UNIT 3 - The Great Gatsby
The Roaring Twenties
This simulation from the McCord Museum of Canadian History in Montreal, Quebec, invites students to choose a role (male or female) and learn the ins and outs of the Twenties. Headsets recommended. - The Roaring Twenties - Game
Text of the novel: The Great Gatsby - Text
Prereading activities
The Great Gatsby Treasure Hunt
This prereading activity asks students to explore a dozen aspects of the Roaring Twenties: The Great Gatsby Treasure Hunt
Sunday Morning
The end of an era for the “Gatsby house”: The end of an era for the Gatsby house
See more at: F. Scott Fitzgerald Lesson plans for The Great Gatsby and other works
Character Impressions
Creating a scene and a character while establishing a mood with word choices
Fake Facebook page for Tom Buchanan
Students might critique this page as a response to reading. They might also construct something similar for another character.
This project depicts the entire novel: An Infographic: Every Scene in novel
Teacher Guide to the Great Gatsby
Analysis, essential questions, learning activities, slide shows, conflict, motif, symbol.
Vocabulary
Click on any of the vocabulary words below to hear them pronounced and used in a sentence.
Definition: The condition of being disenchanted; disappointed.
Context: We are caught between hope and disillusion.
Definition: To hypnotize, spellbind, fascinate.
Context: His house was full of wonderful objects and mesmerizing friends.
Definition: Disdainfully or skeptically humorous; derisively mocking.
Context: Nick Carraway is sardonic and quiet.
Definition: Characterized by or appealing to self-indulgence; marked by decay or decline.
Context: The East represents wealth, decadence, and corruption.
Definition: Of or relating to the countryside, not urban; pleasingly peaceful and innocent.
Context: The city ends and the pastoral green dream of Gatsby's begins.
Definition: A meeting at an appointed place and time.
Context: Gatsby asks Nick to arrange a rendezvous with Daisy.
Definition: Agitated with doubt or mental conflict.
Context: His distraught eyes stared down at Daisy.
Definition: To obtain money or property by fraud or deceit.
Context: I would not give her up to a common swindler who would have to steal a ring to put on her finger.