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This "New American Characters" - Analyzing the Impact of Cultural Change in "The Great Gatsby" lesson plan also includes:
- The Great Gatsby, Prohibition, and Fitzgerald
- What 'The Great Gatsby' Means to American Literature
- The History of the Flapper, Part 1
- 1920s American Economy
- Flappers and the New Feminism
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Learners annotate text from The Great Gatsby before working through a character development map. They then use text evidence in a final essay to describe the connection between central ideas and character development.
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- Study the 1920s era in history along with the unit
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- Designed for use after reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
Pros
- Suggests an extension activity
- Incorporates pupil accountability using peer editing
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