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Number of Pages: 3 (Double Spaced)

Writing Style: Turabian

Number of sources: 1

Use of primary documents from Triangle Fire book required. The Triangle Factory Fire has often been called "the fire that changed America." In this essay I want you to explain how the fire changed America by placing it within the context of the Progressive era.  Helpful Hints: Think of the stakeholders at the time each has a different position: business owners, workers, union organizers, consumers, middle-class reformers, government. What are their positions (economic, political, social) and how does the fire both reflect their concerns and change their situation. Think broadly about the Progressive Era first - what are the key trends/reforms. How does the situation surrounding the fire and its aftermath highlight these trends. You may wish to concept map or outline key issues first and then pull out your three strongest arguments to develop more fully in the essay. You will need to use an analytical writing style in this class. The basic form of analytical writing utilizes the "Rule of Three." Simply, there should be at least three key points/pieces of evidence in a piece of writing introduced by a strong clear thesis. This is a 2-3 page essay length assignment. Your paper should begin with an Introduction which sets the prompt in the historical context, the LAST sentence of the intro paragraph is the thesis statement which lists the (minimum of) three points (X,Y,Z) that will be more fully developed in the paper. The first paragraph of the body (paragraph 2) would discuss key point X (this paragraph would have its own thesis as the first sentence, followed by three pieces of evidence/analysis in support), then a paragraph on Y, and finally one on Z. An essay ends with a conclusion paragraph - which sums up the argument you made and ties X, Y, and Z together. The conclusion is NOT the place to introduce new arguments or evidence. Another way of thinking about it is that an essay is comprised of three paragraphs in the body of similar composition to the one paragraph you wrote in the Reaction 1 exercise. So Rule of Three means three key points in a thesis, a body with three paragraphs (one for each of your key points), each paragraph has a thesis supported by three key pieces of evidence. Followed by a conclusion. Have you properly cited? Have you used the format required in this course (modified Turabian). You must also FOOTNOTE (see information about creating a footnote in Word given at the beginning of the course). Parenthetical cites are NOT allowed. No research allowed, so no outside sources. Only Reference to use Argersinger, The Triangle Fire: A Brief History with Documents