Instructional Video19:00
Curated Video

'The Great Gatsby': Developing a personal response

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can develop a personal response to an extract from ‘The Great Gatsby’. Key learning points: - An opinion is a view or judgement formed on something, not based on fact. - In order to add credibility to our opinions, we...
Instructional Video16:26
Schooling Online

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby - Context

3rd - Higher Ed
Ever heard of the phrase ‘life imitates art’? Well, in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s case, it was ‘art imitates life’! If you think The Great Gatsby is a wild tale, wait until you hear about Fitzgerald’s ride from rags to riches and back again!...
Instructional Video3:39
Mr. Beat

The Lost Generation Writers (Story Time with Mr. Beat)

6th - 12th
Once upon a time there was city, named Paris, France. During the 1920s, lots of Americans moved there to escape institutionalized racism and the associated race riots, xenophobia, censorship, materialism, and Prohibition. Perhaps most...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda

9th - 10th
This is an NPR Morning Edition interview with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's granddaughter, Eleanor Lanahan. In it she discusses a new collection of her grandparents' love letters, and what they tell about their lives. This interview is...