Teacher's Corner
Welcome to the Teacher's Corner of the Bisbee Deportation Web Exhibit. This section has been developed to assist teachers from grades 6-12 teach about the Bisbee Deportation of 1917 and the related history of labor relations in the copper mining industry in the early twentieth century. The class activities correlate with Arizona State Standards for social studies, and in particular fulfill the standard for Strand 1, American History, Concept 1, Research Skills for History, and Concept 7, Emergence of the Modern U.S., labor movement (e.g. Bisbee Deportation).
The Activities
The Bisbee Deportation of 1917 was an event specific to Arizona that influenced the labor movement throughout the United States. What started as a labor dispute between copper mining companies and their workers turned into vigilante action against the strikers. The strikers were accused of being members of the radical Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.).
The Bisbee Deportation of 1917 Web site contains a variety of primary and secondary documents including reminiscences, government reports, newspaper articles, maps, excerpts from depositions and trials, I.W.W. publications, and journal articles about the deportation. This Teacher's Corner provides classroom activities, student worksheets, and links to sources for student and teacher research. Each section includes a variety of teaching choices which can be adapted for different grade levels from grades 6-12. Review the activities and select the teaching activity most appropriate for your class.
Activity 1: Background
Activity 2: Bisbee Deportation
2A. Timeline
2B. Who's Who and What's What: Vocabulary
2C. Video: Viewing the video
2D. Video: Analyzing the video
2E. Crossword PuzzleActivity 3: Analyzing data/Economics
Activity 4: Primary and Secondary Sources
4A. Introduction to primary and secondary sources
4B. Writing Exercise with primary sourcesActivity 5: Role Play
5A. Class Newspaper
5B. Writing AssignmentsActivity 6: Research Paper Topics
Activity 7: Photographs and Graphical Images
7A Photographs in historical research
7B Graphics in historical researchDeveloped by Ruth Dickstein August 2005