Tuesday 29 January 2019

" The Prohibition" a bit of American History.


Hello Everyone!!!

Do you recognize this word ? Since I know you are doing some research on the setting of the film "Chicago" for your Final Task, I picked this short documentary on " The Prohibition", which not only you can use foryour project but also will count as a classwork grade. Watch it using subtitles as many times as you need and answer the questions below. Post the answers as a comment by Friday February 1st. Enjoy the film 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿






1. What was exactly the law known as " The Prohibition?

2. Pay attention to the sign behind the group of women at the beginning of the documentary, What does it say? or what does it mean?

3. Who weere the "wets" and the "Dries"?

4. How many different words have you spotted to refer to alcoholic drinks?

5. What was  Valentine's Day massacre?

6. Think of a newspaper headline to report any of the different pieces of information given on this documentary.