The History Place
The History Place: Child Labor in America: 1908 1912: Investigative Photos of Lewis Hine
Powerfully visual website with haunting images of working conditions faced by child workers in a variety of occupational sites, including mines, textile mills, newspaper stands, and factories. Will make many of today's children empathize...
Library of Congress
Loc: Learning Page: Labor in America
A rich collection of resources, including primary sources, student activities, and lesson plans, to support study of Americans at work in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Digital History
Digital History: Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor
A good look at not only Samuel Gompers and the formation of the American Federation of Labor, but also of the course of unionism in general, its successes and failures, its goals, and membership in the late 19th century.
Other
The Industrial Revolution: Changes in Society
A guided website which covers the major aspects of the Industrial Revolution from about 1750 until 1830. Areas such as industry, agriculture are explored.
Careers New Zealand
Careers New Zealand: Gardener
Although based out of New Zealand, this site provides quality information on the occupation of gardening. Information includes typical tasks and duties, personal requirements needed for the job, education requirements, typical working...
Sacramento Bee
Gold Rush: Culture Took Hold Despite Tough Crowds
This resource contains information on the development of culture in California during the gold rush. Culture developed in spite of the harsh conditions and tough people.
NOAA
Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: The Great Oyster Mystery
Like a canary in a coal mine, oyster health and oyster abundance can tell us about changing conditions in an estuary.
National Archives (UK)
National Archives: Victorian Britain: Industrial Nation
Mining in England early in the Industrial Revolution was very dangerous. Source 4 presents clippings from Lord Ashley's report illustrating the conditions of working in mines and factories in the early-mid nineteenth century England....
Other
Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
Curated OER
Unesco: Brazil: Historic Centre of the Town of Goias
Goias testifies to the occupation and colonization of the lands of central Brazil in the 18th and 19th centuries. The urban layout is an example of the organic development of a mining town, adapted to the conditions of the site. Although...