Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire tributes 2015
Caroline Roswell, a 5th -grade teacher at PS 229 in Woodside, Queens, attends annual Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ceremony in Manhattan on March 25 with her students, who wrote essays about the tragedy and donned period clothing to evoke the workers who perished in the 1911 fire.
Michael Nappi and two of his 2nd-grade students at PS 347 in Gramercy Park meet a fire captain who rang the bell as the names of the victims were read at the annual commemoration in the West Village.
Michael Freydin, an 8th-grade teacher at Halsey JHS 157 in Rego Park, Queens, guides his students in a classroom re-enactment of the fire that swept through the Triangle factory after the class researched the details of that fatal event.
Students in Michael Freydin’s 8th -grade class at Halsey JHS 157 in Rego Park, Queens, re-enact the moment when Triangle workers decided to jump from factory windows. The re-enactment was followed by writing assignments about the fire.
In Maribeth Whitehouse’s 8th-grade class at IS 190 in the Crotona Park section of the Bronx, students compare and contrast the Triangle factory fire and the Happy Land Social Club fire of 1990, which occurred nearby.
Maribeth Whitehouse discusses the Triangle and Happy Land fires with one of her students at IS 190, the Bronx.
Migdalia Aponte, an IS 190 paraprofessional, helps students research the Happy Land victims who were related to one another.
Rosa Casiano (right), the IS 190 supervising school aide, tells the class about her memories of the Happy Land Social Club fire as teacher Maribeth Whitehouse looks on.
Paraprofessional Gregoria Acevedo works with a student on a poster paying tribute to the Happy Land victims.
Students in Maribeth Whitehouse’s class at IS 190 also chalked a tribute to Sarah Cooper, one of the victims of the Triangle Factory fire who lived nearby.
Students from IS 190 with their finished product at the Happy Land Social Club memorial.
Caroline Roswell, a 5th -grade teacher at PS 229 in Woodside, Queens, attends annual Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ceremony in Manhattan on March 25 with her students, who wrote essays about the tragedy and donned period clothing to evoke the workers who perished in the 1911 fire.
Michael Nappi and two of his 2nd-grade students at PS 347 in Gramercy Park meet a fire captain who rang the bell as the names of the victims were read at the annual commemoration in the West Village.
Michael Freydin, an 8th-grade teacher at Halsey JHS 157 in Rego Park, Queens, guides his students in a classroom re-enactment of the fire that swept through the Triangle factory after the class researched the details of that fatal event.
Students in Michael Freydin’s 8th -grade class at Halsey JHS 157 in Rego Park, Queens, re-enact the moment when Triangle workers decided to jump from factory windows. The re-enactment was followed by writing assignments about the fire.
In Maribeth Whitehouse’s 8th-grade class at IS 190 in the Crotona Park section of the Bronx, students compare and contrast the Triangle factory fire and the Happy Land Social Club fire of 1990, which occurred nearby.
Maribeth Whitehouse discusses the Triangle and Happy Land fires with one of her students at IS 190, the Bronx.
Migdalia Aponte, an IS 190 paraprofessional, helps students research the Happy Land victims who were related to one another.
Rosa Casiano (right), the IS 190 supervising school aide, tells the class about her memories of the Happy Land Social Club fire as teacher Maribeth Whitehouse looks on.
Paraprofessional Gregoria Acevedo works with a student on a poster paying tribute to the Happy Land victims.
Students in Maribeth Whitehouse’s class at IS 190 also chalked a tribute to Sarah Cooper, one of the victims of the Triangle Factory fire who lived nearby.
Students from IS 190 with their finished product at the Happy Land Social Club memorial.