The labor project taught us about the labor issues of the past and present, and looked into the future of the labor force. We used many tools to learn these concepts. Overall, the labor project trained us to think like historians, research issues of the past and present, write informative essays, and finally, to do deep research and discuss topics about today's labor issues. All of these lessons lead up to a final podcast which each student worked hard on to portray their topic and educate others.
During our project, we did an in-class timed essay about labor during the Industrial Revolution:
This project included a mini-project where small groups presented about labor issues of today. Here is my presentation:
Project Reflection:
Our final product for the labor project was a podcast, which we uploaded to Soundcloud.