1. The roots of Prohibition

Step 1: Understanding

  • Watch the video assigned to you and find information about the different causes & consequences of the overconsumption of alcohol in the US then fill in the padlet.

 

Group 1: historical causes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group 2: social causes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group 3: consumption

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group 4: consequences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://padlet.com/florencemeyeres/prohibition-r1ux1e9p4k339stu

 

Step 2: Writing

  • you are a contributor to wikipedia: write an article which recaps the different causes of Prohibition using the information from the video.

Step 3:  Language at work.(see document attached)

The passive

PRL et thème grammatical

2. The Prohibition era

Step 1:  reading

  • webquest: follow the links and answer the questions [document attached]
  • testimonies: getting around the 18th Amendment

 

They would + BV ...................................... by + BVing

Step 2:  listening

  • Speakeasies

go to Edpuzzle, watch the document and answer the questions

(class code "piknozc")

https://edpuzzle.com/join/piknozc https://edpuzzle.com/assignments/6561b8038eee0a419d92fe02/students

  • The Mafia

https://edpuzzle.com/assignments/6561bf1d9c5f88414f81a1b5/students

 

Step 3: writing

  • using all the information that you have collected, write an outline summarizing the causes & the consequences of the "Noble Experiment"

More training: use the document attached (training 2) to make sure you can use the passive, would + BV & by + BVing