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Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: "To This We Dissented": The Rock Springs Riot

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the description of the Rock Springs massacre written by the Chinese workers who lived through the massacre and presented to the Chinese Consul in New York. Included is a report of an investigation of those who died in the massacre....
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Article
Curated OER

History Matters:"rock Springs Is Killed":white Reaction to the Rock Springs Riot

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an article from the Rock Springs Independent railng against the return of the Chinese coal miners the day after the Rock Springs Massacre that resulted in the death of several Chinese laborers.
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Lesson Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: The Chinese Experience in 19th Century America: The Rock Springs Massacre

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan is from a larger site examining the Chinese Experience in the United States in the 19th century. Discover the role the official support by the labor movement played in the discrimination, and in the case of the Rock...
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Website
Other

Wyo History: The Rock Springs Massacre

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this very detailed description of the Rock Springs Massacre and the circumstances that led up to it. Find out why Chinese immigrants became the focus of hatred and discrimination.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Today in History: September 2: The Rock Springs Massacre

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll down through this American Memory's Today in History to the Rock Springs Massacre. Find a brief description of what happened to the Chinese mine workers on that day in Wyoming, and the aftermath. Included are links to photographs...
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: The West: Rock Springs

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers very brief information and a map of the town of Rock Springs, Wyoming which was the site of the "Rock Springs massacre" in 1885. Federal troops had to be called in to restore order after miners went on a rampage and killed twenty...