Al Capone:
http://www.chicagohs.org/history/capone.html Very good website on Al Capone. Has some photos
that I could use in Smart Board.
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/al-capone Awesome! FBI info on Capone
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/roster.htm Alcatraz inmate roster
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/cap1.htm Page of info on Al Capone
Machine Gun Kelly:
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/mgk.htm Machine Gun Kelly info
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/machine-gun-kelly Awesome! FBI info on Kelly
http://www.biography.com/people/machine-gun-kelly-507610 Machine Gun Kelly
http://www.nndb.com/people/367/000135959/ Machine Gun Kelly
http://myfivebest.com/five-notorious-gangsters-of-the-great-depression/
General Overview of Gangsters in 1930s
http://history1920.tripod.com/id1.html
Alcatraz:
http://www.kqed.org/w/alcatraz/flash/movie.html Cool Alcatraz site. Has some lesson plans too.
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/exteriorpage.htm Map of the island
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/factsnfig.htm Alcatraz facts and figures
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/interiorpage.htm Cellhouse diagram
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/daily.htm Daily routine for Alcatraz inmates
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/regpage1.htm Rules and regulations for inmates
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/escapes1.htm Escape attempts from Alcatraz
http://www.nps.gov/alca/planyourvisit/upload/map-alcatraz.pdf National Parks Service map
http://www.clairerudolfmurphy.com/Children_of_Alcatraz.html the children of Alcatraz
http://students.cup.edu/mor2399/index.htm
This site has information about what life was like on Alcatraz. It includes biographies of famous
prisoners and a page about the children of guards: The Children of Alcatraz
http://students.cup.edu/mor2399/children.htm
One page about what life was like for the children who lived on Alacatraz.
Education of the mentally challenged in 1930s and 1940s
http://www.naddc.org/the-first-case-of-autism.htm Talks about “beginning” of autism diagnosis
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt61735.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/history-of-special-education
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_topics_health_mh_timeline.shtml Overview of mental
health in the US
http://www.ilusa.com/articles/mshreve_article_ilc.htm
http://cirrie.buffalo.edu/encyclopedia/en/article/143/ Dense article—lots of info
Autism Resources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcNPTL7XKes
Autism Every Day video with moms/autistic kids (7 min)
http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/brain/autism.html Very kid friendly site to learn
http://www.gnasd.com/autism.htm Another good site aimed at students
http://www.njcosac.org/AboutAutism.aspx Main characteristics clearly marked and defined
http://nichcy.org/Disabilities/Specific/Pages/Autism.aspx Explains the disorder with a story
about a boy named Ryan
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/autism/detail_autism.htm An autism fact sheet
Author info:
http://www.choldenko.com/about/faq1.html Quick facts about her
http://www.patriciamnewman.com/choldenko.html Biographical article written about Gennifer in 2006
http://lookingglassreview.com/html/profile_2.html Author profile on Gennifer by a publisher
http://www.gennifercholdenko.com/about/press.html Photos of her you can download
http://www.bloomsbury.com/childrens/microsite.asp?id=289&section=3
Gives a short summary of the author, many questions and answers about the author, short extracts
from the book, and a letter from the author to the readers.
The Great Depression:
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/front.html America in the 1930s—big site
http://history1900s.about.com/od/photographs/tp/greatdepressionpictures.htm Photos of the Great
Depression to use for a presentation
http://articles.usa-people-search.com/content-american-history-of-the-1930s.aspx Interesting site with
links to all pieces of 1930s culture
http://www.angelfire.com/freak2/1930z/
Prohibition in the 1930s
http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_27.html
http://www.historicpatterson.org/Exhibits/ExhProhibition.php
http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/p/prohibition.htm
History of San Francisco in 1930s
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/index5.html Virtual museum for San Fran
http://www.zpub.com/sf/history/sfh-2.html Time line of San Fran history
http://www.taxi-library.org/history.htm
http://timelines.ws/cities/SF_C_1930_1959.HTML