Gatsby's America






Project Overview:

This project is designed to help you explore and understand more about the important historical period in which The Great Gatsby is set. After you have created a group of 2-3 students and chosen a topic, you will spend one class period doing research on the internet/in the school library so as to be ready to share your new-found knowledge with your classmates the following week.

Go to Gatsby's treasure hunt website as a start and use  any other reputable source you find on your own. You are required to use at least two different internet sources, which you will properly cite in a brief annotated bibliography submitted on the day of your report as well as the notes you have written while preparing your topic.
Your presentation to the class should be between five and ten minutes in length. It should also be interactive in nature. By that, I mean you will not just get up and deliver a lecture; rather, you will find a creative means by which to share your research. You could, for example, come dressed as two characters from the novel/from that era and carry on a scripted, informative dialogue. You can present the fruit of your research on a poster
If you are studying famous people you could pose as an interviewer/celebrity pair on a radio talk show. You could also involve your audience somehow. Use your immense creative reserves! You purpose is to convey your information in an engaging manner.

Topics:
1.The booming/roaring 20’s
2. The Jazz Age /music
3. Flappers 
4. American Prohibition
5. Sacco and Vanzetti
6. Al Capone/organized crime
7. After the war /desillusion/lost generation
8. Bonnie and Clyde
9. the rise of automobiles
10. Art of the 1920's

an interesting article on Baz Luhrmann's view of flappers

Evaluation criteria:

fluent and articulate language                       2 pts
depth of information, richness of contents    4 pts
originality and creativeness                           2 pts
grammar and vocabulary                              2 pts
accent and pronunciation                              2 pts

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