2016 National History Day Gold Medal Prize ($1000)
Click HERE to read about and view the web site of the 2015 Gold Medal winning entry, The Leadership and Legacy of Mother Jones and her Fight for Workers’ Rights, by Megan Murphy of Merrimack, NH.
Click HERE to view 2014 winner, Menifee, Kentucky’s Emma Roach-Barrette’s, documentary about the 1973 Harlan Coal Strike and HERE to read her moving thank you letter.
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This paper addresses the issue of income and wealth inequality in the
United States and an exploration of its causes, effects and solutions with
a particular emphasis on working families. Continue reading
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Learn about the best and most comprehensive state federation program for teaching about labor. Continue reading
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A rich resource for books, DVDs, posters, buttons and other items about labor.
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The American labor movement has a long and rich heritage of song. Like hymns and patriotic songs, union songs are songs with a message. Thousands have been written by union members and others over the years. These men and women, black and white, native American and foreign born, created their own literature reflecting every aspect of life in the mines, mills, factories, shops and farms where they were forced to labor… Continue reading
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Click here for a variety of labor history lesson plans including ‘United We Stand’ from the Library of Congress Continue reading
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The American Labor Merit Badge was established by the Boy Scouts in 1987. For requirements and more. Continue reading
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Wisconsin is implementing the nation’s first state law requiring the
teaching of labor history and collective bargaining. Continue reading
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Quick Links – An Alphabetical Guide to All Web Site Resources Continue reading
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The most comprehensive bibliography of information, documents and links of U.S. labor history sites on the Internet by Rosemary Feurer for the Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA). Continue reading
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Why Have Professional Atheletes Formed Unions? This instrutional unit uses the history of labor relations in major league baseball as a case study to probe this question. The American Labor Studies Center and the Baseball Hall of Fame have joined … Continue reading
“Imagine opening a high school U.S. history textbook and finding no mention of —or at most a passing sentence about—Valley Forge, the Missouri Compromise, or the League of Nations…” Continue reading
Resources for teachers who have a limited amount of time to incorporate labor history into their classrooms.
Traces the history of the labor movement from its beginnings to the late 20th century.
A lesson guide for teachers to accompany "A Short History of American Labor"
A description and order information for two excellent labor history films to supplement "A Short History of American Labor" - If You Don't Come in on Sunday, Don't Come in on Monday and The Inheritance
Home of the American Labor Studies Center
A standards-based curriculum for teachers for grades 5-12 by the 9/11 Tribute Center at the World Trade Center.
A History of Union Banners
