1. History: Organized Labor1

2. Pose a Question: What do you want to learn about this picture?
Bloom’s Taxonomy: This task requires the student to translate the visual image into a verbal question and would fall in the second level or “Understanding: can the student explain ideas or concepts?”
Student Directions: Write your question below.
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3. Gather Clues: What do you see in this section of the picture
Gather Clues: What do you see in this section of the picture? What do you think that means?
Bloom’s Taxonomy: This task requires the student to choose visual details and interpret them. It falls in the third level or “Applying: can the student use the information in a new way?”
Student Directions: List the things that you see in column A and explain what you think that means in column B.
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4. Gather Clues: What do you see in this section of the picture
Gather Clues: What do you see in this section of the picture? What do you think that means?
Bloom’s Taxonomy: This task requires the student to choose visual details and interpret them. It falls in the third level or “Applying: can the student use the information in a new way?”
Student Directions: List the things that you see in column A and explain what you think that means in column B.
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5. Gather Clues: What do you see in this section of the picture
Gather Clues: What do you see in this section of the picture? What do you think that means?
Bloom’s Taxonomy: This task requires the student to choose visual details and interpret them. It falls in the third level or “Applying: can the student use the information in a new way?”
Student Directions: List the things that you see in column A and explain what you think that means in column B.
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6. Bibliographic Information
TITLE: The labor troubles at Homestead, Pa. - Attack of the strikers and their sympathizers on the surrendered Pinkerton men / drawn by Miss G.A. Davis, from a sketch by C. Upham.
llus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated weekly, July 14, 1892, p. 41 (title page).
REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C USA
URL:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: This task requires students to reproduce information read or found on a primary source. It falls in the first level or Remembering: Can the student recall or remember the information?
Student Directions: List any new facts you learned by reading this information page about the photograph. 6

7. Compare these Related Images From the Library of Congress to the First Image
The First Troops in Homestead. The Eighteenth Regiment passing the Office and Works of the Carnegie Company, July 12, 1892
The mob assailing the Pinkerton men on their way to the temporary prison
Bloom’s Taxonomy: This task requires the student to compare and contrast visual details. It falls in the fourth level or “Analysing: can the student distinguish between the different parts?”
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8. Draw A Conclusion View Entire Picture Again Review your question
Review your clues
Draw a conclusion
Bloom’s Taxonomy: This task requires the student to take a position based on observations. It falls in the fifth level or “Evaluating: can the student justify a stand or decision?” 8

9. Extend Your Conclusion
What new question is raised by the clues I found?
What more do I want to know about this Big Idea?
Bloom’s Taxonomy: This task requires the student to formulate an original answer and a new question related to the findings. It falls in the sixth level or “Creating: can the student create new product or point of view?”
Student Directions: Think about what you have learned by “reading” these images and write a new question below that has not been answered yet. Next, describe what more you would like to know about the Big Idea for this learning activity. 9

10. Credits Author: Dr. Ann B. Canning School: Waynesburg University
Website:
Date: April 27, 2009
Library of Congress Links Related to Organized Labor
Pictorial American Labor and Labor Organizations
Labor In America
World Wide Web Links to American Organized Labor
Homestead Steel Strike
For almost five months in 1892, the Homestead lodges of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited clashed over contract negotiations in what has become known as The Homestead Strike.
The steel industry was crucial to Homestead, a borough situated on the left bank of the Monongahela River, just seven miles east of Pittsburgh (see map). In 1889, workers had won a strike and negotiated a three-year contract for a sliding scale wage which was determined by the fluctuating market prices of 4 x 4 standard Bessemer steel billets. The contract was to expire on June 30, 1892.
Carnegie and the Era of Steel
The Homestead Strike
One of the most difficult episodes Andrew Carnegie's life -- and one that revealed the steel magnate's conflicting beliefs regarding the rights of labor -- was the bitter conflict in 1892 at his steel plant in Homestead, Pennsylvania. Carnegie's involvement in the union-breaking action left many men dead or wounded and forever tarnished Carnegie's reputation as a benevolent employer and a champion of labor. 12