Advanced Eng. 11-The Great Gatsby Introductory Webquest

*This treasure hunt was originally authored by Valerie Arbizum with some alterations and updated links. 

Follow the directions given for each section. Answer thoroughly and in completes sentences on a Google Doc. You will then attach to the assignment in Google Classroom entitled The Great Gatsby Introductory Webquest. Be sure to format in MLA.  Do not "copy and paste." Rephrase the answers in your own words. 

Categories: 

Part One:  Post World War I 

Part Two: Prohibition and Speakeasies

Part Three: 19th Amendment

Part Four: Flappers 

Part Five: Automobiles

Part Six: 1920s Slang

Part Seven: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Part Eight: Old vs New Money

Part One: Post World War I

http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/lec.1920s.html

1. After the war ended, the economy skyrocketed, making it possible for people to spend more time and money on leisure activities. What are three major innovations that came out of the WWI experience?

2. What are the dominant postwar American attitudes of the 1920's? *You should name all four of them. 

3. What are the major movements of the 1920s? *You should name all three of them. 

4. What amendment created the Prohibition? 

5. What caused organized crime to arise in the 1920s? 

6. What did the gangsters use the profits to move into?

Part Two: Prohibition/Speakeasies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speakeasy

http://www.huffenglish.com/gatsby/speakeasies.html

7. What is a Speakeasy?  

8. Why do you think Speakeasies popped up across the country?

Part Three: 19th Amendment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

9. What right did women gain from the passage of the 19th amendment?

Part Four: Flappers

https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/flappers

 *Use the What is a Flapper? section of this article to answer Question 10. 

10. Why was the flapper considered a shocking icon of the 1920s? 

*Use the Flapper Dress section of this article to answer Question 11. 

11. What were considered the essentials of flapper fashion?

http://www.huffenglish.com/gatsby/brooks.html

12. After reading the article, look at the selected photos of Louise Brooks.  Does she fit the "flapper" profile as described? Why or why not?

Part Five: Automobiles

13. Why were cars considered "the most important catalyst for social change in the 1920's"?

http://www.huffenglish.com/gatsby/automobiles.html

http://www.huffenglish.com/gatsby/cars.html-1920's era automobiles

Part Six:  1920"s Slang

14. Read some 1920's slang terms.Select your three favorite slang words and copy them down.

15. Use the slang words in a creative writing assignment of 7-10 sentences. 

Part Seven: F. Scott Fitzgerald 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNUF5X7HEbQ

You will be viewing an A&E video series on the author of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald. Click on the link below and learn about the life and writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald. 

16. Write seven (7) facts about who/what influenced F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing and the man he wanted/would become. 

17. Write three (3) facts on how F. Scott Fitzgerald impacted American literature and writing. This will be near the end of the video. 

18. Write down four (4) facts about the changes in the society-social, economic, technological, and/or political.

Part Eight: Old vs New Money

http://gatsby1920.blogspot.com/2010/05/old-vs-new-money.html

19. How would you characterize people who were considered "old money"?

20. How would you characterize people who were considered "new money"?