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James B. McPherson Monument (1881) | Rebisso, Louis | General James Birdseye McPherson Collection
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

Primary Source Activities: Akron Police Clash with Strikers

Author: James E. Hill, Sr.

Grade(s): 10

Description

Allow students, in groups or individually, to examine the primary source linked under Resources to the right, while answering the questions below in order. The questions are designed to guide students into a deeper analysis of the source and sharpen associated cognitive skills.

Level I: Description
1. Can you list three basic concepts that will describe what is going on in this primary source.
2. What is the time period of this primary source?

Level II: Interpretation
1. What questions would you ask in an interview with labor? Management?

Level III: Analysis
1. What is the relationship between labor and management?

Standards

  • History 9-10, Benchmark B: Explain the social, political and economic effects of industrialization.
    • Indicator: Grade 10, GLI 3. Analyze the reasons for the rise and growth of labor organizations in the United States (i.e., Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) including: c. Violence towards supporters of organized labor..