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International Workers' Day: History and Significance

This lesson introduces students to the history of International Workers' Day on May 1st, commemorating the struggle for workers' rights. It covers the demands of workers, police actions during strikes, and the significance of the eight-hour workday. Students will engage in activities like answering questions, defining words, and filling in the gaps.

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International Workers' Day: History and Significance

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  1. Welcome

  2. Presented by Md. Zulfiker Ali. Assistant Teacher. Satkhira Abdul Karim Girls High School

  3. Lesson introduced Class- Nine Subject-English Unit -18 Lesson -05

  4. By the end of the lesson students will have • Answered the question • Word meaning • True/ False • Filled the gap

  5. Victory Day

  6. Calendar May 2012

  7. Workers Day

  8. Title of the lesson So our today’s topic is May Day

  9. May 1st international workers day, commemorates the historic struggle of working people through the world

  10. minimumwage Safety laws All the privileges workers enjoy today eight hour work day

  11. The history of May Day On May 3,1886, police fired into a crowd of strikers at the McComick Harvest Machine Company, Chicago.

  12. From the beginning of the industrial revolution, people in factories have worked fourteen or even more hours a day Industrial revolution

  13. In the 1880s a new movement calling for an eight hour day inspired both Labour Unions unorganised workers Labour Unions Unorganisedlabour

  14. Word meaning Commemorate- Struggle Working peopl Movement Fire Crowd Kill Labour Unions Exploite strick

  15. commemorate

  16. struggle

  17. Working people

  18. movement

  19. fire

  20. crowd

  21. kill

  22. exploite

  23. strike

  24. Individual work • What were the workers demand? • What did police do on crowd? • How long did the workers used to work before 1886?

  25. Group work Fill in the gap Working people throughout the world(a)………………….. May Day. On May 3,1886 police (b)……………….into a (c) ..................of stricker at the McComick Harvest Machine Company(d)…………. .…As a result at least one strler was (e)………….there. Commemorate fired crowd Chicago killed

  26. Write true/False. If false write the correct answer • Only Bangladesh commemorates May Day • McComick Harvest Machine Company is situated at Chicago

  27. Evaluation • Where is McComic Harvest Machine Company situated? • Why did the workers call strike at the McCmic Harvest Machine Company?

  28. Home work • Write a short paragraph about May Day

  29. Welcome

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