2. EVERYTHING OFF YOUR DESK
FOUNDATION WORK
EVERYTHING OFF
YOUR DESK

3. 14.2: Cities Expand and Change
Ask student to read Question 1.
Ask 5 students to answer the questions.
Elaborate more on Slide 2.
14.2: Cities Expand and Change

4. FLASHBACK: Hardly Working? WORK HARDER.
Face-value view:
Depicting the conditions of the meatpacking industry.
Workers had to arrive early to work (Sinclair section on “Work”)
Immigrants were not paid much, could not use mass transit (they were mostly broke!).
Had to live nearby to go to work on time.
Cool? Problems?
LOVIS CORNITH (1893)

5. Packingtown, Chicago, IL (C: 1900)
Just a Walking Distance Away…
Tenement houses are located within “urban” spaces.
Crowded, very crowded.
Sanitation was a BIG problem.
Desperation results in crime.
Breakdown:
“Urban spaces” that are close to the factories.
Not a lot of rooms, big families, cramped environment.
Prone to sickness and sanitary concerns.
Desperation for money (because of low wages), result in crime happening within these spaces.
Talk about the primary source photos:
- Crime: Bandit’s Pit and the guy with the double barrel shotgun.
Packingtown, Chicago, IL (C: 1900)

6. SOCIAL DARWINISM, REINTRODUCED (QUESTION 3)
Social Darwinism is a topic that comes up throughout history. It can be argued that the idea of Social Darwinism is presented between tenement owners and tenants. To the best of your ability, explain why this argument could be valid.

7. CHAPTER IV: WORK AND A PLACE TO CALL HOME