Alcatraz Prison
Attention Getter: Imagine you are told exactly when you can eat or shower and when you have to go to bed and when you must wake up. Well many of the prisoners on Alcatraz Island were treated in such a way.
Psychological Orientation: If you were a prisoner on Alcatraz Island, every aspect of your life would be controlled by a higher authority. If you like to have a midnight snack every now and then, that luxury would be taken away. If you like to sit around and watch TV for hours, you can forget about that too.
Logical Orientation: Alcatraz has a long history of transformation as to how it came to be known as the inescapable prison island. This reputation did not stop a handful of men to try and do the impossible and escape the island.
BODY
I. Main Point: Alcatraz has a long history
A. Before Alcatraz became the tourist attraction it is today, it was speculated that the Native Americans used it as an exile island for anyone who broke tribal laws. (Grabianowski, 2010, para. 1)
B. By the 1860's the U.S. claimed this island from the Native American and used it to store artillery pieces used in the Civil War. (Grabianowski, 2010, para. 1)
C. As time passed, prisoners were shipped to island to be imprisoned. (Grabianowski, 2010, para. 2)
1. According to Grabianowski (2010, para. 1) these early prisoners were usually soldiers who deserted or committed other crimes.
D. By the end of the Civil War, it was finally decided to convert the island to a military prison. (Grabianowski, 2010, para. 1)
1. By the early 1900's, the prison began to overflow with prisoners, but when the earthquake of 1906 occurred many more prisoners were went to the island. (Grabianowski, 2010, para. 3)
2. The official U.S. Military Prison was completed in 1912. (Grabianowski, 2010, para. 3)
a. Alcatraz fit the image of an intense place to send high-crime committing prisoners. (Grabianowski, 2010, para. 4)
Transition: Life on the prison island for the prisoners was planned out very
Psychological Orientation: If you were a prisoner on Alcatraz Island, every aspect of your life would be controlled by a higher authority. If you like to have a midnight snack every now and then, that luxury would be taken away. If you like to sit around and watch TV for hours, you can forget about that too.
Logical Orientation: Alcatraz has a long history of transformation as to how it came to be known as the inescapable prison island. This reputation did not stop a handful of men to try and do the impossible and escape the island.
BODY
I. Main Point: Alcatraz has a long history
A. Before Alcatraz became the tourist attraction it is today, it was speculated that the Native Americans used it as an exile island for anyone who broke tribal laws. (Grabianowski, 2010, para. 1)
B. By the 1860's the U.S. claimed this island from the Native American and used it to store artillery pieces used in the Civil War. (Grabianowski, 2010, para. 1)
C. As time passed, prisoners were shipped to island to be imprisoned. (Grabianowski, 2010, para. 2)
1. According to Grabianowski (2010, para. 1) these early prisoners were usually soldiers who deserted or committed other crimes.
D. By the end of the Civil War, it was finally decided to convert the island to a military prison. (Grabianowski, 2010, para. 1)
1. By the early 1900's, the prison began to overflow with prisoners, but when the earthquake of 1906 occurred many more prisoners were went to the island. (Grabianowski, 2010, para. 3)
2. The official U.S. Military Prison was completed in 1912. (Grabianowski, 2010, para. 3)
a. Alcatraz fit the image of an intense place to send high-crime committing prisoners. (Grabianowski, 2010, para. 4)
Transition: Life on the prison island for the prisoners was planned out very