PRIMARY SOURCE TYPE: 2D OBJECTS, DOCUMENT, PHOTOGRAPH
Recommended for grades 6-12
Running Time: 9 mins 27 secs

This video is based on the Stockyards section of Chicago: Crossroads of America. This video can be used as a stand-alone activity or prior to a CHM visit. Please note: Objects in the Museum rotate periodically, so artifacts featured in the video may not be currently on display.

In Chicago: Crossroads of America, take a close look at how Chicago’s stockyards and meatpacking industries affected everything in the city from immigration and migration, to changing neighborhoods, to workplace safety, public policy and labor organizing. Students will be asked to consider these impacts, how work shapes a city, and what the future of work may look like in Chicago.

These additional resources support the use of this video in classroom instruction.

• Impacts of Stockyards and Meatpacking learning guide (PDF)
• Impacts of Stockyards and Meatpacking image packet (PDF)
• Video transcript in English (PDF)  and Spanish (PDF)