Category Archives: Labor Spotlight

American Labor and U.S. History Textbooks: How Labor’s Story is Distorted in High School History Textbooks

Posted on September 6, 2011 by ALSC

“Imagine opening a high school U.S. history textbook and finding no mention of —or at most a passing sentence about—Valley Forge, the Missouri Compromise, or the League of Nations…”

Employee Free Choice Act & Labor Law History

Posted on October 5, 2010 by ALSC

The Employee Free Choice Act, supported by a bipartisan coalition in Congress, would enable working people to bargain for better benefits, wages and working conditions by restoring workers’ freedom to choose for themselves whether to join a union…

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Labor Spotlight

American Labor and U.S. History Textbooks: How Labor’s Story is Distorted in High School History Textbooks

“Imagine opening a high school U.S. history textbook and finding no mention of —or at most a passing sentence about—Valley Forge, the Missouri Compromise, or the League of Nations…”

This excellent photo-packed 62 page history of unions is for 9 -12 year-old students. Search online to purchase.

Kate Mullany National Historic Site

Home of the leader of America’s first all-female union

The Troy Collar Laundry Union

The Power in our Hands: A curriculum on the History of Work and Workers in the United States is the single best resource for middle and high school teachers who want to integrate labor history into their classrooms. It is organized into five units and 16 lessons and includes 46 handouts includes a bibliography for each unit. Click HERE to order for $23.00.

Unionist

Union Communications Services , sponsored by the Worker Institute at Cornell ILR, produces materials, media, context and commentary that worker-leaders can put to use immediately.

Class Time Limited?

Resources for teachers who have a limited amount of time to incorporate labor history into their classrooms.

A Short History of American Labor

Traces the history of the labor movement from its beginnings to the late 20th century.

The Lesson Plan

A lesson guide for teachers to accompany "A Short History of American Labor"

The Films

A description and order information for two excellent labor history films to supplement "A Short History of American Labor" - If You Don't Come in on Sunday, Don't Come in on Monday and The Inheritance

Friedrichs v California Teachers Association: The Story Behind the Supreme Court Case on "Fair Share" by Paul F. Cole

The Bread & Roses Strike

Kate Mullany National Historic Site

Home of the American Labor Studies Center

The 9/11 Attacks: A Teachers Toolkit

A standards-based curriculum for teachers for grades 5-12 by the 9/11 Tribute Center at the World Trade Center.

A History of Union Banners

ALSC :: American Labor Studies Center

Category Archives: Labor Spotlight

American Labor and U.S. History Textbooks: How Labor’s Story is Distorted in High School History Textbooks

Employee Free Choice Act & Labor Law History

Labor Spotlight

American Labor and U.S. History Textbooks: How Labor’s Story is Distorted in High School History Textbooks

Unionist

Class Time Limited?

Kate Mullany National Historic Site