1. Women and Children During the Second Industrial Revolution 1870-1914

2. “Leap for Life, Leap of Death”
Fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company
March 25, 1911
New York, NY

3. Looking out at a twisted fire escape from an opening on an upper floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company.

4. Women who leapt to their deaths from the windows of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company.

5. Loved ones attempt to identify victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire at a temporary morgue.

6. Bell Work:
List three precautions that the Deer Valley Unified School District has taken to ensure your safety in case there is a fire at school.

7. Women, children and labor…
By 1890, one million women worked in American factories
Women worked in textile mills, tobacco factories and the garment industry
Many of these women were recent immigrants to the United States
They received low pay and no benefits like sick leave or vacation time
CHILDREN
2 million children under the age of 15 worked throughout the country by 1900
Children worked in crowed, dirty textile mills, coal mines and sweatshops
They worked 12 hours a day, 6 days a week
There was no time for school or an education

8. With your teammates, answer the following questions:
What was the central event of this story?
Who was at the center of this tragedy?
3. Where did this disaster take place?
4. When did it take place?
5. Why did it happen?
6. How many were killed?
7. What were some of the consequences of this tragedy occurring?

9. Homework: Draw a Multi Flow Thinking Map to describe the causes and effects of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company tragedy. You must use both words and pictures in your map.

10. Bell Work:
What is the minimum age to work in the state of Arizona? Why do you think the state has established a minimum age?
Use p. 184 of your ISN

11. ARIZONA CHILD LABOR LAWS
“In Arizona, no minor, under the age of 14 can be employed in any occupation at any time during school hours, nor shall any child under 16 be employed in underground mines, or in any occupation injurious to health or morals or hazardous to life or limb, nor for more than 8 hours in one day.”
Constitution of the State of Arizona

12. Child Workers of the Second Industrial Revolution
1) Think about each photograph by Lewis W. Hine of a child (or children) laboring at different types of work.
2) Write your observations on the chart provided.
3) Pair up with one teammate and share what you wrote.
4) Once you have examined all six photos, write one sentence that summarizes your overall impression of child labor at the turn of the century.

13. Boys Changing Bobbins
“Some boys and girls were so small they had to climb up on to the spinning frame to mend broken threads and to put back the empty bobbins. Bib Mill No. 1. Macon, Ga. “

14. Newspaper Boy Five year old Francis Lance, St. Louis, MO
He jumped on and off moving trolley cars
risking his life to sell his newspapers.

15. Coal Miners
“’Breaker Boys’ were used in the anthracite coal mines to separate slate rock from the coal after it had been brought out of the shaft. They often worked hours a day.“
“The dust was so dense at times as to obscure the view. This dust penetrated the utmost recesses of the boys' lungs. A kind of slave-driver sometimes stands over the boys, prodding or kicking them into obedience. S. Pittston, Pa. “

16. Fish Market
“Manuel the young shrimp picker, age 5, and a mountain of child labor oyster shells behind him. He worked last year. Understands not a word of English. Biloxi, Miss.”

17. Sewing Garters
A Jewish family and neighbors working until late at night sewing garters. The youngest work until 9 p.m. The others until 11 p.m. or later. The children range in age from New York City.

18. “9 p.m. in an Indiana Glass Works.”
Factory Workers
“9 p.m. in an Indiana Glass Works.”