Labor+Day+Web+Quest

=Labor Day Web Quest=



Using the site[| Why we celebrate labor day]answer questions 1-2 1. How did Labor Day come about? 2. When was the first labor day?

3. When was the [|Department of Commerce and Labor] created by Congress?

Take a few minutes to scan the pictures by decade at [|100 Years of Struggle] for each of the decades listed below, look at all the pictures and read the captions. Each decade has about 10 pictures and captions. Decide which you think are most important for each decade. By each of the decades below, summarize the 3 most important events for each decade. 4. 1900-1909 5. 1910-1919 6. 1920-1929 7. 1930-1939 8. 1940-1949 9. 1950-1959 10. 1960-1969 11. 1970-1979 12. 1980-1989 13. 1990-1999

14. What is the [|Minimum wage] in Alabama? Why do you think it is what it is? What other states have the same minimum wage?

15. Check out these [|Census facts]... How many people are involved in the American work force? 16. Using the same site, what percentage of workers had health insurance in 2006? 17. What occupation has the most employees? 18. How many people hold more than one job? 19. What percentage of workers work more than 40 hours a week? 20. Nationwide, how many people are members of labor unions? 21. What are the 2006 annual median earnings for male and female full-time, year-round workers? What is the difference between men and women's? What do you think about that?

22. Check out the link on the [|Taft-Hartley Act].. What did the Wagner Act "guarantee covered workers"? Why do you think this is important? 23. Using the link above, what was prohibited by the Taft-Hartley Act? Was this law friendly or unfriendly to labor? What laws did some states pass that would further weaken labor unions?