Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Students were just about wiped out from Halloween.  Too much candy and late nights have combined for some long classes.

This week, students learned about the following:

The formation of the Nobel Prize, and why Alfred Nobel chose to create the prizes rather than be remembered as the inventor of dynamite.

We also came up with some solutions for some of the problems in the building that contributed to the high death toll of the Triangle Fire.

Students also looked at copies of the maps created for Jane Addams of Hull House so she could keep track of the different ethnic groups in the neighborhood.  

Finally, students will be writing a letter to the editor about the Triangle Fire--they will be writing as if they are a relative of the victim.