Description

Overview:

In this activity, students watch the documentary Heaven Will Protect the Working Girlin sections, with documents and exercises designed to support and reinforce the film's key concepts: workers challenging the effects of industrial capitalism, the impact on immigrant families of young women earning money in the garment industry, and the methods used by women to improve working conditions in factories during the Progressive Era.

Subject:

U.S. History

Level:

High School

Material Type:

Activity/Lab

Provider:

City University of New York

Provider Set:

Social History for Every Classroom

Date Added:

11/21/2019