1. Today’s Questions
11. Write 5 adjectives that describe working conditions during the Gilded Age.

2. Journal 18: Working Conditions
What would be the worst job for you to have?
Why would a seventh grader work?
What kind of job would a seventh grader be able to get?
Why would a company hire a seventh grader?

6. The Mill: One of the spinners in Whitnel Cotton Mill
The Mill: One of the spinners in Whitnel Cotton Mill. She was 51 inches high. Has been in the mill one year. Sometimes works at night. Runs 4 sides - 48 cents a day. When asked how old she was, she hesitated, then said, "I don't remember," then added confidentially, "I'm not old enough to work, but do just the same." Out of 50 employees, there were ten children about her size. Whitnel, North Carolina.

11. Vocabulary
sweatshops – makeshift factories in dimly lit and poorly ventilated buildings where workers (mainly women and children) worked long hours for low wages.

12. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

15. Interview New York Times Article

18. New York Evening Journal March 27, 1911

19. New York Evening Journal March 27, 1911