What to Know
Teaching Time
Five class periods
Grade Level
High School
Disciplines
- Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening
- History
Historical Period
- Civil War and Reconstruction - 1856-1876
- Development of the Industrial Pennsylvania - 1877-1900
- The Emergence of Modern Pennsylvania - 1901-1928
- The Great Depression and World War II - 1929-1945
The phenomenon of the coal company town will be studied, showing the advantages and disadvantages for both the company and the employees.
Objectives
Students will: 1. Use a Pennsylvania map to identify the Anthracite Region and examine how the distribution of anthracite coal and topography contributed to the isolation of mining of mining towns. 2. Explain the advantages to a coal company of operating a coal patch town. 3. Ascertain the effects of the coal patch town on the lives of the workers and their families. 4. Learn how the distribution of housing can create ethnic neighborhoods.
Students will: 1. Use a Pennsylvania map to identify the Anthracite Region and examine how the distribution of anthracite coal and topography contributed to the isolation of mining of mining towns. 2. Explain the advantages to a coal company of operating a coal patch town. 3. Ascertain the effects of the coal patch town on the lives of the workers and their families. 4. Learn how the distribution of housing can create ethnic neighborhoods.
Standards Alignment
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History
8.1.12. B. Synthesize and evaluate historical sources.
8.1.12. C. Evaluate historical interpretation of events.
8.1.12. D. Synthesize historical research.
8.2.12. B. Identify and evaluate primary documents, material artifacts, and historic sites important in Pennsylvania history from 1890 to Present.
8.2.12. D. Identify and evaluate conflict and cooperation among social groups and organizations in Pennsylvania history.
8.3.12. B. Identify and evaluate primary documents, material artifacts, and historic sites important to U.S. history from 1890 – Present.
