Bell Ringer 2/19 Please get out your Great Gatsby Background Packet and a writing utensil. Answer the following question with someone sitting near you: What was prohibition? Was it a good or bad idea? Be ready to answer at the beginning of class. 1, 4

Bell Ringer 2/19 Please get out your Modernist Poetry Review so that I can collect it. Clean off your desk (except for a pencil). 2

Bell Ringer 2/19 Please get a Type 1 Writing Form from me when you come in the room. Please write your name, the date (2/19), and the type of writing (1) in the appropriate spaces on your paper. I will show you the prompt when class begins. 3, 7, 9

English III EQ: How can we give strong and thorough evidence for our inferences and conclusions about the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance? Agenda Bell Ringer/Discussion Agenda/EQ Modernist Poetry Review Discussion Modernist Poetry Test

Type 1 Writing In 5 lines or more, write the things you know or questions you have about America in the 1920s. Remember to skip lines. Don’t stop writing until you’ve reached 5 lines (paragraph form). Maximum: 5 Minutes

English III EQ: How did the historical context in which F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote affect his point of view and purpose while writing The Great Gatsby? Agenda Bell Ringer – Type 1 Writing & Discussion EQ Notes/Agenda Poetry Extra Credit “Crash Course: The Roaring 20’s” Activity Prohibition Guided Notes/Discussion F. Scott Fitzgerald Biography The Lost Generation Guided Notes/Discussion Fitzgerald’s “Echoes of the Jazz Age” Type 2 Writing – Answering the Essential Question

Essential Question Vocabulary Historical Context: refers to the social, political, cultural, and economic environment associated with or related to a particular time in history. What events could be listed as part of your historical context? Point of View: the angle of considering things which shows us the opinion or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation; perspective, opinion What’s your point of view on the behavior of young celebrities such as Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber? Author’s Purpose: the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic, common purposes: to inform, persuade, entertain, or explain ideas to the reader During the Harlem Renaissance, what were the authors’ purposes for writing poetry?

“Crash Course: The Roaring 20’s” Count off by 5 #1: Answer questions 1 & 2 #2: Answer Questions 3 & 4 #3: Answer Questions 5 & 6 #4: Answer Questions 7 & 8 #5: Answer Questions 9 & 10 Write as much as you can during the video (list) You will have 2-3 minutes to solidify your answers before we start our discussion (for participation points)

Prohibition The 18th Amendment ratified on January 16, 1919 Prohibited the making, transporting, and selling of alcoholic beverages Proponents believed that prohibition would reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems, decrease the need for welfare and prisons, and improve the health of all Americans.

Prohibition Prohibition had other, more negative consequences. The amendment drove the lucrative alcohol business underground, giving rise to a large and pervasive black market. Encouraged disrespect for the law and strengthened organized crime. Prohibition came to an end with the ratification of Amendment XXI on December 5, 1933.

Prohibition Bootlegger Person who illegally traffics in liquor in violation of legislative restrictions on its manufacture, sale, or transportation. Came into general use in the Midwest in the 1880s to denote the practice of concealing flasks of illicit liquor in boot tops when going to trade with Native Americans The term became part of the American vocabulary when the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution effected the national prohibition of alcohol from 1920 until its repeal in 1933.

Discussion Question By banning alcohol, the government hoped to solve several social problems in the United States. Why did prohibition have an opposite, negative effect?

F. Scott Fitzgerald Bio. Find a partner Read F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short biography Complete the guided reading notes as you read Answer the biography discussion question when you’ve finished reading. Based on what you know about Fitzgerald’s life, how do you think he felt about the Jazz Age (or the 1920s)? Predict whether his opinions were mostly positive, negative, or some combination of the two.

The Lost Generation Term first used by an American writer living in France, Gertrude Stein Referred to a group of American literary notables who lived in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s Significant members included Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Gertrude Stein herself Stein herself attributed the expression to a French mechanic lamenting what the war had done to the country's youth. Term usually used for the generation of young people coming of age in the United States during and shortly after World War I. Sometimes known as the World War I Generation or the Roaring 20s Generation.

The Lost Generation Were said to be disillusioned by the large number of casualties of the First World War Disillusionment: disappointment caused by a loss of belief Members were cynical and disdainful of the Victorian notions of morality and manners of their elders. Felt alienated from the rest of American society because they were coming home to people who had not witnessed the same awful conditions and bloodshed. Alienation: a feeling that someone does not belong to or share in something, isolation

The Lost Generation True for some individuals of the generation and not true of others Common among members of this group to complain that American artistic culture lacked the breadth of European work Lead many members to spend large amounts of time in Europe Expatriate: a citizen who has left his or her own country to live in another,, usually for a prolonged period Believed all topics worth writing about in a literary work had already been covered

The Lost Generation Period saw an explosion in American literature and in art Now often considered to include some of the greatest literary classics produced by American writers (such as The Great Gatsby) This generation also produced the first flowering of jazz music, arguably the first distinctly American art form. Many “Lost Generation” thinkers looked for a new world view or philosophy to replace the one that had failed them so miserably going into the Great War (WWI). Existentialism: a philosophical movement that views human existence through a lens of anxiety, dread, freedom, awareness of death, and consciousness of existing (i.e. you think a lot about why we are here).

The Lost Generation 20 Word Summary What is “The Lost Generation”, and what did these authors believe?