2. Wednesday, Oct. 8 Objective: We will investigate the dangers of unregulated working conditions, laissez-faire policies toward big business, and child labor, and the reaction of Labor Unions and the National Government. Agenda: Warm Up Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Book work What did you learn in School?

3. Warm Up Orange Desk: Get Materials Pink Desk: Recorder Yellow Desk: Clean Up Green Desk: Gather handouts 1.What is the definition of Regulations? 2.Were there very many Regulations in the work place from the 1890s- 1900s? 3.How is Jacob Riis’ “How the Other Half Lives” similar to Upton Sinclaire’s novel, The Jungle. 4.How did many of the working/lower class citizens survives with such low wages and harsh hours of working in the factories? (provide three examples of they were able to continue to live).

4. Triangle Shirtwaist

5. Child Labor

6. Average Shirtwaist Worker’s Week 51 hours or less4,5545% 52-57 hours65,03379% 58-63 hours12,21115% Over 63 hours5621% Total employees, men and women 82,360

7. “The Shirtwaist Kings” Max Blanck and Isaac Harris

8. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Asch Building, 8 th and 10 th Floors

10. Typical NYC Sweatshop, 1910

14. Inside the Building After the Fire

16. Most Doors Were Locked

17. Crumpled Fire Escape, 26 Died

18. 10 th Floor After the Fire

19. Dead Bodies on the Sidewalk

20. Relatives Review Bodies 145 Dead

21. Protestors March to City Hall

22. Labor Unions March as Mourners

23. Out of the Ashes ÔILGWU membership surged. ÔNYC created a Bureau of Fire Prevention. ÔNew strict building codes were passed. ÔTougher fire inspection of sweatshops. ÔGrowing momentum of support for women’s suffrage.

24. History of the Needlecraft Industry by Ernest Feeney, 1938

25. Are the Changes Good or Bad? As the American Economy shifted from agriculture (farms) to manufacturing (factories), technology seemed to transform everyone’s lives for the better… Or did it?... Doesn’t it seem strange that all the technologies that we researched and modern work forces seem to create more turmoil than good? Cotton Gin- allowed more slaves to pick threw more cotton making the slave owners more money to buy more slaves. Printing Press- required more people to work harder to create more books. Sewing Machine- created more jobs and a higher demand for more clothes Many inventions are intended to make everyday life easir, but the unintended consequesnces can out weigh the purpose.

26. The Life of an Immigrant Step One: Go to http://www.tenement.org/education_lessonplans.html and click on the “Become an Immigrant” online activity.http://www.tenement.org/education_lessonplans.html Put your headphones on! Step Two: Click on “Come Inside” at the bottom of the page and listen to the Intro. Step Three: Begin the activity. Read the directions carefully, as you must complete each component. Pay attention to the images and options at the bottom of the screen. Step Four: Please respond to the following questions as you listen to Victoria and explore the site. Step Five: Once you are done with the Life of an Immigrant activity, you can start on the book work about Labor Unions.

27. What Did You Learn In School? 1.How did the Triangle Shirtwaiste Factory Fire spark the creation of Labor Unions?