1. Industrialization & The Gilded Age

2. Entry Task
Tell your partner 1 new thing you learned about child labor yesterday.

3. Talk with your partner, what’s happening here?

4. Triangle ShirtWaist Factory
PBS American Experience video in Public Videos folder

5. What is a shirtwaist?
A button-down blouse, popular fashion item of the late 19th & early 20th centuries
Regarded as the model shirt for the independent, working woman
Valued for its ready-to-wear, workplace appeal & simple design
By the early 20th century, designers added lace and frills to embellish the iconic blouse
Available in every color.