This lesson plan on the Triangle fire can also serve as lesson plan or an entire unit plan. For Grades 4 and up, it provides tools for classroom use that illustrate how a tragedy can teach and how, very often, it seems to take a tragedy to provide impetus for changing laws. The Triangle fire is a pivotal tragedy in labor history and spur to new labor safety legislation.

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Citation: Campbell, A. and Rabinowtz, I. (2005-2006). Learning Conversations with History. UFT Teacher Center Professional Development Program: Special Edition, 17, 19-24.