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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 the class, to learn about all of the topics. Enjoy!

=// Al Capone //=

//Al Capone was one of America's most notorious gangsters that ever lived.//
= //**Alcatraz**// = //Alcatraz was a prison in the San Francisco Bay in California. This was first a military prison from 1859 to 1934. During this time, the prison held soldiers convicted of crimes and had them sentenced to prison. However, because of high operating costs the prison closed. Later in the year, it turned into a federal penitentiary prison. Inmates in this time included killers, bank robbers, and kidnappers. Also in this time, Alcatraz held documents and historic photos. Staff members at this time were administrators, correction officers, medical providers, clerks, and the warden. Also at this time, the prison held a small number of people that were so dangerous, that the prisoners could not be managed by other prisons. the prison soon closed in 1963. This is significant enough to research and learn about because some of the most dangerous criminals like Al Capone went here. In addition, people should know what happened and how and why these events happened.//

The island of Alcatraz has a huge water tower and a lighthouse on the sides of the prison.

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

//**The Great Depression**//

====The twenties in America were going great. Called the "Roaring Twenties", stocks were at their highest and people were at there happiest. TheU.S seemed to have a very promising future. But in the late 20s, there was pressure to sell and trade stocks. With this pressure, the pricing of stocks went through the roof. This raise in prices made the whole element of the market unstable. The unstable markert finally reached it's peak until it totally crashed. People immediatly started pulling their money out of the bank to protect their money from being lost. This just made an already horrible problem worse. This lead to a stock crash and bank failure. The only thing in the bank was peope desperate for money. The once perfect U.S changed in one November day in 1929. It went from perfect to terrible. This affected everyone in the U.S, even the rich weren't considered rich anymore. People were left homeless, penniless, and hungry. America's number one resource for food was soup kitchens. "Al Capone opened the first soup kitchen in Chicago, Illinois." This one soup kitchen opened a huge chain of soup kitchens all across the United States. People waited hours at a time for a small cup of soupa and a small piece of crusty bread. Neighbors who could no longer afford the mortgage moved in with neighbors. Paying a small, resonable fee. People selled all their belongins, even cars. Thats when car pooling was key. Not that they had many places to go. Jobs? Yeah right! You were considered one of the luckiest people ever if you had a job. People spent days, weeks, months on the streets in tents, wishing they had a life that their kids could grow up in. America was like a fish out of water, struggling to survive. We were on the fishing pole and we were hooked so deep. Slowly, America struggled to get back up again. The stocks were slowly climbing back up, falling again, and comign back up again. Banks began to reopen, and people were starting to put money back in. People were spending less time in soup kitchens and more time looking for jobs. The whole atmosphere of America was better. America was becoming more of what a real country should look like. But this wasn't an overnight thing. This lasted over ten years. Kids grew up learning to steal food and learn to enjoy a tent. I can't possibly imagine what it was like living like that. It made me so much more appreciative of what I have. From 1929-1939, people were so financially struggling that even after the depression was over, people didn't recover. This is one time in America when I'm happy I wasn't alive.====





= //**Autism**// = Autism is a very serious disease; many dont know how serious it is. Every 1 in 110 children are affected between the ages of 1 1/2 - 4, and it is a lifelong illness. Doctors don'y know how it is developed, but they do know that it possibly is formed from similar disorders that have been passed down in their bloodlines. They also know that Autism occurs in the brain which then causes there to be brain cells that aren't formed properly or are damaged. There are five types of Autism that we know of; Aspergers, Classic Autism, PDD-NOS, Rett's Syndrom, and Childhood Disintigrative Disorder. ([]) There are some ways to determine if your child has Autism. some are: 1. a hard time communicating (not talking when they are old enough to) 2. they aren't interested in people or interacting with family 3. unusual behavior 4. trouble linking words to meanings ( source: [])

In spite of all this badness, there is a bright light. There is a way to make Autism easier to cope with. although this sounds like a good idea, it has its negatives. it has "been found to improve anxiety, social interaction, mood and obsessive-compulsive behaviors at the expense of causing agitation, restlessness, insomnia, weight gain, loss of appetite and nausea." []