The Great Gatsby Background Presentation
PPT Due: 10/30
Presentation: 10/31
Create a five-minute presentation covering a background element of The Great Gatsby
Presentation: 10/31
Create a five-minute presentation covering a background element of The Great Gatsby
- Your presentation should have 8-10 slides.
- Everyone in your group must present.
- You must include a handout for students to do with your presentation.
- Include a brief assignment for students to do after your presentation
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Group 1: F. Scott Fitzgerald & The Lost Generation
- Describe F.Scott Fitzgerald's Life
- What were important influences on his life?
- What does the term, The Lost Generation, refer to?
- http://www.biography.com/people/f-scott-fitzgerald-9296261
- http://www.fscottfitzgeraldsociety.org/biography/
- http://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/generation-gaps/lost-generation.htm
- http://www.pbs.org/kteh/amstorytellers/bios.html
Group 2: The Roaring 20s & The Jazz Age/Culture in the 1920s
Research the popular culture of the 1920s - Jazz/Music, Dance, Cars, Movies, and Fashion
- http://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties
- http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade20.html
- https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/from-the-new-era-to-the-great-depression-1920-1933/the-culture-of-change/the-culture-of-the-roaring-twenties/
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/08/1920s-hairstyles-photos_n_3720290.html
Group 3: Prohibition & Organized Crime
- What was Prohibition?
- How did Prohibition influence the 1920s?
- How did Prohibition lead to the rise of Organized Crime?
- http://www.vintageperiods.com/prohibition.php
- http://www.thefinertimes.com/20th-Century-Crime-Articles/prohibition-in-the-1920s.html
- http://www.thefinertimes.com/20th-Century-Crime/organised-crime-in-the-1920s.html
- http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/unintended-consequences/
Describe the 1919 World Series Scandal
Group 4: Women in the 1920s/The Flapper
- What was life like for women in the 1920s?
- In what way was the world changing for women?
- Who were the Flappers?
New York City in the 1920s/Art Deco/E & W Egg, Long Island/The Valley of Ashes
- What was New York City like in the 1920s?
- Much of the Great Gatsby takes place in fictional East & West Egg, which is located in Long Island. What did the area really look like?
- The Valley of Ashes is an important place in The Great Gatsby. Describe what the real place might have looked like?
- http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/05/09/mapping_the_1920s_new_york_city_of_the_great_gatsby.php
- http://all-that-is-interesting.com/new-york-1920s
- http://1920sgirls.tripod.com/popculture.html
- http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2013/05/real-life-towns-inspired-great-gatsby/5560/
- http://www.litkicks.com/InGatsbysTracks#.Um5UwvkSYT8
- Describe the art & architectural movement Art Deco