22/05/2025

• Citizenship
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

22/05/2025

English Lit: Grammar ( been told to wait untill after half term to start this module so you can have a whole term then move on after the holidays.) 

Maths: Place value and number 

Arts Award task 

History: Prohibition and Bootlegging

Maths - 22/05/25

Finishing Place Value. 

Same LO as Tuesday, please rewrite

We need to finish this module by the end of maths tomorrow, so we can move on after half term

Pages 5-12

Complete pages 5 to 12 in the Maths Workbook. 

We will go through 2-3 questions together on each page, then you shall be left to your own devices for 20 minutes. 

22/05/25

History 

Bootlegging and Al Capone: The rise of organised crime 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqsAMJEIQ8I

A brief overview of prohibition (1920- 1933)

Please copy down this text: 

Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide ban on producing, selling, and transporting alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933. This was a period in which the 18th Amendment to the Constitution prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors. While intended to address social problems like poverty and crime, Prohibition led to a rise in illegal activities like bootlegging and the growth of organised crime. The era ended with the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th Amendment in 1933. 

Why do you think bootlegging became such a major industry in the 1920s? 

Bootlegging thrived in the 1920s because the US implemented Prohibition, making alcohol illegal to manufacture, sell, or transport, while also driving up demand for it. Despite nationwide support for Prohibition, many Americans continued to drink, leading to a booming illegal alcohol industry. 

Reasons for the thriving bootlegging industry:

• Prohibition:
  

The 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol, but not its consumption. This created a demand for illicit alcohol that bootleggers were happy to supply.

• Difficulty of Enforcement:
  

Enforcement of Prohibition was weak and plagued by corruption, making it difficult to stop bootlegging activities. The large US coastline and borders were also hard to patrol, allowing for the smuggling of alcohol. 

• High Demand:
  

Despite the ban, many Americans continued to drink, leading to a significant market for illegal alcohol.

• Profitability:

Bootlegging offered huge profits, which attracted organised crime groups who took control of the industry.

• Rise of Organised Crime:
  

Prohibition essentially created a fertile ground for organised crime, as bootleggers used violence and corruption to control the illicit alcohol trade. 

What is bootlegging?

Bootlegging is defined as the illegal manufacture, distribution, or sale of goods, especially alcohol or recordings. Create a small mind map of what you already know about bootlegging. 2 minutes 

What was the role of speakeasies and hidden distilleries in the 1920s? 

What was the role of speakeasies and hidden distilleries in the 1920s? 

During the 1920s Prohibition era, speakeasies and hidden distilleries played a key role in defying the law and providing alcohol to those who desired it. Speakeasies, secret bars, became popular establishments where people could enjoy alcohol despite the ban. Hidden distilleries, also known as bootlegging operations, produced and distributed alcohol illegally, further fueling the demand for drinks in speakeasies. 

The role of the speakeasies 

Speakeasies:

• Defiance of Prohibition:
  

Speakeasies emerged as a direct response to the ban on alcohol, offering a place to drink and socialise without legal repercussions.

• Underground Establishments:
  

These bars were often hidden, discreet, and required passwords or other secret entrances to avoid detection by law enforcement.

• Social Hubs:
  

Speakeasies became places for people to gather, socialise, and enjoy themselves, often with music, dancing, and a lively atmosphere.

• Rise of Organised Crime:
  

Many speakeasies were linked to organised crime, with gangsters like Al Capone controlling the bootlegging operations that supplied the alcohol. 

The role of hidden distilleries (bootlegging) 

Hidden Distilleries (Bootlegging):

• Illegal Production:
  

Bootleggers produced alcohol illegally, often in hidden locations or makeshift distilleries, using techniques like moonshine or bathtub gin.

• Smuggling:
  

Alcohol was also smuggled into the United States from other countries, adding to the illicit supply.

• Supply for Speakeasies:
  

Bootlegging operations supplied the alcohol for speakeasies and other underground drinking establishments.

• Rise of Gangs:
  

The illegal production and distribution of alcohol fueled the growth of organised crime, as gangs competed for control of the bootlegging trade. 

Al Capone – The Man Behind the Empire

Alphonse Gabriel Capone 

 He was born on January 17, 1899, and is sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface" He was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1925 to 1931. His seven-year reign as a crime boss ended when he was imprisoned at the age of 33 for tax evasion. 

Capone showed promise as a student but had trouble with the rules at his strict parochial Catholic school. His schooling ended at the age of 14 after he was expelled for hitting a female teacher in the face. Capone worked at odd jobs around Brooklyn, including a candy store and a bowling alley. From 1916 to 1918, he played semi-professional baseball. Following this, Capone was influenced by gangster Johnny Torrio, whom he came to regard as a mentor.

Career

New York City : 

Capone initially became involved with small-time gangs that included the Junior Forty Thieves and the Bowery Boys. He then joined the Brooklyn Rippers and then the powerful Five Points Gang based in Lower Manhattan. 

During this time, he was employed and mentored by fellow racketeer Frankie Yale, a bartender in a Coney Island dance hall and saloon called the Harvard Inn. Capone inadvertently insulted a woman while working the door, and he was slashed with a knife three times on the left side of his face by her brother, Frank Galluccio; the wounds led to the nickname "Scarface", which Capone loathed. 

The date when this occurred has been reported with inconsistencies.  When Capone was photographed, he hid the scarred left side of his face, saying that the injuries were war wounds.  He was called "Snorky" by his closest friends, a term for a sharp dresser.

 Compare the two images of Times Square, NYC, below. 

Move to Chicago

In 1919, Capone left New York City for Chicago at the invitation of Torrio, who was imported by crime boss James "Big Jim" Colosimo as an enforcer. Capone began in Chicago as a bouncer in a brothel, which is thought to be where he contracted syphilis. Capone was aware of being infected at an early stage, and the timely use of Salvarsan probably could have cured the infection, but he never sought treatment.[24] In 1923, Capone purchased a small house at 7244 South Prairie Avenue in the Park Manor neighbourhood in Chicago's South Side for $5,500.

As originally reported in the Chicago Tribune, hijacker Joe Howard was killed on May 8, 1924, after he tried to interfere with the Capone-Torrio bootlegging business. In a 1936 article highlighting Capone's criminal career, the Tribune erroneously reported the date as May 7, 1923. In the early years of the decade, Capone's name began appearing in newspaper sports pages where he was described as a boxing promoter.[28] Torrio took over Colosimo's criminal empire after the latter's murder on May 11, 1920, in which Capone was suspected of being

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