Q3: What explains why the UAW pushed for collective bargaining when GM management opposed it?
Formative Performance Task:
Students will analyze the primary sources to understand the UAW’s desire for collective bargaining. Students will work in small collaborative groups to create an argument as to why the UAW supported collective bargaining and why GM management did not support it.
Sources:
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Mr. Homer Martin's Answer to Mr. Sloan
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A press release issued by the UAW in response to GM's refusal to bargain with the UAW.
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United Automobile Workers of America, Publicity Department
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January 6, 1937
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press release
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LP0000112_009_001_m
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English
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Flint Sit-Down Strike
Item sets
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Homer Martin to Sloan and Knudsen of GM
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A letter from Homer Martin, UAW president, addressed to Alfred Sloan and William Knudsen, General Motors executives, outlining the workers' demands in the Flint Sit-Down Strike
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Homer Martin
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January 4, 1937
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letter
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LP0000112_009_001_l
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English
Item sets
- Title
- Description
- Creator
- Date
- Format
- Identifier
- Language
- Subject
- extracted text
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Mr. Homer Martin's Answer to Mr. Sloan
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A press release issued by the UAW in response to GM's refusal to bargain with the UAW.
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United Automobile Workers of America, Publicity Department
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January 6, 1937
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press release
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LP0000112_009_001_m
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English
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Flint Sit-Down Strike
Item sets
Taking Informed Action
Understand: Research a modern issue that has led to a protest, strike, or has caused citizens to take some type of direct action.
Assess: Analyze the methods used to bring attention to the protest, strike, or action taken by citizens and whether or not they were effective in leading to meaningful change or reform.
Act: Create a social media post (or other visual) that brings attention to the issue that you have selected.
Summative Performance Task
Argument
Construct a thesis that addresses the compelling question. Use at least three specific pieces of evidence from the primary sources to support your thesis.
Extension
Compare the Flint Sit-Down Strike to another strike that you have studied in U.S. history or a strike that has taken place more recently. Evaluate the similarities and differences in the causes and results of this strike with the Flint Sit-Down Strike.