Classroom Resources Infographic: "Bookending" the Twentieth Century Economics, Geography, Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12 View this infographic as a downloadable PDF.
Classroom Resources Statistics: The Changing Lives of American Farmers Economics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 9, 10, 11, 12 Agricultural Productivity 1800 1900 Wheat Worker-hours to produce an acre 56 15 Yield per acre 15 14 Corn Worker-hours per acre 86 38 Yield per acre 25 26 Cotton Worker-hours per acre 185 112 Yield per acre 147 191 ...
Classroom Resources Infographic: Industrialization: The Growth of Industry Economics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math View this infographic as a downloadable PDF. If you would like to learn more about Industrialization, view " Industrialization: American Labor " and " Industrialization: Changing Living Standards ." ...
Classroom Resources Historical Context: Post-World War I Labor Tensions Economics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ The years following the end of World War I were a period of deep social tensions, aggrevated by high wartime inflation. Food prices more than doubled between 1915 and 1920; clothing costs more than tripled. A steel strike that began...
Classroom Resources Historical Context: Why Do People Migrate? Economics, World History 13+ In trying to understand why people migrate, some scholars emphasize individual decision-making, while others stress broader structural forces. Many early scholars of migration emphasized the importance of "push" and "pull" factors....