Group A

Before you start working read through the page. If you have any queries feel free to ask!

Make yourself more familiar with the topic “Prohibition”.

You have 30 minutes for step I and II and 10 minutes for step III!

Step I: First of all look through the material on your own and take notes!

• Material you have to use in order to find out the important information about your topic:

  
  

Video: Bet You Didn't Know: Prohibition

http://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/videos/bet-you-didnt-know-prohibition

Website: Prohibition

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/p/prohibition.htm

Video: The many moods of Al Capone

http://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/videos/the-many-moods-of-al-capone

Pictures: 
Temperance Movement
http://billofrightsinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Lips-that-touch-liquor.jpg
http://rationalwiki.org/w/images/thumb/3/3f/ProhibitionPropaganda.jpg/180px-ProhibitionPropaganda.jpg

We want beer
http://spotlights.fold3.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/prohibition.jpg

Step II: When you are finished discuss your findings within your group and write a summary in a word document together!

Together with your group members write a blog entry (word document) with all the information you found out. You can write it imagining you live in the 1920s or from your perspective now. Include any information and issues you consider interesting to share but your entry should at least include the following aspects:

Beginning of Prohibition: Temperance Movement, 18^th Amendment and Volstead Act

Was it successful? (Crime rate, Bootlegging, Economy, Speakeasies and Gangsters: Al Capone)

End of Prohibition: 21^st Amendment

Do not forget to save the document on the desktop.

Step III: You have turned into an expert on the topic “Prohibition”. You will now get together in new groups. Be ready to share your knowledge and to inform your classmates about your topic!

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• I will upload your posts later on the blog so that everyone can see the posts about the different topics.
• If you have difficulties with the vocabulary use the online dictionary: http://de.pons.com/ or ask me.
• If you have finished before time is up or you want to include additional information you can check the following website and video:
  
  http://www.history.com/topics/prohibition
  http://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/videos/america-goes-dry-with-prohibition

Start working and enjoy your journey back to the Roaring Twenties!