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An Inquiry into
the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Tragedy
of 1911

Student Materials

by Mirium Laska
Urban Dreams Project
Oakland, California

Detail, History of the Needlecraft Industry (1938), by Ernest Feeney, High School of Fashion and Industry. A mural commissioned by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGW) http://newdeal.feri.org/library/d_4m.htm

Contents

  1. Shirtwaist similar to those made at the factory
  2. Before the Fire: A Description of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and Fire
  3. Plan of the 9th Floor of the Building
  4. Minute-by-minute account of the events by a reporter for a local newspaper.
  5. Stories of Survivors, Witnesses and Rescuers
  6. An Immigrant Experience: An Interview
  7. Women Trade Unions
  8. The Uprising of the Twenty Thousands
  9. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Building Today
  10. Photograph Activity
  11. Two New York City Firemen Testify About the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
  12. Blame Shifted On All Sides For Fire Horror
  13. Lecture by Frances Perkins
  14. Justice?

 

 

I Overview
II Essential Question
III Lesson Plan
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Day Four
Day Five
Day Six
Day Seven
IV Concluding Assignment
V Student Materials
VI Handouts

Urban Dreams
OUSD Curriculum Unit
An Inquiry Unit into the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911


Subject: US History
Grade Level: 11th
Lesson Plan Author:
Miriam Laska