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Activity for Social Reforms #3

Activity for Social Reforms #3. Look closely at the picture you received (matching the one above). Pick five different individuals and create a speech bubble with what they might be thinking. The speech bubble should be class appropriate and reflect your studies to this point.

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Activity for Social Reforms #3

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  1. Activity for Social Reforms #3 Look closely at the picture you received (matching the one above). Pick five different individuals and create a speech bubble with what they might be thinking. The speech bubble should be class appropriate and reflect your studies to this point.

  2. Hey, you lower class kids, STOP STEALING MY FRUIT!

  3. On Your Notesheet #3 “Living Conditions” Tenement Life • The Over- Crowding of the Cities • Poor Living Conditions • Unsanitary Conditions

  4. Key (Living Conditions) ReformMuckraker Jacob Riis “Jacob Riis, a police reporter whose work appeared in several New York newspapers, documented the living and working conditions of the poor. Through articles, books, photography, and lantern-slide lectures, Riis served as a mediator between working-class, middle-class, and upper-class citizens.” http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma01/davis/photography/riis/riis.html His book: How The Other Half Lives.

  5. Airshaft of a dumbbell tenement, New York City, taken from the roof, c. 1900.

  6. All these changes are part of the Tenement House Acts that called for changes in design and inspections for safety and sanitary reasons.

  7. Trying to avoid housing issues such as . . .

  8. Another Reformer Hoping to Help! • Founded by Jane Addams in 1889 in Chicago • Hull House was settlement house that aimed to help European immigrants and other low income families to get on their feet. • Focused onthe three R’s: • Residence • Research • Reform

  9. Closer - Tuesday, 4/29 Please note the following on your closer worksheet 3 Things that you have learned about the Drug Safety and/or Tenement Houses (Social Reforms). 2 Things that you already knew about the Drug Safety and/or Tenement Houses (Social Reforms). 1 Question regarding Social Reforms in general that you still have.

  10. Select ONE (1) photo in the packet to analyze. Answer the questions below on your warm-up paper! You may have to make an educated guess! Wednesday 4/30 • How old do you think the child/children are at the time of the photo? • Where are they working? • What job(s) are they doing?

  11. Unsafe Working Conditions (and Child Labor) On Your Notesheet #4 • Changes Wanted • Fewer Hours • Higher Wages • Safer Factories • Unions

  12. Keating-Owen Child Labor Act National Child Labor Act Already discussed in Moral Reforms regarding education. Does it still go on today? Regarding Child Labor

  13. Onto another issue related to Social Reform #4 – Unsafe Working Conditions The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

  14. What is a Shirtwaist?

  15. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory operated on the top 3 floors of the 10 story Asche Building in New York City Mar. 25, 1911

  16. Notice that the tallest ladders owned by the fire dept. only reach the 6th floor • In 1911, Unsafe working conditions lead to a deadly fire

  17. Rather than burn alive in the swift moving fire, many women jump from windows

  18. This is actually a photo of the building after the fire! Note how there is very little damage on the outside of the building

  19. Eight months after the fire, a jury acquitted the factory owners, of any wrong doing. Twenty-three individual civil suits were brought against the owners of the Asch building. On March 11, 1913, three years after the fire, the owners settled. They paid 75 dollars per life lost. This tragedy led to a push for comprehensive safety and workers compensation laws.

  20. Closer - Wednesday, 4/30 Please note the following on your closer worksheet 3 Things that you have learned about Child Labor and/or the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (Working Conditions). 2 Things that you already knew about Child Labor and/or the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (Working Conditions). 1 Question regarding Social Reforms in general that you still have.

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