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National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: The Great Gatsby Unit PlanNational Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: The Great Gatsby Unit Plan
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National Endowment for the Arts
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9th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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1200L
Unit Plan

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: The Great Gatsby

Curated by ACT

Guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, with historical information about the novel's Jazz Age setting, an author biography, and access to a radio program (audio plus transcript) of excerpts from the novel and analysis of its characters and themes. [29:12] Extras for teachers include a ten-lesson unit of study with activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics.

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Concepts

american literature, f. scott fitzgerald, the great gatsby

Additional Tags

literature guide, "the great gatsby", fitzgerald

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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