Do your students know why we celebrate Labor Day each September? The Frazier Museum education team is pleased to team up with Caroline C. Sheffield, PhD, an Associate Professor in Social Studies Education at the University of Louisville to provide you with the tools needed to help students answer that question.

Using the picture book Which Side Are You On? by Kentucky author George Ella Lyon and illustrator Christopher Cardinale as an anchor text, this session will use the conflict between miners and the coal companies to explore how labor unions have helped create safer and fairer working conditions. Participants will be provided with a set of ready-made and road-tested teaching materials, including primary and secondary sources, accessible to students in grades 4-12. The session will also include a guided tour of related artifacts within the Frazier Museum exhibitions, a screening of the film KentuckyShow! and a light breakfast and pizza lunch.

Spaces are limited and advance registration is required.

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