The Great Gatsby Web Quest

The Final Product Once you write your answers to the questions associated with your thread, you will: Create a five to seven page PowerPoint that conveys your thread and its impact on the 1920s. Each slide should have at least one illustration that captures the feel of your subject during the time period. Each slide should have a highly condensed paraphrase of specific information, answering the questions on your thread. Practice presentations with your group- 2-3 minutes maximum. Notes (in your own writing) will be collected with PPT.

Economy and the Roaring Twenties What was the life of the rich like in the 1920s? Describe some past times of the wealthy. What kinds of items were popular to buy? How did feelings about money change during this time? How did WWI impact the economy (and labor in general)? Links: http://www.classzone.com/net_explorations/U7/U7_article1.cfm http://chicagotheroarin20s.tripod.com/the1920s.html http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=437

Music and Jazz in the 1920s Find five influential jazz musicians of the 1920s and share a bit about them. What makes jazz different from other music? Listen to “Ain’t we Got Fun” with your headphones. What is this song about? How does jazz impact the society of the time? Links: http://www.pbs.org/jazz/time/time_roaring.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t_We_Got_Fun http://www.bassocantante.com/flapper/music.html http://www.filmbug.com/db/260873 http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/tbacig/studproj/is3099/jazzcult/20sjazz/race.html

Immigration and Race in the 1920s What is the Immigration Act of 1924? What are the causal factors of this legislation? Describe the Tulsa Race Riot?. What caused it? How does the economy exacerbate racial tension? How does this, in turn, impact American legal policy? What is happening with the KKK in the 1920s? Links: http://www1.assumption.edu/ahc/raceriots/default.html http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Racial_Integrity_Laws_of_the_1920s http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/flood-klan/ http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/kkk_intro.htm

F. Scott Fitzgerald List pertinent dates: birth, death, marriage, first published. Describe his early life. How does he meet Zelda Fitzgerald? Describe their life together. Important influences? Major events? Links: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/index.html http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/obituaries.html http://www.answers.com/topic/lost-generation http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/fitzgerald_fscott/geo.html

Hollywood Culture in the 1920s Find three important Hollywood films that were produced in the 1920s.  How was American life depicted in each film? How did Hollywood impact American culture in the 1920s? What impacted the image of the motion picture industry in the 1920s? Describe Birth of a Nation. How would this impact the film industry? What does it reveal about America? Links: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=455 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/beyond/hollywood.html http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html

Prohibition/Crime/Sports Scandals What is prohibition & what kind of scandals did it lead to? What is a speakeasy? What types of criminal activity were present during the 1920s and how were these activities a product of the time? Identify some notable figures and events of 1920’s crime. Describe the events surrounding the 1919 World Series. LINKS: http://prohibition.osu.edu/ http://alliance.ed.uiuc.edu/cdrom/Hononegah/prohibition/speakeasies-s.htm http://www.vialarp.org/20s/20s_gangland.html http://www.sptimes.com/News/122299/Sports/Black_Sox_scandal__Ch.shtml\

Fashion/Flappers/Automobiles What was fashion like in the 1920s? What were its defining characteristics? What is a flapper and what are the essential elements of a flapper? What was the role of the automobile in the 20s? How were cars representative of the time? What were some popular models? Why were cars “the most important catalyst for social change”? LINKS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920s_in_fashion http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/flapperjane.html http://www.rambova.com/fashion/fash4.html http://www.1920-30.com/automobiles/ http://www.huffenglish.com/gatsby/cars.html http://www.huffenglish.com/gatsby/automobiles.html

Gender Roles and the 19th Amendment What were women’s roles like during the 1920s? What changes in status and roles came about? How were women’s roles in the workplace shifting? How were attitudes towards female sexuality shifting? What was the 19th amendment and what rights did it offer women? LINKS http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/clash/NewWoman/newwomen-page1.htm http://voices.yahoo.com/historical-evolution-female-social-gender-roles-822575.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution