Field Trip to Alcatraz Prison

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Field Trip to Alcatraz Prison

• Ms. Van Skivers
• 4th Grade
• Watkins Glen Elementary

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New York State Standards

• NY- New York State Standards Subject Social
  Studies (1996) Learning Standard 1  History of
  the United States and New YorkStudents will use
  a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate
  their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes,
  developments, and turning points in the history
  of the United States and New York. Level
   Elementary Key Idea  Important ideas, social
  and cultural values, beliefs, and traditions from
  New York State and United States history
  illustrate the connections and interactions of
  people and events across time and from a variety
  of perspectives.Conduct interviews with family
  members, collect family memorabilia such as
  letters, diaries, stories, photographs, and
  keepsakes classify information by type of
  activity social, political, economic, cultural,
  or religious discuss how traditions and
  practices were passed from one generation to the
  next determine the extent to which the
  traditions and practices are shared by other
  members of the classs study the history and
  traditions of their neighborhoods and local
  communities. Consider the school and school
  community by describing who attends school
  (diversity, demographics) the histories of their
  schools and school communities (then and now)
  what was taught and rights, rules, and
  responsibilities (then and now).s research the
  neighborhood or local community, considering
  location and the significance of its location
  its demographics (e.g., ethnicity, languages,
  religions, levels of education, age groups) the
  history of why it was settled, when and by whom
  economic patterns and changes in employment
  social and cultural life and government and
  politicss create personal and family timelines
  to distinguish between near and distant past and
  identify family origins interpret simple
  timelines by recognizing correct chronological
  order of major events such as Native American
  settlement of North America, Columbuss voyage in
  1492, the American Revolution, writing the
  Constitution, the presidency of Abraham Lincoln,
  World War I, and the beginning of space
  exploration. Performance Indicator  Gather and
  organize information about the traditions
  transmitted by various groups living in their
  neighborhood and community

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Themes and Objectives

• The students will be able to identify the daily
  routine of a prisoner in Alcatraz Prison.
• The students will also be able to identify famous
  prison inmates.

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Your Assignment

• You are a reporter for our local paper and they
  have asked you to find out what a typical day was
  like for a prisoner at Alcatraz Prison. Also,
  you have to find out who some of the famous
  prisoners were.
• Good luck and have fun with this!

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Arrival

• You arrive here at The Wharf. This is where the
  prisoners first saw their new home.
• http//www.sanfranciscovisitor.com/alcatraz_whaf.h
  tml

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Sleeping Arrangements

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• \ This is a regular prison
  cell. The prisoner stayed in his
• cell from 445 p.m. that night
  until 630 a.m. the next morning.
• This is what they called the Crossroads
• The prisoners walked through here to get
• to the showers, the dining hall, the barber
• shop and solitary confinement.

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Breakfast

• This is the Dining Hall the prisoners only
  had 20 minutes to eat their
• breakfast.

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Work Assignments

• The prisoners now had to report to the recreation
  yard for their work assignments.
• Click on this link below and explore a 360 view
  of the recreation yard that the prisoners went to
  after breakfasti
• http//www.virtualguidebooks.com/CentralCalif/San
  Francisco/Alcatraz/AlcatrazRecYard.html

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Lunch
Lunch started at 1140 in the dining hall and
they then returned back to work detail in the
recreation yard. Dinner was also served in the
Dining Hall at 415 p.m., following this the
prisoners returned to their cell for the night.
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Famous Prisoners

• Al Capone
• Robert Stroud

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Famous Prisoners

• George Kelly
• Henry Young

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Extended Activity

• The children will get together as a group and
  write a list of things that they can do to keep
  themselves from getting into trouble like those
  inmates did. Then they will take those ideas and
  make their own classroom rules for the rest of
  the year. We will discuss those rules though and
  make sure they are good choices for our
  classroom.

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Resources

• http//www.onedayhikes.com/TravelFeatures.asp?Trav
  elFeaturesid15
• http//www.virtuar.com/alcatraz/
• http//www.virtualguidebooks.com/CentralCalif/SanF
  rancisco/Alcatraz/AlcatrazRecYard.html