Extensions

       

1. Give students the option to research current worker compensation accidents and make some comparisons between today and the early 20th century.

2. Students could do additional research from The Pittsburgh Survey on the housing conditions that existed in working class company towns.

Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area
Created by Congress in 1996, the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area is committed to preserving, interpreting, and managing the historic, cultural, and natural resources related to Big Steel and its related industries. Encompassing 3,000 square miles in the seven counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Westmoreland, Greene, Fayette, and Washington, Rivers of Steel is building on this area's remarkable transition from heavy industry to high technology and diversified services as well as bolstering the new regional economy by promoting tourism and economic development based on this region's historic industrial saga.