The great gatsby micro teaching and ideas for the classroom by Annette and Serrah, 03.05.18

Micro Teaching – Setting up a feeling for the 1920s In groups of 2-3, find as many differences as you can in 2 minutes. Write down the keywords for every difference you find on a separate sheet of paper in order to discuss your findings after the competition. The differences may be of any nature, i.e. visual appearance of people, culture, economy, music and film, etc.

Micro Teaching – Setting up a feeling for the 1920s Get together with another group: compare and discuss your findings (5 minutes)

F. Scott Fitzgerald – “The Great Gatsby” 1896-1940 1925: “The Great Gatsby” The Roaring Twenties / Jazz Age The spirit of the Roaring Twenties was marked by a general feeling of novelty associated with modernity and a break with tradition. Everything seemed to be feasible through modern technology. New technologies, especially automobiles, moving pictures, and radio, brought "modernity" to a large part of the population. At the same time, Jazz and dancing rose in popularity, in opposition to the mood of World War I. Building on post-war optimism, rural Americans migrated to the cities in vast numbers throughout the decade with the hopes of finding a more prosperous life in the ever- growing expansion of America's industrial sector. The Great Gatsby: At the heart of The Great Gatsby is a central insight - the twentieth century was to be structured by consumerism, financial speculation and the rise of the 'leisure class'. Rapid industrial Growth The Wall Street crash of 1929 ended the era, as the Great Depression brought years of worldwide gloom and hardship.

“The Great Gatsby” - opening scene Read the introduction of the novel and take notes on the following questions: What indicators do we find for the play being set in the 1920s? What do we learn about the narrator? Age? Social Class? Gender? Appearance? Job? Character? Interests?

Organisation of the lessons Chapters Topics / Content 1 - 1. Period: Setting up a feeling for that time by means of music, pictures, news Economic crisis  stock market crash American Dream Intro to the novel Read the first page in class 2 3 I 2. Period: American Dream Explore issues of wealth, class and the social mobility promised by the American dream income inequality and social mobility American dream specific to the United States in some way? If so, how and why? Establish the link from the American Dream to the American Dream in the 1920s 4 II

Lesson Chapters Topics / Content 5 III 6 IV 7 V 8 VI 9 VII 10 VIII 11 3. Period: Morality and the Characters   Comparison or classification by dividing characters according to their relative integrity Where would Daisy fit in? Described as a Kardashian: Do you agree? 6 IV 7 V 8 VI 4. Period: Words/Language and Art Give students two versions of text, ask them to read and compare Then answer question sheet Ask each student to find and then read a sentence or passage they find compelling or simply beautiful. 9 VII 10 VIII 5. Period: Adaptations Explore history of original and new cover What do they think? How would they design a new one? Different portrayals of Gatsby (actors) 11 IX