Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ546604
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0882-228X
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The Pullman Strike of 1894.
Bassett, Jonathan
OAH Magazine of History, v11 n2 p34-41 Win 1997
Presents a lesson plan focused on the events surrounding the 1894 Pullman railroad car strike. Reviews the particulars of the strike (the federal government used armed force to end the strike) and then presents a simulation where students role play members of the investigating presidential commission. Includes related documents. (MJP)
Descriptors: Arbitration, Conflict, Government Role, Historiography, Labor Education, Labor Problems, Labor Relations, Presidents of the United States, Role Playing, Secondary Education, Social Attitudes, Social Class, Social History, Social Studies, Strikes, Teaching Methods, Unions, United States History, Violence
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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