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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Teaching Resources

Teaching and presentation resources: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/story/sweatshopsStrikes.html

Has readings, primary resources, pictures, etc. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/triangle/trianglefire.html

Has readings, primary resources, trial transcripts, pictures, etc. http://rememberthetrianglefire.org/ Has calendar of events and links to resources about the fire. http://teachingamericanhistorymd.net/000001/000000/000024/html/t24.html

Has links to primary documents/resources for the classroom.

Films:

HBO Documentary Film by Blowback productions: “Triangle: Remembering the Fire” http://www.blowbackproductions.com/triangle.shtml

This film will be showing on March 21st at 9pm on HBO. Other showings at 8pm on HBO2 on Wednesday,

March 23rd, and at 6:30pm on HBO on Friday, March 25th. The film will also appear on HBO On Demand with: Triangle: Remembering the Fire - The Unidentified Triangle: Remembering the Fire - Additional Scenes

PBS film “Triangle Fire”: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/triangle/

PBS documentary film. Site also has teaching/educational resources connected with the film such as primary resources, articles, bonus video, etc. You can view the film online at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/triangle/player/

Info on 1979 film: "Triangle Factory Fire Scandal" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080048/

The story of a fire in the Triangle Shirt Mfg. Co. building in New York City in 1911 that resulted in the deaths of 146 employees, mostly young women. The ensuing investigation revealed the company's almost total disregard for its workers' safety in pursuit of increased production and profits, and resulted, among other things, in the passage of new worker safety laws and the formation of the International Ladies Garment

Workers Union.

“The Triangle Fire: A Documentary Film” by Roy Campolongo http://www.trianglefirefilm.com/index.html

(film still in production)

The Triangle Fire documentary chronicles those remarkable times, when the rising forces of industry converged with the greatest mass migration in history. We explore the dramatic events of the late 19th, and early 20th century labor movement, that reached a crescendo with the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire of

1911.

This film examines the relationship between New York's rapidly growing metropolis, corrupt political infrastructure, an industry's desire for profit, and the human rights of its workers. Furthermore, the documentary investigates how we have adapted today, to those epic events that would forever change the fabric of our nation.

Or try a search on Youtube.com or Vimeo.com for shorts.

Others (provide story/background--more general)

General story of what happened with pictures: http://www.csun.edu/~ghy7463/mw2.html

Story of what happened: http://www.historybuff.com/library/refshirtwaist.html

Background and some facts: http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/history/history/uprising_fire.cfm

Oral history interview about what happened (includes audio): http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/178/

Lesson plans (k-12, but creative instructor can modify for higher ed) (I’ve attached 2 as well) http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lid=542&type=educator http://www.firstladies.org/curriculum/curriculum.aspx?Curriculum=1513 http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/industrial-age-america-sweatshops-steel-mills-and-factories#sectintroduction www.thirteen.org/edonline/ntti/resources/lessons/fireinthesky/

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