Buildings, Automobile Factories, Dodge, Detroit, c. 1940s
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Buildings, Automobile Factories, Dodge, Detroit, c. 1940s
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Comparing the Flint Sit-Down Strike to the 2023 UAW Stand-Up Strike
- Q1: What were the working conditions of factory workers in Michigan prior to the Flint strike? What does this show regarding the need to organize labor?
- Q2: How did the Flint strike affect men, women, and families?
- Q3: What writings including poems, songs, or plays were created to inspire change?
- Summative Task
- Did industrialization and urbanization from 1890-1930 create the need for progressive reform?
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Effects of the Ford Hunger March
- Q1: What were the key factors that led to the organization of the Ford Hunger March and the participation of workers during the Great Depression?
- Q2: What do primary sources reveal about the experiences and motivations of participants in the Ford Hunger March?
- Q3: How did media coverage of the Ford Hunger March shape public opinion about the labor movement and the demands of industrial workers?
- Summative Performance Task
- S.T.R.E.S.S. - Civil Rights Versus Public Safety
- How do Sources Tell Stories?
- The Uprising
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Rebirth of Detroit (1967-1974) Unit Plan
- Day 1: Introduction to the Issue and Photo Analysis Practice
- Day 2: Compare and Contrast: Renaissance Center
- Day 3: Document-Based Question Analysis
- Day 4: Political Cartoon Analysis
- Day 5: Patterns in History - Connecting the Detroit Renaissance Center to the District Detroit
- Day 6: Explain, Extend, Elaborate
- Day 7: Explain, Extend, Elaborate
- The Flint Sit-Down Strike: Labor, Management, and Unionization
- Did Urban Renewal in Detroit Succeed?
- In what ways did the War on Racism divide citizens in Detroit?
- The Effects of Urban Renewal
- Black Bottom and Paradise Valley - Where did they go?
- The Auto Industry’s Effects on the City of Detroit
- United Auto Workers - Integrated Curriculum Plan
- What is Community?
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Comparing the Flint Sit-Down Strike to the 2023 UAW Stand-Up Strike
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