Kids’ Cannery:

As workers in an 1883 oyster cannery, students become can makers, printers, labelers, shuckers, fillers, and management personnel and learn about the differences in training and wages and the inequity of segregated work. Students grasp the value of a day’s work by being paid in tokens and spending them in the company store. Each student takes home a can of “oysters” they helped to create.

Grade: 2nd-8th

Length: 1.5 hours/session

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