HISTORY 40C Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Child Labor Laws In The United States, Study Guide
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: the growth of federal government; rise of us power in world. Imperialism, and war: monday people: controversies over who can be an american , wednesday money: capital, labor, and government in the progressive era , friday power: controversies over us empire in 1900 and entering world war i. Section assignment: documentary film: 1911 disaster: triangle shirtwaist. In this assignment you will analyze how historians use primary sources. Primary sources are accounts that come from the time: memoirs, newspaper accounts, photos, interviews, etc. The craft of the historian is to use primary sources to narrate and interpret the past. Your job is to critically analyze this process. Primary documents guide on the website. : go to http://www. pbs. org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/triangle/ Browse through the primary materials provided on this website (photos, newspaper accounts, biographical stories, etc) and watch the 50 minute film on the triangle shirtwaist factory fire of 1911 (this film played on the.
