THE GREAT GATSBY THE JAZZ AGE: THE 1920's WEBQUEST and PRESENTATION 1920's WEBQUEST INTRODUCTION: THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the life of the wealthy during the Jazz Age (the Roaring Twenties). The 1920s era evokes images of flappers, racoon coats, the Charleston, and Prohibition. These images, however, reflect only a small part of life in this decade. TASK: What was life in the 1920's really like? On what people, events, and activities does Fitzgerald base THE GREAT GATSBY? In order to get the most out of the novel, you need to understand the culture of that era. Therefore, your job is to prepare a Power Point presentation. PROCESS: 1. 4 "editorial" groups will be formed. Each group will consist of reporters and an editor who will work together to investigate certain areas of life in the 1920's and to publish their findings. 2. Each group will be responsible for assembling one section of their findings. GROUP 1: "Daily Life/ Foods/ Slang" (Choose 6) The Charleston Flagpole sitting Mah jongg Crossword puzzles Music Radio Jazz Food & Beverages Beauty Pageants 20 popular words/expressions (and their meanings) The economy GROUP 2: "Flappers/Fashions/Cars" (Do all) Describe the flappers. How did they behave? Who were they? Describe fashionable female attire/accessories. Describe fashionable men's attire. Describe the cars of the era. [Include as many pictures as possible.] GROUP 3: "Prohibition/ Crime/ Scandals" (Choose 6) Prohibition: What? When? Why? Speakeasies, Texas Guinan and ways people got around it Izzy Einstein & Moe Smith Al Capone and organized crime St. Valentine's Day Massacre Sacco & Vanzetti 1919 World Series Fatty Arbuckle KKK GROUP 4: "Famous People, Famous Events,Noteworthy Inventions" (Choose 6) Harry Houdini Henry Ford Richard Byrd Rudolph Valentino "Shoeless" Joe Jackson Scopes Monkey Trial Leopold-Loeb case w/ Clarence Darrow Lindbergh solo flight Rosewood Massacre Women's suffrage 3. The end product of all of your research will be: A. a Power-Point presentation of all of your findings presented to the class. 4. You will have four days in the computer lab to do research. You will still need to collect contact information from the members in your group so that you can get information to each other outside of class. Lastly, you must practice your presentation as you will be graded on the organization of the group. The presentation must be between 15-20 minutes long. This means that each individual group member will have to present on their section for about three minutes. While you will be receiving one overall group grade, individual grades may be affected if you have not put enough effort into your portion of the project. POSSIBLE RESOURCES: Daily Life/Fads/Slang: The 1920s Experience : http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/ Jazz Age Slang http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm Roaring 20s Info http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/20sdep.html Flappers/Fashions/Cars: Flapper’s of the 1920s: http://www.life123.com/beauty/fashion/flappers/flappers-of-the1920s.shtml The Flapper’s of the 1920s: http://students.umf.maine.edu/mccormka/public.www/history/index.htm Roaring 20s Info: http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/20sdep.html Prohibition/Crime/Scandals: The 1920s Roaring 20s Pictures Great Gatsby Hotlist Welcome to the 1920s The Roaring Twenties Gallery Roaring Twenties Outline The 1920s Experience Temperance and Prohibition Prohibition Tales Picture Prohibition in Gatsby Capone The Lawless Decade Roaring 20s Info Famous People/Historic Events/Noteworthy Inventions: The 1920s Roaring 20s Page GreatGatsby Hotlist Roaring Twenties Gallery Outline of Roaring Twenties Roaring Twenties Roaring 20s Info CONCLUSION: Through your research, you will be well prepared to enter into the world of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Roaring Twenties" in The Great Gatsby. His tale is full of the gusto of the era with a strange combination of satire, burlesque, fantasy, and melodrama much of which you have encountered through this web quest. As you begin to explore Fitzgerald's interpretation of the "American Dream" in the twenties, keep in mind the characteristics of the era which shaped his writing. EVALUATION OF RESEARCH PRODUCTS: Each of the groups has chosen an end product which will be evaluated using a rubric appropriate to its content. Scroll down to find the correct rubric which will be used to assess your work. Remember that each group must present its finding; therefore, the first rubric will be used to evaluate each group.