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Unit Plan
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Yearning to Breathe Free Webisode 10

For Students 9th - 10th
This wonderful website, Freedom, a History of US, based on the series by Joy Hakim, presents the tenth webisode, Yearning to be Breathe Free. Through text, photographs, and audio segments you can get a good picture of the state of...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Organized Labor

For Students 5th - 8th
Industrial workers, as industry emerged and grew in the last half of the 19th century, did not profit as the business tycoons did. Read about the very beginnings of attempts to organize as a force to demand higher wages, a shorter work...