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Tragedies
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Today during work hours the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory burnt.
This is an image of two lady strikers !om the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory walking the picket line.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire started when one of the men dropped a lit cigar onto a pile of shirtwaists. The fire grew rapidly and soon the entire eighth floor was burning. It started spreading to the ninth and tenth floors where more workers
continued working, oblivious to the fire below them. The fire caused the death of 146 garment workers-123 women and 23 men. The workers were killed by the fire, smoke inhalation, or falling or jumping to their deaths. Most of the victims... continued on pg#2
Opposed The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory should not be accused of the workers deaths. I, ..., say that because of the reasons the factory is being accused. The factory was just trying to collect food for their families and they cannot be blamed. The locked doors were a thief precaution. If they didn’t lock the doors then many shirtwaists would have been stolen. The heaps of flammable cloth was expected, you can’t run a shirtwaist factory without cloth. The fire escape would have been good if so many didn’t try to use it at once, and the long hours are to be expected in working times like these, therefore, the owners should not be blamed. -Harris Blanck
DEVASTATING 7.7 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES RUSSIAN TURKISTAN A 7.7 earthquake strikes near Almaty casualties resulted from landslides in Russian Turkistan killing 450 or more triggered by the earthquake. This is a people and injuring another 740 people devastating loss to the country. Should injured. It struck on January 3. The you wish to help by volunteering to help earthquake and resulting landslides build houses or by sending supplies to the destroyed 1,094 houses and 4,545 yurts now homeless refugees, please comply. (which was most of the city). It also left 125 miles of surface faulting. The most
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TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE (CONTINUED)
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire started when one of the men dropped a lit cigar onto a pile of shirtwaists. The fire grew rapidly and soon the entire eighth floor was burning. It started spreading to the ninth and tenth floors where more workers continued working, oblivious to the fire below them. The fire caused the death of 146 garment workers-123 women and 23 men. The workers were killed by the fire, smoke inhalation, or falling/ jumping to their deaths. Most of the victims had no chance of surviving because of the terrible safety hazards throughout the building. The doors were locked so the workers couldn’t steal the shirtwaists, but there were guards and people at every entrance, so the workers could not have stolen
anything. There were heaps of flammable cloth everywhere which is a massive fire hazard. The fire escape was faulty when it should have been tested and approved. The stairs were narrow and only a few people could go down next to each other. The city’s building inspectors were often willing to side with the building owners when they complained that certain safety features weren’t necessary which proves how loose the safety regulations were. To prevent further disasters, the state legislature put up some of the nation’s earliest factory safety laws. This information was delivered by a trusted informer. Any contradictions of information should be reported and forgiven.
ADVICE COLUMN: FORCED MARRIAGE FOR DAUGHTER Dear Bella Livingston, ! I have found myself in a very most stressing situation. I am a young girl of 15 and I am a innocent free spirit. I live with my father and mother in our giant manor in New York. My father has decided to marry me off to a man who is 30. I am dead set against marrying a man who I have never met and will probably never love. My mother and I are trying to convince my father not to marry me off and to wait until I am ready to be married or have fallen in love with another. How can my mother and I convince my father not to marry me off? ! Sincerely,
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May Adams
Dear May Adams, ! I am very understanding of your situation. I was once going to be forced to marry a man who I had not met. My mother agreed with my father and I was to be married to a very rich man. At first I was thrilled to finally be married, but after a while I started to realize I was in love with another. Six months before my wedding, I confessed to my parents that I could not marry the man because I was in love with another. My parents listened and they let me cancel my engagement. What you should do is confess your feelings to your father and explain to him why you cannot marry. ! Sincerely, ! Bella Livingston
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Lexicon Organizer Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix, put together by Madison Fairfield
Word & Page #
Part of Speech (noun, verb, adj)
Definition
Sentence from book
Relevance or importance to topic/time period.
acres pg#28
noun
A unit of land area. “-hundreds of goats and chickens and acres of land for growing beans and wheat.”
artificial flowers pg#27
noun
Flowers made of “their hands flying Artificial flowers paper or plastic by through bits and pieces weren’t invented a humans to replace of artificial flowers.” very long time ago. a regular flower.
The artificial flowers in the corner gave off a false sense of brightness.
bad harvest pg#16
noun
The process or period of gathering in crops that you don’t get a lot of or the plants are unhealthy.
It meant she used to live on a farm before she came to america.
The harvest was definitely not going to be a bad harvest with all of the food growing fast.
boarders pg#12
noun
A person who “‘We are boarders here receives regular and nothing else.’” food and a place to stay in exchange for money or service.
This is important to the at home life of the characters.
People that don’t make enough money for a house have to become boarders to have a place to stay for less money.
bocce pg#7
noun
An italian game similar to lawn
Bocce isn’t played in a lot of places
He was the man that was always first to the
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“They’d had bad harvest after bad harvest after papa died.”
“She’d been the girl whose braide were
People left a lot of land undeveloped for a long time so they didn’t have many acres.
Use the word in a new sentence. (your own!) The hotel had many acres of lawn for the guests to enjoy.
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Lexicon Organizer bowling.
always undone…, who ran through the men’s bocce games…”
by a lot of people so it tells her heritage.
bocce games, and always first to work.
bridges pg#15
noun
A structure carrying a road, path, railroad or canal across an obstacle.
“‘Engraved buttons. Food in boxes. Bridges. Doorknobs. Traffic cops. Now I don’t give any of it a second thought.’”
It took a long time The man didn’t want to for people to walk on any more develop bridges so bridges today. it can’t have taken place too long ago.
business pg#27
noun
A person’s regular occupation, profession, or trade.
“‘Too good for our business, of course. Has to work in a factory.’”
The word business wasn’t created a very long time ago.
The business was booming as usual.
candle pg#15
noun
A cylinder or block of wax with a wick in the middle that is lit to produce fire as it burns.
“most nights, no one bothered lighting a lamp or a candle before going to bed on the dirt floor.”
Most people only use candles for formal meetings, not everyday use.
As she lit the candle some of the wax dripped onto it’s holder.
cigar pg#13
noun
A cylinder of tobacco rolled in tobacco leaves, used for smoking.
“But now he was leading her through an impossibly narrow gap between a man puffing on a cigar and a lady with a towering hat.”
Cigars are rarely seen these days because they are now considered dangerous to your health and are banned from many places.
As I marveled at the magnificence of the city, I passed a man puffing on a cigar and a couple watching their toddler walk after pigeons.
doorknobs pg#15
noun
A handle on a door “‘Engraved buttons. Doorknobs are that is turned to Food in boxes. Bridges. used daily but in release the latch. Doorknobs. Traffic that time, only in
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The doorknobs on the house were made of decorated silver and
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Lexicon Organizer cops. Now I don’t give any of it a second thought.’”
certain areas.
looked stunning against the mahogany.
Elevators use The elevator slowly technology which dropped from the top was newish and floor to the bottom. didn’t used to be a thing.
elevator pg#17 noun
A platform or compartment in a shaft that is used for raising people to different floors or levels.
“They went inside and stepped into a marvel called an elevator-a little box that whisked them up to the ninth floor.”
engraved buttons pg#15
noun
Text or a design cut or carved onto a hard surface.
“‘Engraved buttons. Engraved buttons Food in boxes. Bridges. aren’t used Doorknobs. Traffic anymore. cops. Now I don’t give any of it a second thought.’”
He admired the engraved buttons on the bag.
fire escapes pg#15
noun
A stairway or other object used for escaping a burning building.
“‘You mean the fire escapes-the stairs on the outside of the buildings?’”
There are only fire escapes on big buildings in big cities.
The girl rushed down the fire escape with a blazing fire behind her.
frills pg#18
noun
A strip of gathered or pleated material sewn on one side onto a garment as a decorative edging or ornament.
“The garment was delicate and fine, with frills around the collar and gathers at the waist.”
Frills aren’t used much anymore.
The shirt had frills along the edges.
lamp pg#15
noun
A device for giving light
“most nights, no one Most people don’t bothered lighting a lamp use lamps now. or a candle before
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She turned on the lamp and the light bounced around the
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Lexicon Organizer going to bed on the dirt floor.”
room.
New World pg#7
proper noun
The name Europeans gave America because it was new to them.
“This was a new Bella in the New World-...”
People don’t call America the New World anymore because it’s not new.
The Europeans traveled to the New World to start new lives.
peddler pg#13
noun
A person who “She concentrated on goes from place to dodging a peddler” place selling small goods.
People don’t call them that these days.
I bought a pretty bracelet from a peddler when I was in the caribbean.
praying pg#25
verb
Address a solemn “Bella wasn’t sure if he request or was praying or expression of swearing.” thanks to a deity or other object of worship.
It points out that they were religious.
The girl was praying on the altar as the rain started.
scissors pg#18
noun
An instrument used for cutting a flat material.
“‘Scissors.’ Signor Carlotti said handing her a pair.”
Scissors are what she used for her first job at the factory.
I used the scissors to make a paper snowflake.
sewing machines pg#21
noun
A machine with a mechanically driven needle used for stitching cloth.
“She let herself notice the glorious rumble of the rows and rows of sewing machines, all racing together.”
Sewing machines The sewing machines use electricity so it hummed in harmony can’t have taken as the friends had fun. place long long ago.
A women’s blouse that looks like and
“‘So it was shirtwaist money that found me’”
They were very popular with
shirtwaist pg#3 noun
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If you wanted to buy a shirtwaist, you should
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Lexicon Organizer has some details of a man’s shirt
women at that go to the store. time, and the book takes place in a shirtwaist factory.
strike pg#4
verb
Employees refuse “‘The strike? I read to work as an about the strike too.’” organized protest against something.
There were lots of strikes by people because people were unhappy with the multitude of bad working conditions.
The factory workers had a strike because they didn’t like the working conditions.
tenement pg#15
noun
A room or set of “‘Just more tenement rooms that make a buildings,’” separate space in a home or block.
Tenement buildings are only seen in cities.
As I walked past several tenement buildings, I saw a cute little girl with an adorable puppy run past.
traffic cops pg#15
noun
Men that patrol the streets and arrest lawbreakers and troublemakers.
“‘Engraved buttons. Food in boxes. Bridges. Doorknobs. Traffic cops. Now I don’t give any of it a second thought.’”
People call them policemen now so it had to have taken place in the past.
The street was patrolled by traffic cops at night to make it safer.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory pg#9
proper noun
A factory from older times that made shirtwaists and burnt in a fire that killed people.
“‘You’ll be working at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.’”
This is the place that the story revolves around.
In the 1900’s, The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was a bad place to work.
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