Resources

Museum Victoria's Education Service has developed two education packages for upper primary and lower secondary students to support the Eight Hour Day Anniversary program of events. The packages use an interdisciplinary approach to explore the struggle to improve working conditions, work-life balance, and the future of work. Further information is provided in the links below.

Winning the Eight Hour Day

Teacher Notes (181kb)

(For Middle Years)

Teacher Resources (71kb)

Student Resources (95kb)

VELS Unit - Level 4 (208kb)

Losing the Eight Hour Day?

Teacher Notes (125kb)

(For Later Years)

Teacher Resources (71kb)

Student Resources (158kb)

VELS Unit - Level 6 (217kb)

Links

Trade Union Banners: Museum Victoria Information Sheets
Victorian Trade Union Banners: A Proud Tradition (Pdf, 163kb)
Trade Union Banners (Pdf, 157kb)

The Eight Hour Day
http://www.newtradeshall.com/mayday/?id=2&page=2
http://www.curriculum.edu.au/democracy/ddunits/downloads/pdf/up4_hand6.pdf
http://workers.labor.net.au/features/200502/b_tradeunion_hours.html

Chartism
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/adw03/peel/chartism/whatchar.htm
http://www.cottontimes.co.uk/charto.htm
http://www.uoguelph.ca/englit/victorian/INTRO/inchart.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartism

Industrial Revolution
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Industrial-Revolution
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/speed_01.shtml/
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REVhistoryIR2.htm
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html
http://www.saburchill.com/history/chapters/IR/001.html

Child Labour in the Industrial Revolution
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/children.htm
http://www.cmhrc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/citm.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRchild.htm

History of Trade Unions in Australia
http://www.actu.asn.au/about/history.html
http://workers.labor.net.au/4/c_historicalfeature_patmore.html

Leave and Conditions
http://www.actu.asn.au/

Workers Education
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mivic/index.htm
http://www.infed.org/archives/e-texts/solly_clubs_ch1.htm
http://www.tradeshallarts.com.au/history/building.html
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mivic/history.htm

Work-Life Balance
http://www.employersforwork-lifebalance.org.uk/debate/history.htm
http://www.actu.asn.au/public/futurework/familychoices.html
http://www.labor.net.au/news/1083285372_2698.html
http://www.eric.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/wf_booklet.pdf

The Future of Work
http://www.actu.asn.au/public/futurework/
http://www.abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions_future/Transcripts/s616084.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bigidea/stories/s1097588.htm

New Technologies and the Changing Face of Work
http://www.facs.gov.au/research/prp15/exec.htm
http://www.public-policy.unimelb.edu.au/research/TLMs_background_paper.pdf

Outworkers and Child Labour in Australia
Child labour and injury http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/108754318620604.html
Child labour and child slavery internationally http://www.unicef.org.au/mediaCentre-Detail.asp?ReleaseID=368
Senate Economics Committee Report Outworkers in the Garment Industry http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/eet_ctte/completed_inquiries/
2002-04/vic_work02/submissions/sub03.doc
NSW Parliamentary Report http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/publications.nsf/0/
A327D9892FC6867FCA256ECF0007340E
No Sweat Shop Label: http://www.nosweatshoplabel.com/questions.htm
Fairwear: http://www.fairwear.org.au/engine.php