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Title details for Annie Shapiro and the Clothing Workers' Strike by Marlene Targ Brill - Available

Annie Shapiro and the Clothing Workers' Strike

by Marlene Targ Brill
Jamel Akib
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Life wasn't easy for Annie Shapiro and the other clothing workers in Chicago in 1910. Bosses could be mean and the hours were long. When the workers' pay was cut, Annie had to take a stand.

At first no one took seventeen-year-old Annie seriously when she walked out of work. But her brave act sparked a strike that grew include to forty thousand workers. Would bosses ever listen to workers? Would months of striking really lead to better conditions?

In the back of this book, you'll find a script and instructions for putting on a reader's theater performance of this adventure. Download additional copies of the script plus sound effects, background images, and more ideas that will help make your reader's theater performance a success through Lerner eSource.

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Series: History Speaks Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

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  • ISBN: 9780761363439
  • Release date: August 20, 2010

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  • ISBN: 9780761363439
  • File size: 8253 KB
  • Release date: August 20, 2010
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subjects

Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Historical Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:4.5
Lexile® Measure:660
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3

Life wasn't easy for Annie Shapiro and the other clothing workers in Chicago in 1910. Bosses could be mean and the hours were long. When the workers' pay was cut, Annie had to take a stand.

At first no one took seventeen-year-old Annie seriously when she walked out of work. But her brave act sparked a strike that grew include to forty thousand workers. Would bosses ever listen to workers? Would months of striking really lead to better conditions?

In the back of this book, you'll find a script and instructions for putting on a reader's theater performance of this adventure. Download additional copies of the script plus sound effects, background images, and more ideas that will help make your reader's theater performance a success through Lerner eSource.

Expand title description text
Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Historical Fiction