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Chronological Reasoning and Causation

Factories

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

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