Task
You will be exploring the History and Development of the prison system in the United States starting in 1700 to the present.
Process
1.Take a tour of the Philadelphia State Penantery and learn how the infamous Al Capone's was treated there. https://www.easternstate.org/explore/online-tour Click Al Capone's cell and 5 
and write one fun fact for each after labeling it.
2. West Virginia Penitentiary has a resident ghost.Can he/she testify in a murder trial? What would be the outcome? Go to the link http://www.wvpentours.com/index.htm go to history tab and GREENBRIER GHOST: THE ONLY GHOST TO TESTIFY IN A MURDER TRAIL to find the answer.
3.One of the most famous prisons is Alcatraz. Go the website and find out about the prisoners that called "The Pen" their home, what was life like on the island and who escaped?http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/daily.htm
4.Supermax' prison awaits Moussaoui http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4972526.stm#return explore what his cell will look like.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4972526.stm#graphic
Evaluation
1.Philadelphia State Penantery housed one of the most famous criminals, Al Capone. Click on his cell and write about his cell and how he was treated along with 5 other sites and a fun fact about each.
Al Capone site1 site2 site 3 site4 site5
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2.West Virginia Penitentiary has a ghost that knows about the Greenbrier murder. Answer the following question.
- What happened Zona Heaster Shue in1897?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Who found Zona and where?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Dr. George W. Knapp was the Dr who said how she died. What did he say was the cause of death at the time?.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Mary Jane Heaster, Zona's mother stated telling the neighbors about her dreams. What was she telling them?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- What does it say about Zona husband? List a few things you learned about him._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What is the husbands real name?______________________________________
Three physicians participated in the autopsy of Zona, what did they find?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What was the jurys decision?______________________
3.Name two imates that called Alcatraz their home. Identify their crime,sentece time and one fun fact about them.
Inmate___________________________________
Crime commited___________________________
Sentence Time____________________________
Fun Fact______________________________________________________________
Inmate___________________________________
Crime commited___________________________
Sentence Time____________________________
Fun Fact______________________________________________________________
What was life like on the island? Go to prison life tab and pick three times and idenify what the prisoners is doing at the time.
- Time______________Actvity________________________________________
- Time______________Activity________________________________________
- Time______________Activity______________________________________
The Pen is a difficult place to live, so some tried to escape.Write a few sentence about who and how inmates have tried to escape form the island of Alcatraz.
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4.Supermax' prison awaits Moussaoui.Explore his cell and identify three items you found interesting.
- 1.____________________________________________________________
- 2.____________________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________________
5.Share one fun thing you found out about on this webquest_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________