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Michigan Virtual has partnered with the Michigan History Center to launch the virtual Flint Sit-Down Strike learning experience. Take your students (grades 7-12) on an immersive trip back to the United States’ first major auto industry labor dispute. Using a Problem-Based Learning model, students will analyze primary source documents while learning about a significant moment in Michigan history.
Students learn about labor laws and teenage employment in the 18th and 19th century. They interact with three historical child personas to understand what life looked like for someone their age.
Students get a glimpse into governors’ reactions to labor issues in Michigan and get an introduction to organized labor strikes.
Students see the impact of the Great Depression on manufacturing work in Michigan and the resulting federal and state responses to the relationship between employee and employer.
Students are situated in the center of the Flint Sit-Down Strike.
