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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 //= ==Al capone was born January 17, 1899. "He was americas most nutorious gangster".(Wikispaces.com) Al Capone's history took place mainly in Chicago, Florida, and later on Alcatraz. John Torrio, another gangster, saw Al Capones potential and hired Him for his gang. Al Capones was first arrested for disorderly conduct when he was working for Yale. Capone got his nickname Scarface because he insulted a patron and got attacked by the patron's brother. During the Valentines day massacre Al Capones men dressed up like cops and shot down members of another gang while there hands were up on the wall. Later on Capone was sent to Alcatraz for tax envassion. After that Al Capone died of Syfalis in 1947. Why i think Al Capone is significant enought to research and learn about is because Al Capone was Americas best known gangster and is a big part of history.==

'Al Capone" Al Capone, 1/19/12 []
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= //**Alcatraz**// = == Alcatraz was a strict prison that held many rebelling criminals such as Al Capone. Alcatraz wasn’t always a prison. "Actually, in 1854 the United States government erected a lighthouse on the island. But in 1859 the Army established a fort on Alcatraz to defend the San Francisco Bay. During the Civil War (1861-1865), the Army imprisoned soldiers, deserters, and notorious criminals." Alcatraz was a very strong, hard prison to escape. Believe it or not, 14 separate escape attempts involving 36 inmates.Of those 36 inmates 23 were recaptured, seven were shot and killed, and at least three drowned. Out of all the escape attempts, no one succeeded. Not only was Alcatraz extremely hard to escape from, it had some tough rules that would drive you insane. You could only talk during your free hour during the day! That's only one hour of talking each day for a few years. This mostly was because Alcatraz had great guards and security, but it also was because Alcatraz was in an ideal location. It was just so hard to escape from because it was in the middle of the bay and had no contact to the outside world. Family who had members who worked on the island lived there. Children would have to take a boat every day to get to get to school. These people also would get government owned cottages, apartment, or houses to live in. Alcatraz was a well-oiled machine for a while. But in 1963 Alcatraz closed. It was getting too expensive to operate with the cost of oil, supplies, and fresh water that had to be brought to the island. The prisoners that were there when the prison closed got shipped off to other prisons. It is very unfortunate that this wonderful prison had closed. Maybe in the future we could build a prison like this because it was a huge success. It lasted 104 years without any escapes. That is pretty amazing, so if you want to see this wonderful piece of history go visit if you can because it is a very spectacular place.== ========

[|This website has a lot of great information and a better picture of the Alcatraz map.]
= //**The Great Depression**// = =="After World War I ended Europeans struggled while Americans flourished," (The Great Depression). Ten years later in 1929, in the US, the stock market crashed which started the Great Depression. This led to nine thousand banks failing. The stock market crash left millions of people unemployed. Almost all of these jobless people were forced to sleep in a tent, in a shelter, on a bench, or even on the ground. All of the people without jobs and their families were hungry and thirsty. Long lines were formed at places where food was free (shown in the picture below). Even little kids became hungry and thirst. These poor people struggled to find work and couldn't help feed their family, yet sometimes they got lucky and found a short time job. It was very dark times in those days, but in the late thirties the Depression finally ended. It was the United State's worst economic crisis ever.==

Work Sited "The Great Depression" The Great Depression, 1/20/12 []



= //**Autism**// =

“More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than AIDS, diabetes, and cancer combined” (autismspeaks.org). Autism is a life-long disease that impairs communication functions, problems linking words to meanings, and acting in unusual ways. This affects 110 kids worldwide and the number is growing. Kids are usually diagnosed with autism from ages two to six;boys are four times more likely to be diagnosed. Some of the signs are repeating words, flapping hands, hating changes in routine, and having only one favorite toy to play with. Having autism means some of the nuerons in your brains are damaged or not properly developed. Some researchers say this impairment runs in the family or is caused by environmental factors. However, these suspicions have not led to a cure. People should know all about this because you will not be confused by an autistic kid. Also, autism needs more money for research! “Austism recieves less than 5% of the research funding of many less childhood diseases” (autismspeaks.org). <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Although rehabilitation is a way to cope with it, research for the cure <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">is extremely important. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: -40px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: -25px; width: 1px;">