Source: Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), Primary Source Sets, 2016
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop critical thinking skills by exploring topics in history, literature, and culture through primary sources. Drawing online materials from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States, the sets use letters, photographs, posters, oral histories, video clips, sheet music, and more. Each set includes a topic overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA’s Education Advisory Committee.
The Labor History Primary Source Set includes:
The Populist Movement
The Homestead Strike
Boomtimes Again: Twentieth-Century Mining in the Mojave Desert
When Miners Strike: West Virginia Coal Mining and Labor History
Mexican Labor and World War II: The Bracero Program
The United Farm Workers and the Delano Grape Strike
