Name: _______________________________________
The Great Gatsby Webquest: Click on the provided links [or find your own] to find information necessary for
answering the questions. Type answers in Word. Print when finished. Your Word file should not exceed two
pages – delete empty lines to save paper.
1. Describe the “Roaring Twenties.” Explore this site and its many links: http://www.1920-30.com/
Flappers and the changing role of women in society
Impact of Prohibition
Conflicting views on jazz
Rise of the automobile (see also http://www.huffenglish.com/gatsby/automobiles.html)
2. Read this brief biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Describe some of the high points and low points in
Fitzgerald’s life. http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
3. What is meant by “the American dream”? Find and quote some definitions on the internet.
4. On a separate sheet of paper, compose a literary timeline with U.S. and world events beginning with
Fitzgerald’s birth year and ending with the year of his death. The timeline must include a minimum of five (5)
U.S. and world events and five (5) Fitzgerald-related events. Staple your timeline to this Word document
after you print it.
http://www.animatedatlas.com/timeline.html
http://www.pbs.org/kteh/amstorytellers/bios.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/fitzgerald_f_timeline_flash.html
http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/chronology.html