This Library of Congress site provides information on the fight for the eight-hour workday. Discusses labor unions and strikes.

A brief look at the success the workers in several industries had in reducing their work day to ten hours.

Passage of the Adamson Act in 1916 was a huge victory for labor unions pushing for an eight-hour day. Read about that victory and find an illustration celebrating that fact.

This is a transcript of an interview with Stoppard that was done on "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer." Stoppard talks about his writing process and creativity.

Examine a book of hours, or prayer book, made for French queen Jeanne d'Evreux in the early 14th century at this Metropolitan Museum site. Illustrations, closeups, and explanatory annotations populate the site, which is especially...

In this tutorial the concept of how electrical energy is transformed is introduced. Learn how electric charges actually work and take the interactive quiz to assess your understanding.

Emma Bryce traces food's nine-meter-long, 40-hour journey through the remarkable digestive tract.

This article provides information about trends in employment hours between the mid-1970s and 1995. (Monthly Labor Review, April 1997)

This website contains information about the Book of Hours: a private prayer book, liturgies or calendar. "In Books of Hours are preserved some of the finest works of medieval art." Seven Book of Hours with descriptions are shown. Though...

American RadioWorks does an overview of the 19th and 20th century Presidents and their use of taping conversations in the Oval Office and on their phones. Copies of some of these tapes are available as well as the audio of an hour long...

This site includes a one-hour radio documentary account of the Rwandan genocide in addition to related links.

Transcript of NewsHour's Paul Solman interviewing the art historian and Rothko biographer, Dore Ashton. Provides insight into the life and work of abstract expressionist Mark Rothko. Interview dated August 5, 1998.

Excellent PBS site that reports on current events in Pakistan. Be sure to use the menu on the right hand side which includes a timeline of Pakistan divided into these major themes: Independence, Nuclear Ambitions, Fighting Terrorism, and...

In this lesson students will learn about water treatment and what happens to water when it goes down a toilet and drains into sewers. Through further investigation students will understand the relationship between water treatment and...

Examine slum conditions around the world and analyze how the UN Millennium Development Goals are working with help from this excellent lesson plan.

The resource explores the structure and financing of the Medicare system. Topics featured are how Medicare works, financing, who runs Medicare, and the program's history. (2006-2007)

This site explains the Work Study program, how much you are paid, and how many hours you work.

Bernardi discusses the exhumations of the victims of political oppression in Argentina and how those experiences influence her art.

A description of the Haymarket Square riot and its cause. Find quotes from the Chicago Tribune which called the protesters insurrectionists, and two Illinois governors who doubted the guilt of those rounded up, charged, and convicted of...

More and more people are awake after midnight or before dawn. Some are working, perhaps keeping the graveyard shift or doing business with foreign markets. Some are playing-increasing numbers of entertainments never close. Some are doing...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the effects of not getting enough sleep. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.

This story documents the struggle of workers at Starbucks Coffee in New York City to get more guaranteed hours per week. (Nov. 18, 2005)

A look at the history of the United Mine Workers from its inception to present day. Find out what causes the UMW supported.

This collection of lesson materials focuses on how the Federal Reserve System works. Students will learn how banking systems work and what a fractional reserve banking system is.