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=__**Interdisciplinary Connections:** __ =

In Math, students can take the articles or literature they are reading in Social Studies and English and plug in the numbers. Compare and Contrast how many workers were working in a factory, what they were getting paid, how many injuries are reported, what their ages are. From plotting the graphs or the statistics students can come up with their own reasoning for say why not all injuries were reported and so on.
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In Science, students will use the literature and articles and videos from other classes as well as pictures and information presented to them in their science classes. Students will use these materials to help show the interrelation between pollution from the factories with children and adult workers as well as the environment and people living in these polluted areas.
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This lesson can connect to every discipline. By studying and comparing numbers and statistics in math, students can grasp certain concepts more clearly. By analyzing information through numbers they will have a new way of learning and connecting. In their science class, they can see how industry affected both people and the environment. Reading a story in English, whether fiction or non-fiction, will help give students an idea of what life was like for the workers. All of these disciplines will help students relate, connect, and empathize with the topic.
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English serves as only one of the many aspects of learning that can be tapped. While looking at literature and writing about the topic are one way to learn, other subject areas provide a plethora of valuable knowledge. History provides the background knowledge needed to understand the literature that is presented. In certain cases, important events in the history of the working class can be studied by science classes. For example, what were the health conditions of factory life, and how did they affect the public? Furthermore, math can study the statistics of the working class. For example, what was the average age a child went to work prior to child labor laws? Math can also study the amount of people who were negatively affected by the working conditions in factories by teaming up with science. All the subjects would combine to create a full understanding of the struggles of the working class. Maurer ideas: songs, poetry, political cartoons etc
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