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Lesson 1 (from Foreward and Chapters 1-4)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to examine Hinton's job working in a coal mine, and what is revealed about the effects of coal mining on workers and communities. The town of Praco, where Hinton lived growing up, was a mining town, and the mining company owned everything in the town. Hinton worked in a coal mine for five years.
Lesson
Class Discussion: What does it mean that Praco, where Hinton grew up, was a company town? How were all the residents of Praco involved in working for the mining company? Why was every adult in town employed by the company in some way? How sick were some men who had worked for the coal mines for a long time? What were the risks of working in the coal mines? How was Hinton's father and then Hinton injured working in the mines? Why did Hinton quit...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3(d), 9-10.3(e), 11-12.3(d), 11-12.3(e)
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