Before beginning F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, create a historical context of the Roaring 20s with this lesson. Set up a gallery walk with the provided PowerPoint, which features 10 topics related to the 1920s. Then begin...

Students research 1920's US History.  In this historical literature activity, students use the novel The Great Gatsby as a tool to examine the era.  They work in individually to create newspaper articles based on different...

The Great Gatsby, The Jungle and study HRC's Teaching the American Twenties-The Dream Factory are the focus of this lesson plan, Your high schoolers will rewrite a small scene from the novel into a dramatic film scene and then...