The Great Prezi Presentation
The purpose of this research is for us as a class to put together necessary and important
information that will add to the reading and understanding of The Great Gatsby.
For this project, you will work in a small group to create ONE, unified Prezi covering one of the
topics below. You will be given two (2) lab days to complete the following:
 Your Research
 Your Group Prezi
 A GROUP Works Cited Page
Whatever you don’t get done in class becomes homework. I would get your teammates contact
information in case you need to reach them outside of class.
On _________________________________________, your group will present your topic/Prezi to the
class. You will also turn in your Works Cited page on this day.
NOTE: It MUST be printed OR emailed to Ms. Pierson before class begins or it is late. Do not come to
me during the passing period and ask to log into your email and print it—just email the attachment to
me. The attachment MUST work properly for it to be counted on time. My email again is
pierson.sycamore@gmail.com OR bpierson@mtnhome.k12.ar.us.
The Great Gatsby and the Roaring ‘20s Research Topics
Each topic will only be researched/presented once
Group One: Roaring 20s
-How did it get its name?
-Economy
-Post war America
Group Two: F. Scott Fitzgerald
-Biography
-Other works of literature
-Post-WWI Expatriates
Group Three: Women
- Women’s Rights (also called Women’s Suffrage)
- Flappers and Role Changes
- Fashion (Men and Women)
Group Four: New Laws and the Rise of Organized Crime
- Bootlegging and organized crime
- Prohibition and Temperance
- Speakeasies
Group Five: Culture
-Automobiles (types and who had them)
- Sports (esp. 1919 World Series)
-Music, fads, and language
Group Six: Miscellaneous Events of the 1920s
-Sacco and Vanzetti
-Charles Lindbergh and Aviation (and Kidnapping)
-The KKK- the resurgence
- Harlem Renaissance (what it was, where it was, and who
was involved)