This lesson follows the idea: Teaching about current-day sweatshops to make the topic of work conditions during the Industrial Revolution more relevant for students (New York Times 2011-21).

Quellensammlungen

Chicago: City of the Century offers insights into topics in American history including the settling of the prairies; contact between fur traders, speculators, and Native Americans;

Unterrichtseinheiten zum Problemkreis ”Big Brother” (Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, USA 2000-2013)

The 5 minutes video uncovers the history of the witch hunts that swept through Europe and the American colonies from the 15th century until the 18th century (TED Ed 2019).

The units’ topics are diverse, but all follow an environmental theme and contain the engineering principles of design and problem solving (Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute 2019).

Social and Racial Inequality

Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 12/2018

The U.S. President

With wages stagnating and employers increasingly favouring short-term and zero-hours contracts, are traditional workers' unions flexible and proactive enough to respond to the demands of a modern labour force? (UK: Guardian 2017)