Core Knowledge Foundation
Fighting for a Cause Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology
A read-aloud anthology highlights the essential contributions of activists Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mary McLeod Bethune, Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and Cesar Chavez. Scholars listen to stories,...
Center for History Education
Reshaping American Society: How did Immigration and Urbanization Affect America in the mid 1800s?
From the Know-Nothings to the Bible Riots, immigration and urbanization changed the face of America in the middle of the 1800s. Using documents that range from immigrant experiences to renderings of violent conflict between immigrants...
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Automation and the American Worker
A thought-provoking resource examines the future of automation and the effects on employment. Academics read informational text, complete written prompts, and participate in activities to understand automation and the possibilities for...
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Unemployment and the Future of Jobs in America
Unemployment: The job of the future. The resource, designed for high school scholars, explains unemployment rates, recessions, and job trends that are impacting employment in the United States. Academics explore potential careers of the...
College Board
2010 AP® Microeconomics Free-Response Questions Form B
It's not uncommon to pay a toll to cross a bridge. But what happens to the price of that toll if it's charged to make a profit? Learners use materials from College Board to figure out their answers. Other questions examine issues of...
PreKinders
Community Helper Word Cards
What does a dentist do? What about a farmer? Explore different jobs with a set of picture word cards. Each card in a set of 12 features the name of a career with a picture of the person who has that job.
Curated OER
Meet the People In Your Neighborhood
First graders recognize various occupations and their roles in the community. In this communities lesson, 1st graders read the story I Stink and view a Powerpoint presentation of "Community Helpers." Students create a costume to...
Curated OER
Community Helpers
In this community workers worksheet, students read a one page text that has information about 8 community helpers and their jobs. Students then answer 8 matching questions and draw a mini poster that tells why community helpers are...
Curated OER
Community Helpers
Students identify the different jobs of people in the community. In this careers lesson, students read Helpers in My Community and have parents come into the classroom to do a short presentation on their jobs.
Curated OER
Whose Hat?
In this community workers activity, students create a flip book. After stapling the book together, students cut the pages. Students flip the pages to match the pictures. The book contains seven pages that print in color.
Curated OER
Do You Want Another? -- Full Color Copy
In this reading worksheet, students create a small book by stapling together 12 pages. Students read the story. The story depicts workers with their hands full of luggage, boxes, furniture, and cooking pots. On the last page, there is a...
Curated OER
Community Helpers
First graders identify community workers and what tools they use by successfully completing a concentration game, matching community workers with a tool they use.
Curated OER
Community Workers
In this ESL community workers instructional activity, students examine 7 pictures that depict citizens in different jobs. Students match these to the word or phrase that describes the job.
Curated OER
Utility Or Sanitation Truck Drawing
In this coloring page worksheet, students examine a large black line drawing of a utility or sanitation truck. Students color the picture which is not titled.
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Other
African National Congress: Resistance and Negotiation [Pdf]
A scholarly discussion of Gandhi's strategy of passive resistance for the people of South Africa in their struggle for equal rights.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Community: People at Work
Learn the names of some jobs that people do. Includes audio narration in 10 additional languages with text in English.
US National Archives
Nara: A New Deal for the Arts Activist Arts
The turbulence of the Great Depression is reflected in these images of workers in artwork from the NARA on this site.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Celebrating Labor Day
[Free Registration/Login Required] A high school lesson plan using two primary source quotes to determine if working conditions have improved in the last 100 years.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: The Very First Labor Day
You have a day off of school the first Monday in September to honor the workers of America. A history of our Labor Day celebration is provided by this Library of Congress timeline.
A&E Television
History.com: Labor Movement
Article takes a look at the history of the Labor Movement and labor unions through videos, pictures, speeches and more.
A&E Television
History.com: The History of Labor Day
Learn all about this National holiday started in 1894 that celebrates how we value work in America presented by History.com.
Other
The Progressive Magazine
Homepage of the national magazine for peace and social justice, THE PROGRESSIVE. Read recent news regarding social justice here.
Rice University
Rice University: Eusocial Insects
This site, which is provided for by the Rice University, gives a description of the social aspects of the wasp colonies - division of labour.
Other
Cet: Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943
This site from the Center for Educational Telecommunications provides the document of the Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943. The document is not too long in length, but is a little hard to understand, so a background knowledge of the...