High School & Up Curricula
A Very Brief Outline of American Labor History for Beginners
Booklet
NEW! What drove American workers to form unions? What did unions win for workers? While it is impossible to do a comprehensive job of addressing American labor history in a brief presentation, it is possible to do a gloss that might help you get a sense of the big picture. This booklet does just that.
Grades: High school and up
Language: English
Pages: 12
Price: Free download
Talking Heads: The San Diego Free Speech Fight
DVD and Lesson Plan
NEW! In 1912 downtown San Diego streets became off-limits to unionists wishing to exercise free speech rights. Through municipal ordinance and vigilante violence, “order” was maintained, but at a high cost. Inspiration for founding the ACLU, the San Diego Free Speech Fight was a mostly forgotten event — until now.
Grades: High school and up
Language: English
Cost: DVD (28 minutes) plus lesson plan $10
Golden Lands, Working Hands
Landmark CFT video series introduces the labor movement
This powerful ten-part video series brings the hidden history of working people to light. Golden Lands, Working Hands documents the events and issues central to California labor history, from the Gold Rush through the present. The award-winning series has been seen on public television and in museum exhibits, in high school and college classrooms and in union halls.
Grades: High school and up
Language: English
Cost: $20 for two DVDs; $25 with CD of lesson
plans, student handouts, and readings
For more information: Phone the CFT Bay Area
Office at 510-523-5238
Work, Money and Power: Unions in the 21st Century
Booklet
Revised edition of the classic “Union 101″ pamphlet explaining what unions are and do, including an overview of labor history and compelling evidence for the continuing importance of unions in workers’ lives.
Grades: High school and up
Languages: English, Spanish, Chinese. Download
in English here. Download in Spanish and Chinese from
the UC
Berkeley Labor Center.
Pages: 24
Price: You may order printed booklets in English
from the CFT or from the UC
Berkeley Labor Center. For 1 to 50 copies $1.50
each; 51 or more copies $1.25 each.
For more information: Phone the Labor Center at
510-643-7089
California Labor History Map
Visual Wall Display
A large full-color, high-quality wall poster map of California with the locations and brief explanations of more than 250 key labor history events. Perfect for union hall or classroom wall.
Grades: High school and up
Language: English
Size: 44 in x 33 in
Cost: $5 print
For more information: Phone the CFT Bay
Area Office at 510-523-5238
Safe Jobs for Youth
Online Resource
Most teens don’t know their rights and protections on the job, or how they can work together to make change in the workplace. Teaching curricula, fact sheets about labor laws for youth and parents, and resources are available from the Young Worker Health and Safety website. Youth can get involved in leadership academies, the teen “safe workplace” poster contest, and our annual Safe Jobs for Youth Month campaign in May. Coordinated by UC Berkeley’s Labor Occupational Health Program.
Grades: High school and up
Website: youngworkers.org
For more information: Phone UC Berkeley
at 510-643-2424