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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in activites to examine "The Great Gatsby". They research the author's life and other works. They create a timeline of the era in which the book was written as well. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the tensions of wealth and status in the novel, 'The Great Gatsby.' They identify ways people assert group membership, discuss biographical information about F. Scott Fitzgerald, and write a credo for the 'secret society' in the novel. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read The Great Gatsby to connect the societal change of the 1920s to the historical events of the time. Students research and present topics about the era and plan a Gatsby style party, including a budget. Students also create a character book. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students investigate the concept of the American Dream. They use the novel "The Great Gatsby" as an example from literature. Students brainstorm in order to define the American Dream. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students formulate what tensions about wealth and status are revealed in The Great Gatsby. Apply how these tensions are reflected in Nick Carraway's struggle to belong. Write a "credo" for the "secret society" implied in The Great Gatsby. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students listen to passage from "The Great Gatsby" and create an image of the scene in their heads. They view a set of pictures and discuss images then write their own description of the picture's scenery using imagery and literary devices. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in the Great Gatsby Project Description. They research about famous people of the Jazz Age, prohibition, fashions in the 1920's and automobiles of that time period. Students share their findings with classmates. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students are given the novel "The Great Gatsby" to read. They are given a handout, of a fun project that is going to asses their comprehension of the novel. Students go over the hand out that describes the assignment. They work in groups of two and draw a number that reveals their assigned chapter. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students discuss the America in the 1920's and they recive biographical information about F. Scott Fitzgerald. They are asked who has every read or heard of "The Great Gatsby"? Students discuss the setting of "The Great Gatsby." They view a video about the 1920's in America. Full Review »
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- 11th - Higher Ed
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Students review great American novel, The Great Gatsby, examine use of literature as window through which to see and evaluate time period of history, discuss elements of society after conclusion of world-wide cataclysm such as war, and create skits in which they depict examples as seen in The Great Gatsby. Full Review »

