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Peer reviewedStevens, Robert L.; Fogel, Jared A. – Social Education, 1999
Examines three of the changes wrought by coal mining: (1) the miner's working conditions; (2) the establishment of company towns; and (3) the violence that ensued when miners from Harlan County, Kentucky, referred to as "Bloody Harlan," tried to better their lives by joining labor unions. (CMK)
Descriptors: Coal, Labor Conditions, Labor Problems, Mining
Peer reviewedSheridan, Frank; Leslie, Linda – OAH Magazine of History, 1997
Presents a lesson plan constructed around materials found in the User's Guide to the Federal Project. The Federal Theater Project produced radical and populist plays during the Great Depression before being de-funded by a conservative Congress. The lessons include activities and discussion built around the original plays. (MJP)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Consciousness Raising, Cultural Activities, Cultural Images
