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Lesson Description
Background
Teacher Resources
Procedure
Assessment
After the Lesson
Further Study
Student References
Explore PA History
Related Stories
King Coal: Mining Bituminous
Making Steel
Mining Anthracite
The Pennsylvania Iron Industry: Furnace and Forge of America
Related Markers
Darr Mine Disaster
John Brophy
Joseph A. "Jock" Yablonski
Mammoth Mine Explosion
Morewood Massacre [Bituminous Coal]
Rossiter Strike Injunction
William B. Wilson
Windber Strike of 1922-1923
Visit PA Regions
Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum and Entertainment Center
Seldom Seen Mine
Windber Coal Heritage Center
Working Where the Sun Never Shines
Assessment Strategies
There are two assessment rubrics for this lesson: one assessing primary source analysis and group work, the second assessing the final Declaration of Miners activity.
Grading Rubrics
Rubric 1: Rubric 1
Rubric 2: Rubric 2
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