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Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Homestead Strike

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students solve a problem surrounding a historical question by reading primary source documents. This historical inquiry lesson allows students to use the historical thinking skills of corroboration,...
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Homestead Strike

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Homestead Strike.
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Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: I Will Kill Frick

For Students 9th - 10th
Find information about the Homestead strike and the treatment of the workers inspired some labor activists to plot the murder of Henry Clay Frick. Part of the autobiography of Emma Goldman.
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Primary
Vassar College

Vassar College: 1896: The Homestead and Pullman Strikes

For Students 9th - 10th
1896, A Website of Political Cartoons and Commentary provides the illustrated story of both the Homestead and Pullman strikes with quotes from newspapers of the time and a brief characterization of Andrew Carnegie. The site includes a...
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Lesson Plan
University of California

History Project: The Homestead Strike of 1892

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This high school instructional activity focuses on the Homestead Strike of 1892. Students are asked to write an essay explaining why the strike occurred and how the Carnegie Company went about winning the strike. Included are...
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Website
Other

Battle of Homestead Foundation: The 1892 Battle of Homestead

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting account of the Homestead Strike of 1892. Learn about the demands of the steelworkers and the violent response of the factory owners. Find drawings and pictures of what happened.
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Activity
Other

Nysed: Comparing the Homestead Strike of 1892 With the Great Strike of 1877

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of a larger lesson plan about the Railroad Strike of 1877, this lesson asks students to compare that strike with the Homestead Strike against Carnegie's steel plant. Activity directions and questions are provided.
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Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: The Homestead Strike

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set uses illustrations, documents, and photographs to tell the story of the Homestead Strike.