Here are a couple of resources for teaching about Labor Day from the 2014-2015 Planing to Change the World Plan Book for Social Justice Teachers. The first link is a listing of 50 books on labor and the other is a link to a 5th grade unit on the labor movement.
http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=104
http://www.morningsidecenter.org/teachable-moment/lessons/work-workers-us-labor-movement-unit-plan-5th-grade-social-studies
Here is an additional resource from the Zinn Education Project on the Women in Labor History, http://zinnedproject.org/materials/women-in-labor-history/
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