The celebrities of the roaring twenties

Publié le 24 Avril 2007 par Dom

Catégories : #Civilisation

The 1920s were famous for people like Eliot Ness or Al Capone and that's why films or Tv series were created .

An example of the latest film about that period can be used to give you an idea of the history of the USA . So have a look at the trailer of

THE UNTOUCHABLES

WORKSHEET ON THE TRAILER

1. Pre-listening task

1) What are the sounds you hear?

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2) Write your own story with these sounds

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2. Listening task

Listen to the whole document and answer the following questions:

a) What sort of document is it?

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b) Who is talking?

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c) Pick out words you heard?

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d) Write your own story

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Then you can learn more about them

WORKSHEET ON THE CELEBRITIES OF THE TWENTIES

Web sites for the work on the internet

http://www.historicaldocuments.com/18thAmendment.htm#t1

http://www.historicaldocuments.com/VolsteadAct.htm

http://www.chicagohs.org/history/capone.html

http://www.crimelibrary.com/ness/nessmain.htm

http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=NE

With the help of the pages of the internet fill in the identity for the celebrity and answer the questions to prepare your oral presentation to the class.

Al Capone

First name:	..................................................................
Surname:	..................................................................
Nickname:	..................................................................
Date of birth : Date of death:	..................................................................
Place of birth:	..................................................................
Left school at the age of:	..................................................................
4^th December 1918:	..................................................................
30^th December 1918:	..................................................................
His business:	.................................................................. ................................................................... ...................................................................
Where did he go in 1928?	..................................................................
What happened on February 14^th 1929	..................................................................
Why was he called the public enemy n°1?	..................................................................
Where was he sent to prison?	..................................................................
What did he die of?	..................................................................

Summary of his life:.................................................................................................................

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Find what the 18^th amendment was about:

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What was the Volstead Act about?

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Eliot Ness

First name:	.................................................................................................
Surname:	.................................................................................................
Date of birth:	.................................................................................................
Place of birth:	.................................................................................................
His family life:	.................................................................................................
His occupation :	.................................................................................................
He was famous for:	.................................................................................................

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