Prohibition – Episode 1: A Nation of Drunkards

Grade
9-12
Lesson Duration

“PROHIBITION is a three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the entire era it encompassed.”

To watch the episode online, go to: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/watch-video/#id=2082675582

For Lesson Plans and Snapshot Activities, got to: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/educators/

Source

http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/about/