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Peer reviewedPotter, Lee Ann; Schamel, Wynell – Social Education, 1999
Reviews the emergence of employment opportunities for women outside the home. Focuses specifically on the Dover Cotton Factory in Dover, New Hampshire. Provides a reproduction of the page from the 1820 Census of Manufactures that contains information about the Dover Cotton Factory. (Contains document based teaching activities.) (CMK)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Strategies, Employment Opportunities, Females
Peer reviewedLesh, Bruce – OAH Magazine of History, 1999
Describes a lesson plan that utilizes two primary sources, a handbill announcing the reduction in Baltimore and Ohio rail workers' wages and a list of damages to Baltimore and Ohio Railroad property, in order to determine the causes and effects of the Rail Strike of 1877. Provides the two sources and other handouts. (CMK)
Descriptors: Corporations, Economic Factors, Labor Problems, Labor Standards
