Comparing the Flint Sit-Down Strike to the 2023 UAW Stand-Up Strike
Compelling Question: To what extent did the industrialization and urbanization between 1890s and 1930s create the need for progressive reform?
Background information:
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To provide background, students will read an article from the Library of Congress which summarizes the Flint, MI Sit-Down Strike
https://guides.loc.gov/this-month-in-business-history/february/flint-michigan-sit-down-strike
Day 1: Political Cartoon Analysis
Supporting Question 1
What were the working conditions of factory workers in Michigan prior to the strike? What does this show regarding the need to organize labor?
Use this worksheet (link?) to guide students' analysis
Day 2: Correspondence Analysis
Day 3
Supporting Question 3
How did the Flint strike affect men, women, and families?
Additional resources
- History Channel video clip from “The People Speak” Marissa Tomei performs the words of a General Motors employee during a 1930s labor strike. "Genora Dollinger Remembers the 1936-37 GM Sit-Down Strike"