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On this, your "home group" page, you will be writing a brief article about what you learned about each of the topics: Alcatraz, Al Capone, autism, and the Great Depression. Each of your paragraphs should paraphrase the five w's, h + double w that you learned. Pretty much, you are writing a brief article about what you learned, making sure you answered who, what, where, why, when, how and why it is important. Your group will be reading your page, and the others in the class, to learn about all of the topics.

=// Al Capone //= ==== // Does this name sound familiar? That’s probably because this man is America’s most famous gangster, and had a leading role in the illegal activity in Chicago. ([|www.chicagohs.org]) Capone was probably such a notorious gangster for the simple reason the he grew up in a rough neighborhood, and also joined a kid gang. Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1899 and lived there for about 20 years. During these years, he did petty crimes such as scams and a few beatings. In 1919, he was force to move to Chicago because he killed 2 rival gang members and put another in the hospital. Capone was mentored by a high up gang member named Torrio, and Torrio taught him all the trades of the business. When Torrio got shot by a rival gang member, Capone took over, and ran everything as good, even better, then Torrio ever had. Everyone respected him because of his loyalty and hard work, that soon, everyone called him “The Boss”. // // Capone was brought to court in 1931 for tax evasion, and misdemeanor of failing to file tax returns. For this, Capone got a 10 year jail sentence, so he went to Atlanta, and 6 months later was sent to Alcatraz. A few years after release, he died from Syphilis in January 25th, 1947. This is important to research because it shows how merciless this famous gangster really was. Also, it makes you wonder if he really was that bad of a guy, because, he did commit lots of murders, but also opened up the first soup kitchen during the great depression with his own money. //

= //** Alcatraz **// = ==**// In this space, you need to include a minimum of one image of Alcatraz with an // ORIGINAL // caption, as well as summarize your 5w's and double why that you answered during your research. (Refer to the example that we worked on in class.) //**== ====//Alcatraz was opened as a federal prison from 1934 to 1963 near the shore of Sans Frisco. Criminals “who posed the greatest threats of violence and escape were sent to the maximum security of Alcatraz” like Al Capone and other notorious criminals. //==== ====//People tried to escape but escapes were rare and unsuccessful. Part of this could be because of the punishments they would get like the hole. The hole was a small box like cut out in the wall that people would be ordered to go in there and stay in there for weeks. //==== ====//Officers who worked at Alcatraz were “considered among the elite” and received loads of training. Sometimes, the officer’s family would live with them on the island. Surprisingly, Alcatraz was mainly clean and sanitary. Dr. Milton Daniel Beacher of the Public Health Service quotes //==== ====//“Alcatraz was probably the cleanest institution of its kind.” They had sick calls every day. This important because we can change prisons we have today to make them more efficient by looking at escape attempts and try not to make the same mistake//. ====

Works Cited "Federal Prison".Alcatraz Island.Museum Management Program.1/23/12-1/24/12. <[]>.

= //** The Great Depression **// =

==// In this space, you need to include a minimum of one image of something that symbolizes Autism with an //** ORIGINAL **// caption, as well as summarize your 5w's and double why that you answered during your research. (Refer to the example that we worked on in class.) //==

// The Great Depression was the longest, most severe depression in the US ever experienced. On October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed and caused the US to be in debt. Some other reasons were bank failure. "Lots of bank deposits were uninsured and many people lost savings." Also, farming income fell 50% and many factories shut down. Factories shut down because no US peple were able tto but their products, so they were forced to shut down. This also contributed to the great depression. Also, Europe was in debt so they couldn't buy the US products, which caused the US to not getting their normal amount of money. Many people were in soup lines just to get a little bbowl of food. A little food meant a lot during that time. In 1939, Pearl Harbor was bombed and World War Two started. "At that point, people became essential. Men were trained and women kept factories going." When this happened, the Great Depression was coming to an end as people got money back, and stores/factories started business again. I, Julia Benjamin, think it is important to research this because it was one of the most horrid time in the US and everyone was in debt. // "The Great Depression [ushistory.org]." //Ushistory.org //. Independence Hall Associtaion, 1 Jan. 2011. Web. 19 Jan. 2012. 

= //** Autism **// = Every 20 seconds a child is diagnosed with autism. Autism occurs normally because a child’s neurons in their brains don’t develop correctly, especially the ones that involve speech and emotion. Wikipedia says: **Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior.** You’ll know if a child has autism within 12-14 months because the child won’t be able to say or do something’s such as talking correctly, or they might have odd behaviors, like stacking objects or collecting them. Autism normally affects growing kids and can be recognizable about 12 months into life. Kids are just born with it and there is no known cure. Autistic children can go through therapy to help with speech and movement. This is important because almost 1 out of 150 kids have autism and we need to know why the act the way they do and the more we know about it the more we can do to help. The symbol of autism, is a puzzle piece.