The purpose of the name project is to create a micro history project on the Triangle fire by focusing on an individual worker who died in the fire. The project has different components.
1) Research, both biographical and historical/sociological.
2) Creative (involving structure of the essay, organization of ideas, use of language and images, whether actual images or images described in the text of the essay).
3) Ethical. How do we write about an “other”? How do you capture the experience of someone who lived over a century before you? What kind of ethical challenges does it pose and how does each writer address them?
You will be graded on:
• the quality and effectiveness of the research presented, source attribution quality and precision;
• originality and clarity of the presentation of ideas, including the authors, understanding and description of the project and its process, including the evolution of the relationship with the Triangle worker at the center of the name project;
• variety of elements and strategies included, such as imaginative reconstruction, historical research, biographical narrative, research, use of archival documents, description of your and others’ Chalk projects;
• description of news sources, and how they may have been adapted to contextualize the essay and fill the gaps for missing information about the Triangle worker;
• precision and accuracy of language and style, including sentence, construction paragraph structure and organization of ideas;
• effectiveness translating of the written text into an audio essay.The purpose of the name project is to create a micro history project on the Triangle fire by focusing on an individual worker who died in the fire. The project has different components.
1) Research, both biographical and historical/sociological.
2) Creative (involving structure of the essay, organization of ideas, use of language and images, whether actual images or images described in the text of the essay).
3) Ethical. How do we write about an “other”? How do you capture the experience of someone who lived over a century before you? What kind of ethical challenges does it pose and how does each writer address them?
You will be graded on:
• the quality and effectiveness of the research presented, source attribution quality and precision;
• originality and clarity of the presentation of ideas, including the authors, understanding and description of the project and its process, including the evolution of the relationship with the Triangle worker at the center of the name project;
• variety of elements and strategies included, such as imaginative reconstruction, historical research, biographical narrative, research, use of archival documents, description of your and others’ Chalk projects;
• description of news sources, and how they may have been adapted to contextualize the essay and fill the gaps for missing information about the Triangle worker;
• precision and accuracy of language and style, including sentence, construction paragraph structure and organization of ideas;
• effectiveness translating of the written text into an audio essay.
The name project requires:
Research
Imagination
Effective writing
Effective oral communication
Ethical and Civic Engagement
In terms of learning outcomes and rubrics, these are the learning outcomes the project covers and the related rubrics:
• Civic Engagement and Intercultural Knowledge
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Information and Technology Literacy
• Oral Communication
• Written CommunicationThe name project requires:
Research
Imagination
Effective writing
Effective oral communication
Ethical and Civic Engagement
In terms of learning outcomes and rubrics, these are the learning outcomes the project covers and the related rubrics:
• Civic Engagement and Intercultural Knowledge
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Information and Technology Literacy
• Oral Communication
• Written Communication
1. Memorize the name and age of the victim of the Triangle fire you have chosen. Take notes on how the name may feel different in your memory or as you say it aloud and what it meant to memorize it. Be honest in your reflections.
2. Do preliminary online research about this person: where they were born, age, when they emigrated, specific occupation at the factory (learn about the occupation; for example cutters were a privileged category), how long they had worked there, home address (through google map, look at the home address), anything about their family, how they died, where they are buried, any survivors, etc. Stein and Von Drehle as well as the Kheel Archive and, for Jewish victims, the Jewish Women’s Archive, will be a good starting point. Make sure to keep the list of the source where you find information. Write notes on what you thought and felt as you did this research.
3. Look closely at all available certificates and sources such as newspaper articles and images from the time.
4. Look at the history of the funerals and commemorations (including CHALK (See you in the Streets), shirtwaists with names at commemorations, and commemorative sites.
5. Document your journey through copious reflective notes.1. Memorize the name and age of the victim of the Triangle fire you have chosen. Take notes on how the name may feel different in your memory or as you say it aloud and what it meant to memorize it. Be honest in your reflections.
2. Do preliminary online research about this person: where they were born, age, when they emigrated, specific occupation at the factory (learn about the occupation; for example cutters were a privileged category), how long they had worked there, home address (through google map, look at the home address), anything about their family, how they died, where they are buried, any survivors, etc. Stein and Von Drehle as well as the Kheel Archive and, for Jewish victims, the Jewish Women’s Archive, will be a good starting point. Make sure to keep the list of the source where you find information. Write notes on what you thought and felt as you did this research.
3. Look closely at all available certificates and sources such as newspaper articles and images from the time.
4. Look at the history of the funerals and commemorations (including CHALK (See you in the Streets), shirtwaists with names at commemorations, and commemorative sites.
5. Document your journey through copious reflective notes.