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.

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

Tenement Tenement LifeLife

• The Over- The Over- Crowding of Crowding of the Citiesthe Cities

• Poor Living Poor Living ConditionsConditions

• Unsanitary Unsanitary ConditionsConditions

On Your Notesheet#3 “Living Conditions”

Key (Living Conditions) Reform Muckraker

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.

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

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

Trying to avoid housing issues such as . . .

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

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.

Wednesday 4/30 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!

1. How old do you think the child/children are at the time of the photo?

2. Where are they working?

3. What job(s) are they doing?

Unsafe Working Conditions (and Child Labor)

Changes Wanted

–Fewer Hours

–Higher Wages

–Safer Factories

–Unions

On Your Notesheet #4

Regarding Child Labor

Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

National Child Labor Act

Already discussed in Moral Reforms regarding education.

Does it still go on today?

THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE

Onto another issue related to Social Reform #4 – Unsafe Working Conditions

What is a Shirtwaist

?

Mar. 25, 1911

• The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory operated on the top 3 floors of the 10 story Asche Building in New York City

• 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

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

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

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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.

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.