English LA
English III
The Great Gatsby
Starting Monday, March 22, 2015
Overview
Other Resources
Modernism, F. Scott Fitzgerald, the Jazz Age, and the American Dream
Classroom novel sets
Vocabulary list for novel
with flashcards:
http://quizlet.com/1980574
/the-great-gatsbyvocabulary-words-flashcards/
Learning Objectives
1. SWBAT draw parallels between their own lives and the life and work of F.
Scott Fitzgerald in the context of the Jazz Age, the Lost Generation,
Prohibition, and the Great Depression.
2. SWBAT to describe one significant event each in the artistic, musical, social,
literary, and historical context of the writing of The Great Gatsby.
3. SWBAT describe at least three autobiographical elements of Fitzgerald’s own life
that are reflected in The Great Gatsby.
4. SWBAT to explain narrative Points of View and the importance of Nick
Caraway to the telling of the story.
5. SWBAT describe Fitzgerald’s view of the American Dream, as defined by
character and plot development in The Great Gatsby and a related short story.
6. SWBAT identify how an author may use elements of Symbolism and Color
in the creation of fictional characters for have greater depth/meaning.
7. SWBAT develop an appreciation for the process of authorship and the use of
language to create mood, setting, and purpose in a story.
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Review PowerPoint, hitting keys points
Research individual topics and make
presentations
Read The Great Gatsby according to posted
schedule
Read Fitzgerald short story as assigned
Unit assessment
Evaluation
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Research presentation
Assessment over Fitzgerald bio
Reading quizzes over novel and short story
Regular content quizzes for novel
Final assessment/choice of format
The Great Gatsby
PowerPoint
Choice of project apps
Research Topic Options
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Activities
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Various web sites
17. Fads
18. New Technology of the
1920s
19. Women’s Rights,
especially Women’s Suffrage
20. Post-WWI Expatriates
(who and where they were
and any famous ones)
21. The KKK—the resurgence
22. The Harlem Renaissance
(what it was, where was it,
and who was involved)
23. Role of social classes
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The Roaring ‘20s, a definition and
the economic social impacts
F. Scott Fitzgerald (biography,
what else he wrote, etc.)
Sacco and Vanzetti
Fashion of the 1920s, especially
Flappers
Bootlegging and the rise of
organized crime
Sports, especially the 1919 World
Series
Automobiles (types and who had
them)
Prohibition and Temperance
Charles Lindbergh and Aviation
Famous actors
Famous politicians,
Famous artists
Famous authors
Music
Entertainment
Pop Culture
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