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Child labor in North Carolina's textile mills: The photographs of Lewis Hine show the lives and work of children in North Carolina's textile mill villages in the first decades of the twentieth century.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression: Images and text from a report in the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill documenting tobacco bag stringing work in North Carolina and Virginia in 1939.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Proposed amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 1.7; It is declared to be the policy of this Act not to displace the use of cotton or cotton materials and the administrator shall by regulations or by order exempt any work where the application of the provisions of Section 6 may result in the use of other materials...

Persuasive writing: The importance of work permits: In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 1.5; In this lesson, students will read about child labor laws and work permits, and will write a persuasive paper based on what they've learned.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts); By Andrea Fedon, Gail Frank, and Cindy Neininger.

The transformation of cacao into chocolate: Transforming cacao into chocolate is a labor-intensive process that involves many steps. This slideshow tells the story of that process, focusing on one cacao plantation in the Barlovento region of Venezuela.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Tobacco bag stringing: Educator's guide: Elementary lesson plans Elementary lesson plans based upon Tobacco Bag Stringing: Life and Labor in the Depression will help students understand what tobacco bag stringing was, study primary source documents and visuals,...; Format: lesson plan

The four factors of production: Students will learn to identify and explain the four factors of production: land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Social Studies); By penn pace.

Opposition to the Knights of Labor: In North Carolina in the New South, page 3.11; Editorial in a Durham newspaper, 1887, expressing concern about the Knights of Labor. Includes historical commentary.; Format: newspaper

Nepalese porters resting: A Nepalese man is resting his load on one of the many resting platforms built along the walking trails in the mountains of Nepal. Resting platforms are important feature of mountain life. Many people provide labor and material to build these platforms as a...; Format: image/photograph

The Pullman Strike: Pullman strikers outside Arcade Building in Pullman, Chicago. This Illinois National Guard can be seen guarding the building during the Pullman Railroad Strike in 1894.; Format: image/photograph

Buffaloes at the water collection tank: Buffalo wallow in a hillside tank while three young children look after them. Water is a very precious resource in the mountains and people harvest it by building collection tanks such as this one. These tanks are often community-owned and villagers contribute...; Format: image/photograph

The Homestead Strike: The Carnegie Steel Works, showing the shield used by the strikers when firing the cannon and watching the Pinkerton men during the Homestead strike.; Format: image/illustration

Georgia rice field workers: 19th-century image of four Georgia rice field workers.; Format: image/photograph

Tobacco workers strike: In North Carolina in the New South, page 3.12; Magazine article describing an unsuccessful strike by tobacco mill workers in Durham, North Carolina, 1881.; Format: magazine; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

A child's day: Vietnam: In this lesson plan, students listen to audio recordings from Vietnam and discuss what life may be like for the children heard in the recordings. Students discuss topics including school, cross-cultural similarities, and child labor.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies); By Kristin Post.

North Carolina in the New South: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the decades after the Civil War (1870–1900). Topics include changes in agriculture, the growth of cities and industry, the experiences of farmers and mill workers, education, cultural changes, politics and political activism, and the Wilmington Race Riot.; Format: book (multiple pages)

"Card" Specialty: Students will make a greeting card for their pen pals or book buddies while studying specialization and division of labor in Social Studies.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Social Studies); By Pat Pennino.

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity seven: In this activity for grades 7–12, students take on the role of legislators who must make a decision concerning the passage of an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Students will evaluate the impact of emotional appeal in persuasion. This activity builds on information learned in activities one through six.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

The Bonsack machine and labor unrest: In North Carolina in the New South, page 3.7; When the Duke tobacco company adopted the Bonsack machine for rolling cigarettes, workers who had rolled cigarettes by hand were thrown out of work, and their replacements made less money.; Format: article

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