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Prohibition

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Dangerous Yes/No

Name ________________________________

Fact: Alcohol is made from grains. A lot of the food we eat is made from grains. Wheat is a grain. It is used to make flour. Flour is used to make a lot of different foods.

Directions: Answer Yes or No to the following questions.

Bread is made from grains. Do you like bread? ______

Cereal is made from grains. Do you like cereal? ______

Donuts are made from grains. Do you like donuts? ______

Pizza is made from grains. Do you like pizza? ______

Cookies are made from grains. Do you like cookies? ______

EZ Summary

Name ______________________________ ____

Directions:

1. Cut out each box below. 2. Paste each box into the correct space.

These are _________________

_________________ is made from grains.

_______________ is made from grains.

grains

bread

alcohol

Cloze Reading

Name _______________________________________________

Directions: 1. Cut out each box below. 2. Paste each box into the correct space.

1. Wine and beer are alcoholic _______________.

2. _______________ is made from grains.

3. Barley, rye, wheat, and corn are _______________.

4. Alcohol caused _______________ for some people.

problems

beverages

grains

Alcohol

Summary

Name ______________________________

Directions: Use the words below to write about alcohol.

wine

beverages

made

wheat caused

beer

alcoholic

grains barley problems

Calendar

Name ______________________________ ____ Fact: The 18 th Amendment made making and selling alcohol illegal. The 18 th Amendment passed on January 16, 1919

1. The 18 th Amendment made what illegal? ________________________.

2. What month did the 18 th Amendment pass? __________________________

3. What date did the 18 th Amendment pass? ____________________________

4. Find January 16 th on the calendar. Write 18 th Amendment in the square.

Not Allowed

Name ______________________________ ____ Directions:

Use the word bank to answer each question or cut out the words below and glue the answer on the correct line. Discuss why those things might not be allowed, and what you should do when you see those signs.

Fact: A red circle with a line across a picture means not allowed.

Word Bank

photos smoking dogs swimming

1. What is not allowed? ______________

2. What is not allowed? ______________

4. What is not allowed? ______________

dogs

smoking

swimming

photos

Biography

Name ______________________________ ____ Directions: Read the passage and answer the questions.

Frances Willard wanted alcohol to be illegal. She tried to get the law changed. That was called the Temperance Movement. Frances was born on September 28, 1839 in Churchville, New York. She was a teacher. She died on February 17, 1898. Name: _______________________________ Birthdate: ____________________________ What did she want to be illegal? ____________ Job: _________________________________ Death: _______________________________

Dangerous Yes/No

Name ________________________________

Fact: Illegal means that something is against the law. It is not allowed. People can get in trouble with the police if they do something illegal.

Directions: Answer Yes or No to the following questions.

Is eating pizza illegal? ______

Is stealing illegal? ______

Is driving too fast illegal? ______

Is watching TV illegal? ______

Is taking off your clothes in public illegal? ______

Patterns

Name ________________________

Directions: 1. Cut out the pictures at the bottom of the page. 2. Glue pictures to match the pattern.

Bootlegger

Name ______________________________ ____

Fact: People who made alcohol during Prohibition were called bootleggers.

Directions:

1. Was it illegal to be a bootlegger? _______

2. Color the bootlegger.

3. Write the word “bootlegger” on the line below.

_____________________________________________________

Moonshine

Name ________________________ ________

Fact: Bootleggers made their alcohol at night. The moon is out at night. That is why it is called moonshine.

Directions: 1.

Color the sky black.

2. 3. 4.

Color the moon and stars yellow.

Color the rest of the picture.

Write “moonshine” on the line below

_____________________________________

EZ Summary

Name ______________________________ ____

Directions:

1. Cut out each box below. 2. Paste each box into the correct space.

Prohibition means no _________________

_________________ made alcohol.

The alcohol was called _______________.

alcohol

bootleggers

moonshine

Cloze Reading

Name _______________________________________________

Directions: 1. Cut out each box below. 2. Paste each box into the correct space.

1. Prohibition made alcohol _______________.

2. Some people made alcohol _______________.

3. People who made alcohol were called _______________.

4. Bootleggers called their alcohol _______________.

moonshine

illegal

anyway

bootleggers

Summary

Name ______________________________

Directions: Use the words below to write about Prohibition.

Prohibition alcohol

people

anyways bootleggers

made illegal

made called moonshine

18 th Amendment

Speakeasy

Name ______________________________ ____ Fact: Secret bars were called speakeasies. They were secret because alcohol was illegal. The people who owned the speakeasies bought alcohol from bootleggers. People went to speakeasies to drink alcohol.

Directions:

1. Draw eyes, nose and a mouth on the man at the speakeasy.

2. Color the speakeasy.

3. Write the word “speakeasy” on the line below.

_____________________________________________________

Al Capone

Name ______________________________ ____

Fact: Al Capone was a gangster in Chicago, Illinois during Prohibition. He did a lot of illegal things. He bought and sold alcohol. He was also violent.

What is this man’s name? _______________________________

Directions: Answer Yes or No

1. Was Al Capone violent? ____________

2. Was Al Capone a gangster? _____________

3. Did Al Capone do illegal things?________

4. Was Al Capone a nice man?________

5. Did Al Capone live in Mississippi?________

Map Activity

Name ________________________ ________

Fact: Chicago is a city in Illinois. Al Capone was a gangster in Chicago. He owned a lot of speakeasies. He was violent.

Directions: 1.

Color Illinois yellow

2. 3.

Cut out the picture of Al Capone.

Glue the picture in the box pointing to Illinois.

Sorting

Name ________________________

Directions: 1.

Circle each picture of Al Capone. Put an “X” on each picture that is not.

Supplemental Activity: 1.

Cut out each picture of Al Capone.

2. Glue pictures of Al Capone on a sheet of paper.

Vocabulary

Name ____________________________ ___

Directions: Use the word bank to fill in the blanks.

illegal – against the law beverage - a drink violence – hurting people or breaking things gangster – a person in a group that breaks the law

1. Another name for a drink is a __________________________.

2. A person in a group that breaks the law is a ________________________.

3. Something against the law is _______________________.

4. Another word for hurting people or breaking things

is _______________________________.

Multiple Choice

Name _______________________________________________

Directions: Circle the correct answer. Use the book if you need to find an answer. The page number is next to the question.

1) What is an alcoholic beverage? (page 1) A: milk

B: beer C: water

2) What was illegal during Prohibition? (page 5) A: food

B: books C: alcohol

3) Who made alcohol during Prohibition? (page 6) A: bootleggers

B: cowboys C: teachers

4) What was alcohol called? (page 7) A: starshine

B: sunshine C: moonshine

5) Who was a gangster from Chicago? (page 9) A: Al Capone B: Roosevelt C: Susan B. Anthony

EZ Summary

Name ______________________________ ____

Directions:

1. Cut out each box below. 2. Paste each box into the correct space.

18 th Amendment

_________________ did not work.

People still drank _________________.

President _______________ ended Prohibition.

Prohibition

alcohol

Roosevelt

Cloze Reading

Name _______________________________________________

Directions: 1. Cut out each box below. 2. Paste each box into the correct space.

1. _______________ did not work.

2. People still drank _______________.

3. President _______________ passed the 21 st Amendment.

4. Prohibition was _______________.

Roosevelt

alcohol

Prohibition

over

Summary

Name ______________________________

Directions: Use the words below to write about the End of Prohibition.

21 st Amendment

Prohibition work

alcohol passed

did not people President Roosevelt drank over

Job

Book Exam

Name _______________________________________

Directions: After the first question is answered, use your main idea cards to answer the additional questions.

What do you know about Prohibition? ____________________________

________________________________________________________

What are beer, wine, and liquor? _______________________________.

What is alcohol made from? _____________________.

What was it called when alcohol was illegal? ___________________________________.

Who made alcohol? _______________________.

What did they call alcohol made during Prohibition? ____________________.

Who was a gangster that sold moonshine? _________________________.

What amendment ended Prohibition? ____________________________.

Fill in the Blank

Name ___________________________________

Directions: Use the words in the Word Bank to fill in the blank .

Prohibition

Chicago

alcohol

drink

made

1. Beer, wine, and liquor are beverages with ________________________ in them. (Page 1)

2. The 18 th Amendment was also called _____________________________. (Page 5)

3. Bootleggers _________________ and sold alcohol. (Page 7)

4. People went to speakeasies to _______________ alcohol. (Page 8)

5. Al Capone was a gangster from _______________________. (Page 9)

Grammar

Name ________________________________

Directions: 1. Fill in the blank with the word made. 2. Rewrite the sentence .

1. Prohibition ____________ alcohol illegal .

_________________________________________

2. Bootleggers ____________ alcohol .

_________________________________________

3. Bootleggers ____________ alcohol at night .

_________________________________________

4. Moonshine was ____________ at night .

_________________________________________

5. President Roosevelt ____________ alcohol legal again .

_________________________________________

Q and A

Name ____________________________ ___ _______________

Directions: Answer the WH question and fill in the blank.

Prohibition started on January 16, 1919. When did Prohibition start? ____________________________________ Prohibition started on _______________________________________.

__________________________________________________________ People drank at bars called speakeasies. Where did people drink? ___________________________________ People drank at bars called _______________________________. ______________________________________

Bootleggers made alcohol at night. When did bootleggers make alcohol? _______________________________ Bootleggers made alcohol _______________________________________.

Alcohol was called moonshine. What was alcohol called? ______________________________________ Alcohol was called ___________________________________________.

Reading Assessment

Name___________________________

Directions: Draw a line from the word to the matching picture.

bootlegger

Al Capone

Prohibition

alcohol

Sentence Scramble

Name __________________________ ______________________

Directions: Unscramble the words to make a sentence. The word(s) in bold is the first word(s) in the sentence.

Prohibition alcohol made illegal

______________________________________________

Speakeasies secret were bars

______________________________________________

Al Capone gangster a was

______________________________________________

Bootleggers alcohol made sold and

______________________________________________

Short Answer

Name ____________________________________

Directions: 1. Fill in the blanks with the word in bold. 2. Rewrite the sentence.

This is Al Capone.

This is ____________________________.

___________________________________

This is moonshine.

This is _____________________________.

___________________________________

This means no alcohol.

This means __________________________.

___________________________________

Vocabulary Assessment

Name _______________________

Directions: Draw a line from the definition to the matching word.

a person in a group who breaks the law

violence

beverage

against the law

a drink

illegal

gangster

hurting people or breaking things

WH Questions

Name __________________________

Directions: Answer the question and fill in the blanks.

Fact: The answer to a Who question is a person.

Farmers grow grains in fields.

Who grows grains in fields? ____________________________.

_________________________________ grow grains in fields.

Al Capone was a gangster. _________________________________________________________ _

Who was a gangster? _______________________________.

______________________________________ _________________________________ was a gangster.

Bootleggers made alcohol at night.

Who made alcohol at night? ______________________________.

______________________________________ made alcohol at night.

President Roosevelt stopped Prohibition.

Who stopped Prohibition? ______________________________.

_____________________________________ stopped Prohibition.

Main Idea Cards

Each card represents the main idea for a page in the book. Use these to study content topics with the book. Match each word with a page in book. To engage, play games with the cards. Discuss the word as it relates to the info. on each page.

alcohol

grains

18 th Amendment

problems

bootleggers

prohibition

moonshine

speakeasies

Al Capone

14 years

21 st Amendment

Vocabulary Flashcards

1. Cut out flashcards 2. Play games matching words with the definition.

illegal

against the law

a person in a group that breaks the law

gangster

hurting people or breaking things

violence

beverages

a drink

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