Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Homestead Strike
[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,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Homestead Strike
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Homestead Strike.
Curated OER
History Matters: I Will Kill Frick
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.
Vassar College
Vassar College: 1896: The Homestead and Pullman Strikes
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...
University of California
History Project: The Homestead Strike of 1892
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...
Other
Battle of Homestead Foundation: The 1892 Battle of Homestead
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.
Other
Nysed: Comparing the Homestead Strike of 1892 With the Great Strike of 1877
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.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: The Homestead Strike
This primary source set uses illustrations, documents, and photographs to tell the story of the Homestead Strike.