Labor+Unions

Key Terms:
 * Collective Bargining
 * strike
 * organizing
 * breaking the strike
 * scabs
 * white collar
 * blue collar
 * black list

=Opening activity=

Why are Labor Unions necessary?
The connection to history: Labor unions were necessary because when trying to stand up against the boss one person (one noodle) cannot do it alone. It takes a collective group to bargain with the boss to gain the power necessary to enact change. This is the reason that labor unions were formed and became widespread across the industrial nation.
 * Give each student a raw spaghetti noodle to hold up a heavy object (like a piece of wood or small book)
 * give 30 sec to think about how to hold up the object and try to acomplish the task
 * discuss the problems faced and ways the problems could be solved.
 * Hand out more spaghetti noodles (to build strength)
 * Discuss difference between the stages of the activity

open the following powerpoint to follow the development of the labor union.