Fighting Injustice: Uprising & Flesh and Blood So Cheap

Lesson 28
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ELA

Unit 2

7th Grade

Lesson 28 of 38

Objective


Describe the impact of specific individuals, events, and ideas on the development of labor laws in the United States.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin  pp. 139 – 146 — begin at "Reform"

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Target Task


Writing Prompt

Based on today’s reading, what impact did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire have—directly or indirectly—on labor and workplace safety laws in the United States? Support your answer with at least three specific examples from the text.

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Key Questions


Close Read Questions

  • What was Frances Perkins’s role in the development of labor laws in the United States? How did her ideas and beliefs lead to meaningful change? Provide at least two pieces of evidence to support your answer.

  • In what ways were the New York Factory Investigating Commission’s ideas about the role of government different from the Founding Fathers’? How did these beliefs shape the decisions the Commissioners made? Provide at least two pieces of evidence from the text to support your answer.

Discussion Questions

  • Do you think that labor laws and workers’ protections would exist today if the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire had not occurred? Explain your thinking.

Exit Ticket

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Vocabulary


Text-based

culpable

adj.

(p. 140)

deserving blame; at fault

Homework


To ensure that students are prepared for the next lesson, have students complete the following reading for homework. Use guidance from the next lesson to identify any additional language or background support students may need while independently engaging with the text.

  • Book: Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin  pp. 153 – 163 — start at "Return of the New York Sweatshop”

While reading, answer the following questions.

  • Where is the majority of clothing that Americans purchase manufactured today? Why?

  • What are conditions like for workers in many garment factories in poorer countries?

  • According to the text, how do many workers in poor countries feel about factory jobs?

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Common Core Standards


  • RI.7.3 — Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).

Supporting Standards

L.7.6
RI.7.1
RI.7.2
RI.7.4
RI.7.10
SL.7.1
SL.7.6
W.7.1
W.7.1.a
W.7.1.b
W.7.4
W.7.9
W.7.9.b
W.7.10
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