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Exploring Worker Safety: Lessons from the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

In this lesson, students will reflect on the working conditions of factory workers in 1900 and discuss their top concerns regarding job safety and health. Through videos focused on the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, students will explore its historical significance, the challenges workers faced in emergencies, and the impact on workplace regulations. The lesson will also connect past events to modern labor issues, prompting students to consider contemporary examples like fire safety and child labor, and encourage them to think critically about what actions can be taken to improve worker safety today.

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Exploring Worker Safety: Lessons from the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

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  1. Opening Activity • Turn in your homework to the homework tray. • Sit in your seat and take out your notebook. • Answer the following in your notebook: • You are a factory worker in 1900. What are your top 3 concerns regarding your job and safety? • Think about the businessmen you learned about yesterday: were they trying to fix these concerns? Why/ why not? • Are these concerns still a problem for workers today? Why or why not?

  2. Agenda • Working conditions: Then and now • Triangle Shirtwaist Fire • Results of the fire- improving workplace safety TEXTBOOK TOMORROW

  3. Video 1 : Click to be taken to the video • How long has it been since the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire? • What are some of the problems that kept workers from reaching safety? • How did this event change business? • How does this event still affect people?

  4. Video 2: Click to be taken to the video • What were the workers like? • Any other reasons workers weren’t saved? • How long did the fire last? How many died? • How is this video different from the first?

  5. We may not see these problems anymore but they still exist! • Modern Examples: firesafety, childlabor (click each blue word to see a resource about labor issues today) • Why does this still exist? • What can Americans do?

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