Prohibition Essay

This worksheet helps students in Grades 5 and 6 strengthen argumentative writing, historical reasoning, and evidence-based analysis by crafting a 2-3 paragraph essay evaluating whether Prohibition failed, succeeded, or achieved a combination of outcomes. Students support their claims with at least three pieces of historical evidence, organize ideas with clear structure, and develop a thesis while defending their argument.

Learning Goals

• Argumentative Essay Writing (Grades 5-6) – Students construct a clear thesis, organized paragraphs, and logical reasoning.
• Analysis of Historical Outcomes – Learners evaluate the successes and failures of Prohibition using historical context.
• Use of Evidence in Writing – The activity reinforces supporting claims with specific examples and factual information.
• Critical Evaluation of Policies – Students consider societal, legal, and economic effects when forming conclusions.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to align with upper-elementary ELA and social studies standards.
• Promotes Research and Reasoning – Encourages students to synthesize information from multiple sources or lessons.
• Builds Writing and Thinking Skills – Strengthens sentence construction, organization, and analytical thought.
• Flexible Classroom Use – Suitable for independent writing, assessments, guided lessons, or enrichment.
• Low-Prep Printable – Ready for classroom or homeschool use with minimal preparation.

This Prohibition Essay worksheet helps students critically evaluate the impact of Prohibition while practicing structured argumentative writing. By defending a position with historical evidence, learners strengthen comprehension, reasoning, and synthesis skills while gaining deeper insight into the societal effects of 1920s policies.

This worksheet is part of our Prohibition Era Worksheets collection.