KIDS ON STRIKE

VOCABULARY

It is essential to teach vocabulary words so students have the background knowledge to understand the content they will encounter.  When students develop a deep understanding of vocabulary they will be better prepared for learning the new information.  Dr. Marzano describes a six step process of, Building Academic Vocabulary. 

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Tier 1 Vocabulary Words: central to the content in the text

                                                                 factory - building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines

                                                                 strike - a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to perform work

                                                                 mills - factory, place of business for making articles of manufacture

                                                                 wages - financial compensation received by workers in exchange for their labor

                                                                 mill girls - girls that work in factories

Tier 2 Vocabulary Words: essential to learning

                                                                 blacklisted - to deny someone work in a particular field

                                                                 boardinghouse - house where you rent rooms for an extended period of time

                                                                 salary - form of payment from an employer

                                                                 protest - strong reaction against something

                                                                 foremen - a worker who supervises and directs other workers

                                                                 resisted - try to prevent by action or argument

                                                                 negotiated - try to reach an agreement or compromise by discussion with others

                                                                 independence - freedom from control or influence of another or others

                                                                 industries - productions of an economic good

                                                                 loom - device used to weave cloth

                                                                 regulations - controlling human or societal behavior by rules or restrictions

                                                                 farmhands - a hired hand on a farm

                                                                 domestic servants - someone who works within the employers household

                                                                 apprentice - system of training a new generation of practitioners of a skill

                                                                 bankrupt - person or organization that cannot repay its debts

                                                                 dutiful - obediently fulfilling ones duty

                                                                 exploitation - act of using something in an unjust or cruel manner

                                                                 tuberculosis - contagious bacterial infection that involves the lungs

Tier 3:  Vocabulary Words: extended or challenging vocabulary words                              

                                                                 fiendish spite - to show spite toward     

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