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Chronological Reasoning and Causation

Factories

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  1. Load The $6.50 a Week Girl in Main Image Viewer
  2. Load Meat Packing Industry: Trimming Pork in Main Image Viewer
  3. Load N.Y.S.F.I.C. Form 4: Hours of Work, Establishment 7618 in Main Image Viewer
  4. Load N.Y.S.F.I.C. Form 3: Wage Classification, Establishment 7618 in Main Image Viewer
  5. Load N.Y.S.F.I.C. Form 3: Wage Classification, Establishment 7618 in Main Image Viewer
  6. Load N.Y.S.F.I.C. Form 3: Wage Classification, Establishment 7618 in Main Image Viewer
  7. Load Time Card for Female Worker, 1911 in Main Image Viewer
  8. Load Time Card for Female Worker, 1911 in Main Image Viewer
  9. Load Washing, Filling, and Crowning Mineral Water Bottles at Saratoga Springs in Main Image Viewer
  10. Load Shoemaking: Stitching Room in Main Image Viewer
  11. Load The $6.50 a Week Girl in Main Image Viewer
  12. Load Woman Working in Factory, c. 1912 in Main Image Viewer
  13. Load Sarah Bytherski Interview in Main Image Viewer
  14. Load Sarah Bytherski Interview in Main Image Viewer
  15. Load N.Y.S.F.I.C. Form 12: Supplement to Form 9, Establishment 516, Rose Hoffman Interview in Main Image Viewer
  16. Load N.Y.S.F.I.C. Form 12: Supplement to Form 9, Establishment 516, Rose Hoffman Interview in Main Image Viewer
  17. Load N.Y.S.F.I.C. Form 12: Supplement to Form 9, Establishment 516, Rose Hoffman Interview in Main Image Viewer

Suggested Teaching Instructions

Divide students into groups of three or four.

Ask them to analyze one of the documents from the factories activity.

Each group presents their findings to the rest of the class. 

Each student uses evidence from the document analysis to answer the essential question.

RETURN TO RESULTS