Primary Source Learning: Labor
Labor lessons & activities
- Chicago Anarchists & the Haymarket Affair
- Chicago Anarchists on Trial: collection connections
- Chicago Meatpackers & the Unions
- Dust Bowl Songs & Photographs
- Farm Workers – America from the Great Depression to World War II: Color Photographs from the FSA and OWI, 1939-45
- The Grapes of Wrath: Voices from the Great Depression
- Inside an American Factory: collection connections
- Labor – America from the Great Depression to World War II: Black and White Photographs from the FSA and OWI, 1935-45
- Labor – Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy
- Labor Unions and Working Conditions: United We Stand
- Literature Links: The Women of Copper Country
- Media & Migrant Laborer Perspectives
- New Deal Programs: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
- Protest & Reform
Timelines & primary source analysis activities
- Labor Unions During the Great Depression and New Deal
- The Great Railroad Strike of 1894
- Presenting Party Platforms
- Virginia’s Labor Problem – 1617-1620
- Woman’s Work
- Work in the Late 19th Century
Teaching with the Library blog posts
- Analyzing Photographs: Child Labor from a Child’s Perspective
- Early Labor Rights and Activism: Learning about the 1938 Pecan Shellers Strike
- Informational Text: Child Labor Reform Panels and Multimedia in the Early 20th Century
- A Roundup of Labor Day Resources for Teachers
Child labor lesson plans
- Child Labor in America (middle and high school)
- Child Labor and the Building of America (high school)
- Child Labor in the Early 1900s (middle and high school)
- Congress and Child Labor (elementary)
- Learning from the Source: Pairing Pictures & Poems to Tell Stories (elementary and middle school)
- Snap a Photo: Agent of Change (elementary)
Child Labor: Library of Congress blog posts
- Analyzing Photographs: Child Labor from a Child’s Perspective Teaching with the Library of Congress September 13, 2012
- Child Labor Photos — What Do Children See? Picture This August 31, 2012
- Informational Text: Child Labor Reform Panels and Multimedia in the Early 20th Century Teaching with the Library of Congress May 16, 2013
- Primary Source Set Connections: Child Labor Across Primary Source Sets and the Library’s Collections Teaching with the Library of Congress October 29, 2019
Primary source collections