AlCapone presentation

Al Capone

1920s Prohibition

• Alcohol was illegal. • You could not sell it.

Questions: • What does the red circle/line mean? • What is alcohol? (examples) • Why was it illegal? • What problems can alcohol cause?

Al Capone Famous Gangster

What do gangsters do? What is a gangster? What does illegal mean? What happens if you do things that are illegal?

Point: Al Capone, eyebrows, hair, tie, ears

Yes/No: Is Al Capone alive now? Was he a good man? Did he do things that were illegal? Can you do things that are illegal?

Gangster

• Al Capone was a gangster.

Questions : What are the men doing? What are the holes in the car? Is this car the type people drive today? Yes/No -Does one man have a gun? Are these guys the police? Are they gangsters? Are they doing something illegal?

Al Capone was rich. He sold alcohol when it was illegal.

Point: bar, bar stool, money, Al Capone, no alcohol sign

Questions: What is a bar? What do people drink in a bar? Was that legal during Prohibition ?

Al Capone

Al lived in New York and then Chicago, Illinois. Questions:

• Where is Chicago, IL? • Where is New York? • Where are we?

Al Capone’s home

Al Capone was very rich. He had a mansion in Cuba. He made money selling alcohol and doing other illegal things.

Questions: • Why was Al rich?

• What does it mean to be rich? • Do you know anyone who is rich? • Was it ok to sell alcohol in the 1920s?

Capone’s mansion in Cuba

Alcatraz Prison

Al Capone got arrested. He had to go to a prison on an island near San Francisco, CA.

When someone gets arrested they have to take a mugshot. That is a picture of your face with your identification. This is Al Capone’s mugshot.

Alcatraz Prison

This is the prison Al went to. People can take a tour of it.

Question: What is a prison? Why did Al have to go to prison?

Point: Alcatraz, water, jail cell, Al Capone