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 * Greetings Experts!**

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 tAhe class, to learn about all of the topics.

=// Al Capone //=

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Alphonsus Capone was born on January 17, 1899 in Brooklyn, New York. He lived in a tough part of the city and was part of two different "child" gangs. He met Mary "Mae" Coughlin in December 1918 and married her the same month on the 31st. Al moved to Chicago in 1919 and was an apprentice to John Torrio, the leader of the gang known as "The Outfit". Torrio saw that he was bright and had potential, so he let him in his gang. Capone worked his way up to second in power. Torrio was shot and fled Chicago to never be heard from again. Al inherited this infamous gang and brought them to the top using ruthless methods to get what he wanted. At the high point of his career, he had an income of $100,000,000 a year. Even though he was a ruthless gang leader, he did do some good. He used his own money to open soup kitchens and donate food and clothes to the needy. "In June,1931,Capone was indicted for federal income-tax evasion and in October was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to 11 years in prison and $80,000 in fines and court costs."([]) He arrived in Alcatraz prison in August of 1934. He was released in 1939 and sent to a hospital because he was suffering syphilis and moved to a Florida estate where he died in 1947.=====

Caption: Capone's Mugshot

//Famous Biographies & TV Shows - Biography.com//. Web. 25 Jan. 2012. . "Al Capone." //Famous Biographies & TV Shows - Biography.com//. Web. 25 Jan. 2012. .

= //**Alcatraz**// = Alcatraz is a huge prison on the rocky island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay. This huge islan prison heldsome of Americas most well known and most dangerous criminals of the mid-20th century. This island opened in 1850 for only military purposes only. Later to be reopened as a federal prison in 1934. 1n 1963 Alcatraz had to be closed down due to crumbling walls and operations being too costly. This rocky island was ideal for a prison because it was surrounded by very rough waters so it was basically "escape proof". Alcatraz was considered a maximum security prison. Despite the ideal location and maximum security, there were 14 different escape attempts. These included 36 different inmates. " Of those, 23 were recaptured, 7 shot and killed as they fled, and at least 3 drowned."([|www.cr.nps.gov]) One of the most famous attempts was by John Anglin, Clarence Anglin, and Frank Morris, who supposedly managed to escape the island on June 11, 1962. "No trace of the men was ever found. The next morning, sailors on a merchant freighter reported seeing a body floating in the bay, but the body slipped beneath the waves before it could be recovered." ([|www.cr.nps.gov]) this means that even though people have come close, nobody would be able to escape this punishing prison.

This is a map of the prison's external features.

"Alcatraz Island - Golden Gate National Recreation Area." //National Park Service Cultural Resources Discover History//. Web. 25 Jan. 2012. .

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

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The Great Depression started in October, 1929. This day is now known as Black Thursday. The depression started when the stock market crashed, and lasted ffrom 1929- 1941, when America entered into World War 2. The depresion was America's worst economic crisis in its short history. Many Americans were affected because 9,000 bankes had failed, and if people had all of their money saved in the bank, then it was lost forever. From 1929 to 1932, unemployment rose from 1.5 million to 12 million. Soup kichens and charity lines were unable to meet the rising demand for food. The people who were lucky enough to retain their jobs, saw their income shrink by a third.======

Citation added: "The Great Depression." //The Great Depression//. Web. 20 Jan. 2012.



= //**Autism**// = Autism is basically when nerves in your brain called neurons get damaged or don't develop properly. Since the child has damaged brain cells, the child to have trouble with you five senses and other affects that happen around you. Autism can also affect speaking, going to school, having trouble putting together words and doing modern things. Children with autism can't communicate with other kids easily. So they are shyer and stay quiet. Some facts about autism are that. Autism receives less than 5% of the research funding of many less prevalent childhood diseases.(autismspeaks.org) Also that boy are four times more likely to be diagnosed with autism. More children will be diagnosed with autism this year then AIDS, diabetics, and cancer combined.(autismspeaks.org) Also Autism costs the nation over 35 billion dollars per year and the price will significantly increase over the years.(autismspeaks.org) Autism affects 1 in every 110 kids.(autismspeaks.org) The saddest fact of all is there is no cure for autism.

This is basically one map of an autistic brain. And one map of a child's brain with no disabilities.

"Autism." //Autism Speaks |//. Autism Speaks Inc., 2012. Web. 23 Jan. 2012. [|http://www.autismspeaks.org].

Dowshen, Steven. "Autism." //KidsHealth - the Web's Most Visited Site about Children's Health//. The Nemours Foundation, Aug. 2009. Web. 25 Jan. 2012. .