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Goals: Students will understand the cultural changes that took place in the USA in the 1920’s through the study of F.
Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”.
Understand the cultural shift that occurred as a result of the mesh of African American traditions and white middle class
ideals
Understand how economic prosperity, advances in technology and culture, and changing social roles defined the era
Understand the connection between WWI and the cultural changes that occurred in the 1920’s
Standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.3 Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or
simply preceded them.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing
political, social, or economic aspects of history / social studies.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.5 Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key points or advance an explanation or analysis
Activities:
Students will read the novel and after reading, students will demonstrate their knowledge of the novel and time period
by creating a scrapbook. Students may create their scrapbook using technology, e.g. PowerPoint, Prezi, online
scrapbook, or they may create a paper scrapbook.
Assessment:
Rubric to assess quality of overall product, type of memorabilia collected, clear association with novel and time
period, knowledge base of presenters, correct spelling and grammar.
"Overview: The Great Gatsby." Characters in Young Adult Literature. John T Gillespie and Corinne J. Naden.
Detroit: Gale, 1997.
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http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CH1430000775&v=2.1&u=noch09645&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
"Overview: The Great Gatsby." Characters in Young Adult Literature. John T Gillespie and Corinne J. Naden.
Detroit: Gale, 1997
Document URL
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CH1430000775&v=2.1&u=noch09645&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
Overview: The Great Gatsby." Characters in 20th-Century Literature. Laurie Lanzen Harris. Detroit: Gale
Research, 1990.
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Hermanson, Casie E. "An overview of The Great Gatsby." Literature Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2014.
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The Great Gatsby." Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Linda Pavlovski. Vol. 157. Detroit: Gale, 2005
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"Overview: The Great Gatsby." Literature and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the
Historical Events that Influenced Them. Joyce Moss and George Wilson. Vol. 3: Growth of Empires to the
Great Depression (1890-1930s). Detroit: Gale, 1997.
Document URL
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CH1430002481&v=2.1&u=char21995&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w&a
sid=34d28688de6c71cbf41217bcb24aaf1b
Anderson, W. R. "F(rancis) Scott (Key) Fitzgerald." American Writers in Paris, 1920-1939. Ed. Karen Lane
Rood. Detroit: Gale Research, 1980. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 4.
Document URL
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sid=409531e2da7c1a13fb762ec08cfc50c9
Donaldson, Scott. "F(rancis) Scott (Key) Fitzgerald." American Novelists, 1910-1945. Ed. James J. Martine.
Detroit: Gale Research, 1981. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 9.
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sid=28c030172ccae302a1693168851a3ce7
"Interview: James L.W. West discusses the early versions of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'." Weekend
All Things Considered 3 Sept. 2000.
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id=64177a31b07baebf04afc0e1160e2674
Hays, Peter L. "Oxymoron in The Great Gatsby." Papers on Language & Literature 47.3 (2011): 318+.
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id=fc01e7741e1f8fbb1593e76455e2dfbd
Levitt, Paul M. "Point of View, Telephones, Doubling, and Vicarious Learning in The Great Gatsby." The
Midwest Quarterly 53.3 (2012): 299+.
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id=994b9c5ab6d38900eb8cde0a67e74d47
Lisca, Peter. "Nick Carraway and the Imagery of Disorder." Twentieth Century Literature 13.1 (Apr. 1967): 18-
28. Rpt. in Literature Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2014.
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sid=f2bb016da599fa219f5aeb94b44bc677
Adams, Michael. "Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby." Library Journal 15 Nov. 2010: 36.
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