Curriculum / ELA / 7th Grade / Unit 2: Advocating for Change: Uprising & Flesh and Blood So Cheap / Lesson 3

Advocating for Change: Uprising & Flesh and Blood So Cheap

Lesson 3

ELA

Unit 2

7th Grade

Lesson 3 of 33

Lesson Overview

Objective

Using evidence from the text, compare the experience of working in sweatshops to the experience of working in shirtwaist factories.

Readings and Materials

Book: Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin pp. 59–74 — Start at "Rise of the Sweatshop"

Lesson Notes

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Lesson Map

Lesson

Explain the impact of the Triangle fire by studying a fictional and nonfiction account of the event.

Materials

Flesh and Blood So Cheap pp. 1–6
Uprising pp. 1–5

Standards

RI.7.3RL.7.3RL.7.9

Lesson

Explain how the growing population in New York City necessitated innovation and change in lifestyle at the turn of the 20th century.

Materials

Flesh and Blood So Cheap — 7–8, 23–39

Standards

RL.7.3

Lesson

Using evidence from the text, compare the experience of working in sweatshops to the experience of working in shirtwaist factories.

Materials

Flesh and Blood So Cheap pp. 59–74 — Start at "Rise of the Sweatshop"

Standards

RI.7.1RI.7.3

Lesson

Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history.

Materials

Uprising pp. 7–31

Standards

RL.7.9

Lesson

Explain how Uprising is structured to reveal the unique perspectives of each of the text's protagonists.

Materials

Uprising pp. 32–57

Standards

RL.7.6

Lesson

Explain how characters' lives in Uprising are shaped by historically accurate portrayal of sexism and gender roles in the early 1900s.

Materials

Uprising pp. 58–79

Standards

RL.7.6

Lesson

Identify ways that author Margaret Peterson Haddix has drawn on historical facts to develop the plot of Uprising.

Materials

Flesh and Blood So Cheap pp. 75–84
Uprising pp. 80–90

Standards

RI.7.1RL.7.9

Lesson

Explain how specific individuals and ideas shaped the "Uprising of Twenty Thousand."

Materials

Flesh and Blood So Cheap pp. 84–97

Standards

RI.7.1RI.7.3

Lesson

Analyze how the author develops and contrasts historically accurate perspectives in Uprising.

Materials

Uprising pp. 91–121

Standards

RL.7.3RL.7.9

Lesson

Analyze evidence from the text to draw conclusions about how each character's views are developing.

Materials

Uprising pp. 121–144

Standards

RL.7.1RL.7.6

Lesson

Explain how setting and specific interactions impact characters’ perspectives in Uprising.

Materials

Uprising pp. 145–165
Flesh and Blood So Cheap

Standards

RL.7.1RL.7.6

Lesson

Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history.

Materials

Uprising pp. 166–188
Flesh and Blood So Cheap pp. 100–103

Standards

RL.7.6RL.7.9

Lesson

Explain how Haddix develops characters' conflicting perspectives through conversations that change the way characters understand the world.

Materials

Uprising pp. 189–211

Standards

RL.7.1RL.7.6

Lesson

Identify different characters' perspectives in Uprising and explain how the author develops and contrasts them.

Materials

Uprising pp. 213–234

Standards

RL.7.1RL.7.6

Lesson

Socratic Seminar

Engage in a Socratic Seminar with peers, demonstrating a deep understanding of the text and topic by posing and responding to questions, and providing evidence to support ideas.

Materials

Flesh and Blood So Cheap
Uprising

Standards

SL.7.1SL.7.1.aSL.7.1.cSL.7.4

Lesson

Incorporate specific evidence from the text to explain the factors that influenced the outcome of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and the impact of the fire on bystanders.

Materials

Flesh and Blood So Cheap pp. 104–121

Standards

RI.7.1RI.7.3

Lesson

Explain how Haddix uses historically accurate details and dramatic irony to convey the events of the fire.

Materials

Uprising pp. 269–286
Flesh and Blood So Cheap pp. 104–121

Standards

RL.7.9

Lesson

Explain how Haddix uses specific words and phrases to develop meaning, mood, and tone in Uprising.

Materials

Uprising pp. 287–298
Flesh and Blood So Cheap

Standards

RL.7.4RL.7.6

Lesson

Explain how the fire reveals and changes the way that characters in Uprising see the world.

Materials

Uprising pp. 229–315

Standards

RL.7.1RL.7.3RL.7.6

Lesson

Explain the impact of the fire on New Yorkers.

Materials

Flesh and Blood So Cheap pp. 122–130 — stop before "Never Again"

Standards

RI.7.1RI.7.3

Lesson

Explain how Haddix develops and contrasts characters' perspectives at the conclusion of Uprising.

Materials

Uprising pp. 316–330
Flesh and Blood So Cheap

Standards

RL.7.6

Lesson

Determine the central message of Rose Schneiderman's speech and explain the impact of word choice on meaning and tone.

Materials

Flesh and Blood So Cheap pp. 130–133 — begin at "Never Again!" and end at "Enter Al Smith," (including "Bread and Roses")
“We Have Found You Wanting”

Standards

RI.7.2RI.7.4

Lesson

Use evidence from the text to describe the impact of specific individuals, events, and ideas on the development of labor laws in the United States.

Materials