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Peer reviewedHarris, David E.; Lockwood, Alan L. – Update on Law-Related Education, 1986
This activity involves students in exploring the values and issues surrounding a case study of the 1937 sit-down strike of the United Automobile Workers against General Motors at the Flint, Michigan plant. (JDH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Civics, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Download full textPalmer, Phyllis; Skolnick, Joan – 1982
This student booklet and teacher's guide are intended to be used in secondary school classrooms with the award-winning color documentary 16mm film "With Babies and Banners," which records the role that the women of Flint, Michigan, played in the great General Motors sit-down strike of 1937. Calling their organization the Women's…
Descriptors: Civics, Documentaries, Economics Education, Educational Television
Holmes, Eric; And Others – 1976
The nine units highlight the history, activities, values, and aspirations of the Canadian labor force. The program's purpose is to help secondary school social studies students develop a more objective appreciation of labor and of labor's role in Canadian social history. The first unit, "Union Today," analyzes contemporary union activity…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Instructional Materials, Labor, Labor Conditions
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. Office for Equity Education. – 1983
Resource materials to help students understand the important role labor has played in U.S. history are cited in this annotated listing. The majority of the items cited are intended for secondary students and the general reader; however, some materials for elementary students are also included. The bibliography begins by describing 63 activities…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Biographies
Point Pleasant Beach Board of Education, NJ. – 1968
This is one unit of the series described in SO 000 378. In the nineteen thirties and forties, government began to act as the fulcrum in a balance of power between labor and industry. It is necessary for the students to understand the importance of the role of all three in American Society today. The specific objectives of this unit are enumerated:…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Government Role, Interdisciplinary Approach, Labor Economics
Maxey, Phyllis F.; Kraemer, Karen D. – 1983
One of a series of units designed to help secondary students understand business issues, this packet focuses on the role of organized labor in the business world. Teacher and student materials are provided in two separate sections. The teacher's guide contains five detailed lesson plans, suggestions for follow-up activities, definitions of…
Descriptors: Business, Business Communication, Business Responsibility, Collective Bargaining
