Curated OER
The Sharecrop System , Yesterday and Today
Eleventh graders are able to define sharecropping, wage labor and labor gangs. They identify races and economic classes of people involved in sharecropping. Students determine the economic and physical geographic circumstances that led...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Karl Marx
This site from Wikipedia provides an in-depth look at the life of philosopher Karl Marx.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Capitalism
Gives an overview of the hallmarks of capitalism. Includes a description along with history, characteristics, criticisms, and more.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution
A very thorough look at the industrial growth in the North because of the advent of the Industrial Revolution in America. See what industries grew, how factories became more productive, and find out how the states cultivated economic...
Digital History
Digital History: From Slave Labor to Free Labor
The most difficult task confronting many Southerners during Reconstruction was devising a new system of labor to replace the shattered world of slavery. Learn how plantation owners and freed slaves adapted to this massive shift in the...
Digital History
Digital History: The Disruption of the Artisan System of Labor
A look at how goods were produced in the early 1800s in home-based businesses, only to be supplanted by factories with unskilled workers by mid-century.
Marxists Internet Archive
Marxists.org: Proletariat
View Karl Marx's definition of what the proletariat is. Also information on its origins and a discussion on the issues that need to be examined in relation to Marx's definition is given.