Labor Day: Union Education Resources

Share My Lesson has curated a collection of free lesson plans, activities, and resources to help teachers explore labor history with their K-12 students. Students will learn about the meaning of Labor Day, labor history, how Labor Day got its name, how labor unions work, and how labor unions have impacted the course of history.

Grades 7, 8, 9, 10, K, 11, 1, 12, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
State/Local Government
Lesson Plans

Citizens United v. FEC (2010)

Does a law that limits the ability of corporations and labor unions to spend their own money to advocate the election or defeat of a candidate violate the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech? The Supreme Court has held that donations and campaign spending are forms of speech.

Grades 12, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Judicial Branch/Supreme Court
Primary Sources