Fitzgerald, F. Scott: 1896 - 1940
The Great Gatsby, 1925 - Teaching
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- Study Guides
- Teaching ‘The Great Gatsby’ With The New York Times: Collection of lesson plans. (Gives lesson ideas. Particularly useful for American Dream, wealth, class, race, gender, 1920s culture and contemporary connections)
- American Literature (Good for checking comprehension)
- Homework Online (A very practical study guide)
- LitCharts (Excellent for themes, symbols, characters, motifs, structure and close analysis)
- Reader Resources from the Big Read (pdf) (Authoritative educational resource)
- The Great Gatsby in the Classroom (Provides strategies for each chapter, pre/post-reading activities and literary criticism)
- Teaching the Great Gatsby (For understanding the historical context)
- Were the 1920s the “Roaring ’20s?. (No reference to The Great Gatsby) Students examine themes that were integral to the 1920s, e.g. technology and the economy, immigration and migration, and civil rights and civil liberties. They will learn about several events from the 1920s, including the rise of consumer culture, the Great Migration, and Prohibition. (Historical context about consumer culture, Great Migration, Prohibition, immigration and civil liberties)
- Collection of lesson plans
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- Other Teaching Help
- Discussion Questions from the Big Read