Prohibition in the United States : a time of great social changes

 

Prohibition in the United States :

a time of great social changes

How has prohibition influenced American culture in the 30’s?

Presentations:

      –     Prohibition & The Volstead act (National Prohibition Act)
–      WASP (White Anglo Saxon Protestant)
–      Eliza Thompson, the Women's Christian Temperance Union & the Anti-Saloon League
–      Dries vs wets, Wheeler and Wheelerism
–      The roaring Twenties 
–      Women's suffrage in the 20's 
–      The golden age of jazz, Charleston & Flappers 
–      Loopholes in prohibition laws Bootlegging, moonshine, speakeasies & smugglers (Thunder Road, muscle cars...) 
–      Al Capone 
–      The influence of the Mafia on art (cinema) 
–      Gangsters from the 30’s in popular culture 
–      The Wall Street Crash of 1929 & the Great Depression 
–      Herbert Hoover & Franklin Delano Roosevelt 

Step 1 :

Anticipation :

1. What do you know about the mafia ? (famous gangsters, films...)

   Homework : Find information about Scarface.

Step 2 : oral comprehension

Watch the video. 

Step 3: Groupwork :

5 documents

Doc 1 history brief : the temperance movement

Doc 2 1920's slang that needs to make a comeback

Doc 3 US Prohibition (1920-1933)

Doc 4 Prohibition in the US national ban of alcohol

Doc 5 How prohibition created the mafia

Doc 6 Bet you didn't know- Prohibition history

Take notes, divide work among yourselves : vocabulary, important subjects, (groups of) people, notion(s), …

Be ready to present your document to another group.

Step 4: Recap

1. Listen to your groupmates and take notes.

2. Make constructive remarks.

3. Ask questions.

4. At the very end, on your own, find out what is worth remembering and write a recap (dates, facts, vocab...)

5. Make up your own vocab quiz