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Title: Kentucky Coal and Our Environment
Level: Secondary
Day/Time: One class period or Homework assignment
KERA Goals: 1.2, 5.1, 5.3
Objective:
Background Information:
Materials:
Permission slip
Paper
Pencil
Activity:
NOTE: A tape recorder may be used and the interviews put on one tape for a class record.
SAMPLE QUESTIONS:
COAL MINE HISTORY INTERVIEW
What country were you born in?
Where did you first live in the is area?
How old were you when you started in the mine?
What was the name of the mine and where was it?
Who owned the house you lived in?
Where did you shop?
What were your wages?
Describe you home.
What jobs did you have in the mine?
What was the ethnic breakdown of your community?
What was the greatest change you saw in coal mining?
Did unions develop slowly or rapidly in your area?
Lesson Evaluation
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American Coal Foundation