The Great Gatsby English 11 Ms. Freeman. What do you already know? About the 1920’s in America? About the Prohibition? What is the Prohibition? Where.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Chapter 13: Roaring Life of the 1920s – Part I

Advertisements

About the Author Born-September 24, 1896 Died-December 21, 1940 Married Zelda Sayre Famous works include -The Great Gatsby -The Beautiful and the Damned.

Background Information The Great Gatsby. Modernism in Literature Began after World War I; influenced a change in beliefs about the world Reflection of.

Liberal Youth Culture in the Roaring Twenties Essential Question: What cultural conflicts arose in 1920s America? What role did the emergence of a new.

Background to The Great Gatsby. World War I Post WWI Standard of living increased for most Standard of living increased for most Americans abandoned.

Cultural Context of The Great Gatsby Junior English- Mr. Coia.

Published: 1925 Setting: Long Island and New York City - Summer 1922.

The Roaring Twenties and Their Importance in The Great Gatsby Honors English 11.

The Great Gatsby The 1920s – ‘The Jazz Age’. Fitzgerald was the most famous chronicler of 1920s America, an era that he dubbed “the Jazz Age.” Written.

F. Scott Fitzgerald  Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1896(-1940), Fitzgerald is attributed to having written, among other novels and short stories,

The 1920’sThe 1920’s What do you know about the 1920’s (politically, socially, historically, etc.?) Brainstorm a list of as many facts/ideas/events as.

THE ROARING TWENTIES. Post World War I  Standard of living increased for most  Americans abandoned small towns in exchange for urban living  Economy.

Roaring 20’s $100 $200 $300 $500 $400 20’s People $100 $200 $300 $500 $400 The Great Depression $100 $200 $300 $500 $400 The Dust Bowl $100 $200 $300.

Chapter 7, Lesson 2 The Roaring Twenties

The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald M. Boudreau English 12.

What was so “roaring” about the 1920’s in America?

The Roaring Twenties Carissa Jones American History 10th grade Next Slide.

The Roaring Twenties. New Roles for Women During WWI women increasingly worked and expected to continue even after the war Many women in America began.

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald Social and Historical Background The Context.

The Roaring Twenties By: Jordan Huffman A Decade of Changes  Fashion  Cinema  Music  Dance  Prohibition  Women’s Rights  End of an Era.

The Jazz Age Prohibition Prohibition was imposed by a constitutional amendment (the 18 th ) that made it illegal to manufacture, transport,

The Great Gatsby By: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Background information 1920’s (The “Roaring Twenties”) End of WWI before stock market crash Stock value rose,

The Roaring 20s The Great Gatsby. Why the “Roaring” 20s? The 20s were a time period of new technology, prosperity, and social and cultural vitality. The.

Notes: Sections 4 & 5: “Bootlegging, Organized Crime, and a National Culture”

The Great Gatsby Introduction

1920s: The Jazz Age Introduction to The Great Gatsby.

Prohibition What were the causes and effects of Prohibition on American society? Flipped Lesson 3 – Notes Page.

Ms Smith Mrs Hernandez. THE GREAT GATSBY Define the following: 1) The Roaring 20s – 2) Jazz - 3) Flappers - 4) Prohibition – 5) Gangsters – THINK ABOUT.

1 F. Scott Fitzgerald and the 1920s Background Notes for the Reading of The Great Gatsby.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Understanding the times helps to understand the novel.

The Roaring 20’s An era of prosperity, and conflict.

Prohibition A ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor anywhere in the United States the “noble experiment” The Eighteenth.

FITZGERALD’S JAZZ AGE BY GRACE AND JESS. ROARING TWENTIES Economically, the 1920s boasted great financial gain, at least for those of the upper class.

Study Guide 1920’s. Changing Ways of Life in the Roaring 20’s.

The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald. Time Period  1920’s: also referred to as The Roaring Twenties  People moved from farms to cities  Economic growth.

The Roaring 20s

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Cultural Context of The Great Gatsby

Cultural Context of The Great Gatsby

Roaring Twenties The Jazz Age. Roaring Twenties The Jazz Age.

The Roaring Twenties Chapter 21, Sections 1&2

Mr. Johnson’s 5th Grade Class

The Harlem Renaissance was the flourishing of black culture

Chapter 13: Roaring Life of the 1920s – Part I

The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald.

A look at the Jazz Age, Modernism, and F. Scott Fitzgerald

Gatsby, Fitzgerald and Modernism

Roaring 20’s Quiz.

Cultural Context of The Great Gatsby

The roaring 20’s: culture

Cultural Context of The Great Gatsby

Introduction to the Modern Period of American Literature PLUS The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

The Roaring twenties.

The Jazz Age/Roarin’ Twenties

Cultural Context of The Great Gatsby

Cultural Context of The Great Gatsby

Social Movements.

Historical, Social and Technological Events Influencing the Period

Prohibition, The Jazz Age, and The Changing Culture

F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Roaring Twenties

Welcome to the Gatsby Party!

Cultural Context of The Great Gatsby

What is Prohibition?.

Roaring Twenties The Jazz Age. Roaring Twenties The Jazz Age.

Cultural Context of The Great Gatsby

Background to The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby Background & Context.

Cultural Context of The Great Gatsby

Cultural Context of The Great Gatsby

Presentation transcript:

The Great Gatsby English 11 Ms. Freeman

What do you already know? About the 1920’s in America? About the Prohibition? What is the Prohibition? Where did people go to hang out? What was more prevalent, or widespread, now that the Prohibition was in the US?

Post WWI Standard of living increased for most Americans lived in urban areas The economy prospered-Americans wanted to forget troubles of the war: Frivolous spending habits Illegal liquor Immorality

The 1920’s AKA-The Jazz Age/Roaring Twenties Jazz was very popular in society—Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington Period of pleasure and reckless exuberance Flappers-liberated young women; wore short skirts, wore make-up, short hair, smoked and were unconventional

Prohibition 18 th Amendment to the Constitution-prohibited manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages THOUSANDS became bootleggers, people that smuggled liquor There were underground bars, or speakeasies

Videos –A Nation of Drunkards – Women of Prohibition-Gender Barrier is Broken

Historical Connections F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote and set The Great Gatsby in the United States in the 1920s The Great Gatsby chronicles an era following the shock and chaos of WWI, the “Jazz Age/Roaring twenties”

The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is known as one of the greatest American novels ever written. Here are some reasons as to why others think it is, but you will be the judge after we read the book american-novel/ / --Five reasons american-novel/ / jCNG-D7wxeP-i2PrcQmiG28tD5nQEQw&bvm=bv ,d.cWc – POWERPOINT SOURCE