.
Research the labor union
movement.
a.
What was it?
b.
What effect did it have?
c.
Who were the major people
involved?
d.
What did they do?
Sources:
Women in the Progressive Era (http://144.80.32.210/women/labor.htm)
Mother Jones: The Miners’ Angel (http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/majones.htm)
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