Prohibition - Mini Unit

Teach your students about the prohibition era with this engaging mini-unit. Prohibition - Mini Unit is divided in 2 parts:

PART ONE : THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT

With this part, students will learn about the origins of different temperance organizations and the reasons why they campaigned against alcohol during the 1800s and early 1900s. This part also introduces students to the impacts of nativist feelings and World War One on the temperance movement.

PART TWO : PROHIBITION

Students will learn about the impacts of prohibition and the ultimate reasons for its failure including the involvement of organized crime, corruption, loopholes and smuggling, financial losses for governments, and poisonings.

Each part comes with:

• - Presentations to inform students on the topics.

• - Comprehension questions to discuss

• - Instructions for students to create either a booklet or poster project.
  - For the project create a booklet about the Temperance Movement students will include information to teach people about the temperance movement from its founding to the passage of the 18th Amendment.

• - For the project create a booklet about the Prohibition students will create a booklet to teach people about America under prohibition during the 1920s and early 1930s

• There are also writing sheets and primary source materials for students to investigate and understand different contemporary opinions on temperance and prohibition. The unit also comes with a PowerPoint presentation featuring enlarged reading sections, images, and video links. All materials are available in pdf and editable ppt formats for teachers to make any changes they need.

This unit can follow the format of whole-class instruction and then students can be organized in groups or pairs to work on the presentations.

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Reading Sheets

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Primary Source Analysis

Booklet/Poster Instructions & Materials

PowerPoint