Triangle Factory Fire
7th Grade Writing Prompt: In the selections about the Triangle Factory Fire, you learned how a great tragedy led to public outcry for the causes of workplace safety and fair working conditions. In this activity you will do additional research on this historical event. You will choose from the following topics to research: Fire Chief Croker, Frances Perkins, Labor Law or the Trial of the Factory Fire. You will draw from the texts in this collection and your research findings to write an expository essay about the topic or person you choose.
Fire Chief Croker: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/triangle-nyt/ (scroll to Chief Croker's View) [PBS.org website]
http://www.history.com/news/100-years-ago-the-triangle-shirtwaist-fire [History.com website]
Frances Perkins: Gale Research in Context- "Frances Perkins"- Biography in Encyclopedia of World Biography (3rd choice) [Encyclopedia of World Biography]
https://fdrlibrary.org/perkins [Fdrlibrary.edu website]
Labor Law: Gale Research in Context- "Triangle factory fire"- Reference "Triangle Factory Fire Prompts Labor Reforms" [Discovering US History]
http://trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/legacy/legislativereform.html [cornell.edu website]
Trial of the Factory Fire: http://trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/story/investigationtrial.html [cornell.edu website]
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/triangle/triangleaccount.html [umkc.edu website]
Fire Chief Croker: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/triangle-nyt/ (scroll to Chief Croker's View) [PBS.org website]
http://www.history.com/news/100-years-ago-the-triangle-shirtwaist-fire [History.com website]
Frances Perkins: Gale Research in Context- "Frances Perkins"- Biography in Encyclopedia of World Biography (3rd choice) [Encyclopedia of World Biography]
https://fdrlibrary.org/perkins [Fdrlibrary.edu website]
Labor Law: Gale Research in Context- "Triangle factory fire"- Reference "Triangle Factory Fire Prompts Labor Reforms" [Discovering US History]
http://trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/legacy/legislativereform.html [cornell.edu website]
Trial of the Factory Fire: http://trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/story/investigationtrial.html [cornell.edu website]
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/triangle/triangleaccount.html [umkc.edu website]