Additional Resources for Teachers, Part 2: Working for Their Lives

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Animating Labor History (U.S. History)

Activity 2A.1: Sitting Down in Flint: A Case Study

The National Archives:  www.archives.gov/

Video simulation of the Flint sit-down strike:

Griffin, Ian, Griffin Kane, and Keith Littlefield. The Great Flint Sit-Down Strike. Vista High School. http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/systems/agentsheets/New-Vista/flint-strikes/

United Auto Workers (UAW).  UAW History, including sit down strikes at GM and Chrysler in Flint and Detroit.  https://uaw.org/solidarity-magazine/uaw-history/

Grevatt, Martha. “70 years ago workers won Flint sit-down strike.” Workers World.
 www.workers.org/2007/us/flint-0308/

Activity 2B.1:  Assembling Character Biographies

How to research and build your character.  www.musicaltheatreaudition.com/performance/acting/characterresearch.html

Kammen, C. & Prendergast, N. (2000). Encyclopedia of Local History. Walnut Creek,CA: AltaMira Press.

Kyvig, David E. (2002). Daily Life in the United States. 1920-1940: How Americans Lived Through the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee.  

The Epiguide.com Fiction Writer’s Character Chart. www.epiguide.com/ep101/writing/charchart.html