The Great Gatsby Magazine Project



The Great Gatsby Magazine Project

 "It was an age of miracles, it was an age of art, it was an age of excess and it was an age of satire."

Each student will work to create a magazine, which highlights the Roaring 20's, focusing on The Great Gatsby. The information from this project will come from research and our reading and interpretation of the text. Students must base the majority of their writing on factual events and information, but there is some freedom in this project to be creative.

At the end of The Great Gatsby unit, you will share your magazine with your classmates and you will have the chance to “buy” with “Gatsby Bucks” other students’ magazines. The three students with the most money at the end of the “Gatsby party” will be rewarded.

General RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Each member of the class must submit a magazine, individually.

2. Articles must include factual information that is obtained through research. You must select three different topics. This information must use parenthetical documentation and sources must be credible.

3. Each article must be accompanied by an illustration. The illustration may be copied and cut, hand drawn and scanned, or clip art.

4. Articles submitted without all of the requirements - research, documentation, illustration, and works cited -will not receive full credit in grading.

5. Create a title for the magazine which relates to The Great Gatsby. Consider the themes of Gatsby to help you determine your title.

6. Design a cover for the magazine which relates to the title. Include hints as to what is contained in the magazine.

7. Creating a table of contents.

8. Format a works cited page for the entire magazine. Use to generate your works cited page.

9. Must create or include one advertisement that represents the feeling of the 1920s.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD   Focus on current events and social issues.

2. WHAT'S HOT AND WHAT'S NOT   Focus on trends, fashions, hair styles, and decor.

3. SPORTS   Focus on the popular sports of the period, including baseball, boxing, wrestling and Olympic events.

4. WRITER'S BLOCK   Focus on Fitzgerald and his life (specifically the similarities between the characters and himself).

5. THE HOLLYWOOD SCENE   Focus on movies, theater, and actors or actresses of the times.

6. SHAKING IT UP - OUTRAGEOUS WOMEN   The young women of the 20's positively scandalized their elders. They were the "New Women" - thriving on opulence and excess. They were not afraid to speak out for their cause. Focus on one of the following: Aimee Semple McPherson, Nellie Bly, Edith Cummings, Fanny Brice, Gilda Grey and Dorothy Parker.

7. LISTEN TO THIS   Focus on the music of the age, the people behind the music, and the impact of the music or pick songs (they can be modern) that capture a character’s essence, inner demons, dreams, virtues, vices, etc. and include their lyrics and how they relate to the character.

8. CRIME SCENE   Focus on the crimes, the trials, and the effects of these cases.

Optional (to get an “A” on the project)

Obituary

Dear Abby

Editorial

Letter to the editor

Interview

Classifieds

Pick three of the topics above that interest you. If there is something not on the list above, please see me for approval for that topic.

1. Pick your three topics.

2. Research these topics using the library’s resources and the links provided in this document.

3. Decide whether the source is credible or not before using its research.

4. Include a photo for each.

Final Step:

Write a constructed response on one of the following topics. Be sure to review the rubric before adding it to your magazine project.

1. How does Gatsby fit the label of a tragic hero?

2. In what ways is The Great Gatsby an autobiographical novel? Does the character of Nick or Gatsby seem the most like Fitzgerald?

3. What genre should The Great Gatsby be classified? Is it a tragedy? Is it an autobiography? Defend your position.

4. One of Fitzgerald’s strengths comes from his imaginistic style. Explore how he uses images to create contrasting moods at both Buchanan’s palace and Gatsby’s mansion. How does he bring the Buchanan place to life? How does he create an amusement park atmosphere at Gatsby’s mansion? How do the moods contribute to the theme of new money vs. old money?

5. Choose a character from the novel and discuss the nuances that contribute to the character’s development.

6. Nick assigns the name of “The Great Gatsby” to Jay Gatsby. Fitzgerald assigns the name to the novel. Discuss the irony of the title. What might be a better title?

7. Fitzgerald clearly draws parallels between geography, social values, and characters. What social values do West Egg, East Egg, New York City, the East, the West, and the Valley of Ashes represent? Which characters are associated with each?

8. Write an interpretation of the meaning of the new, real books on Nick’s library shelves. How do they support one of the themes?

9. Read the passage on page 85 starting with “Under the bare lilac trees” and ending on page 89 with “It’s stopped raining.” Explain how this episode can serve as the climax or turning point of the novel.

10. Analyze how Fitzgerald develops the character of Wolfsheim and for what purpose.

11. Carelessness—How is carelessness pivotal in the character’s lives? How is carelessness related to childishness? Who is careless in the novel and why?

12. Discuss Gatsby’s character throughout the novel. What makes Gatsby “great”? Is the title appropriate? Is he heroic or foolish? Romantic or Realist?

13. What role does the past play in the novel? Consider what Gatsby thinks about recovering the past. Think about relationships, symbols, imagery that suggest the passage of time. Does the novel suggest that people can deny the past, repeat the past, or recreate the past?

14. What are Gatsby’s feelings: love or obsession? How do you know? Is his love or obsession worthwhile? What does the love or obsession represent?

15. What aspects of the 1920s are exemplified in the novel? What role does history play in the novel? In what ways does this work represent the age in which it was written?

16. What does the geography of the novel suggest about its themes and characters? In what ways is the setting important in the novel?

Check List Do you have the following before submitting?

|Item |Check off when complete |

|A works cited page | |

|Citations for all research | |

|Title for your magazine | |

|Cover page for your magazine | |

|A table of contents | |

|A photo for each article | |

|Three articles about self-selected topics concerning the 1920s | |

|Your constructed response | |

|To get an “A,” one of the optional sections | |

|One advertisement that represents the time period | |

Rubric for the entire project: Total 170 points

|Item |Worth |Earned |

|A works cited page |10 | |

|Citations for all research |10 | |

|Title for your magazine |5 | |

|Cover page for your magazine |10 | |

|A table of contents |5 | |

|A photo for each article |15 | |

|Three articles about self-selected topics |60 | |

|concerning the 1920s | | |

|Your constructed response |50 | |

|To get an “A,” one of the optional sections | | |

|One advertisement that represents the time |5 | |

|period | | |

Rubric for the Constructed Response: 50 points total

|Introduction (5 points) |Strong |Needs Work |Weak- Needs Revision |

|Self- created title (not bold or underlined) | | | |

|Full name of author and italicized title of work | | | |

|Underlined thesis statement, located in the introduction | | | |

|Body Paragraph or Paragraphs (30) | | | |

|Topic sentence introduces the idea to be developed and refers to| | | |

|the thesis statement | | | |

|Fully developed ideas/commentary that supports the topic | | | |

|sentence and the thesis statement | | | |

|One relevant, integrated quote, with correct citation that | | | |

|provides supporting evidence | | | |

|Closing sentence(s) | | | |

|Concluding statement (5) | | | |

|Restates the thesis and answers the so-what question | | | |

|Conventions and Style (10) | | | |

|Contains no words from the “No-No Word List” | | | |

|Spelling, Punctuation, Grammatical Errors, or Capitalization | | | |

|Errors | | | |

|Clear and concise sentences, sentences are combined where | | | |

|possible | | | |

General Resources on The Roaring Twenties

|The Roaring Twenties: a snapshot of life in the 1920s |

|1920s Domestic Timeline |

|PBS on Speakeasies and Jazz |

|1920s Jazz Age Webquest |

|Prohibition Timeline |

|Between the Wars:1920s and 30s: High School site |

|Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy 1921-29 |

|The History Buff: Newspapers |

|1920s History Resources |

|Yahoo's 1920s: Great List of Sites |

|Art and Culture of the 1920s |

|The Irresponsible Age: America at Home and Abroad in the 1920's |

|Building a Museum of the 1920s |

|History of New York |

|History Links 1921 |

|History Links: 1922 |

|New York City Timelines: From BC to Present |

|New York City Timeline: 1900-1949 |

|New York Crimes and Disasters Timeline |

|History of New York Nice simple history page which also includes a timeline. |

|New York History |

F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby

| Flappers |1920s Trends | Famous People |

|Flapper Station |Dining in the 1920s: Food |Biographic Information |

|Fashions of the 1920s |Labor History in the United States: |Dorthy Parker's New York |

|Jazz Age Slang |History of Fashion: PBS |New York and Jimmy Walker |

|The Flapper Music: Good Selection, audio |When Conde Nast's Duplex Penthouse Was in |Silent Movies |

|clips |Vogue: An article that provides a great |The Clara Bow Page |

|Art and Culture of the 1920s |description of wealthy parties in the 1920s|Silent Movies |

|Jazzing it Up in the 1920s: Illustrations |and 30s. |The Clara Bow Page |

|Non-Flapper? |Coco Chanel: Women in History |Biographic Information: |

| |Coco Chanel: The Time 100 |Famous People: |

|Aimee Semple McPherson |Architecture of New York City: A great list|Marcus Garvey on PBS |

| |of buildings and their photos |Charles Lindbergh: The Time 100 |

| |Architectural History of New York |Lindbergh's Barnstorming Days |

| |New York Architecture Styles: Art |Barnstormers |

| |Deco/Moderne |Aimee Semple McPherson |

| |  |Nellie Bly |

| | |Bly Around the World in 72 Days |

| | |Amelia Earhart |

| | |Al Jolson |

| | |Irving Berlin |

| | |George Gershwin: American Masters |

|Prohibition | The Jazz Age |Transportation  |

|PBS on Speakeasies and Jazz |Music of Prohibition |Travel Design: Ephemera from the 1920s |

|Bootlegging |All About Jazz |Route 66 Museum |

|Speakeasies in St. Louis |Jazz Roots |Travels of America |

|Historic Taverns: Bevo Mill |The Flapper Music: Good Selection, audio |Old Woodies Car Gallery |

| |clips | |

| |The Roaring 1920s Concert Extravaganza: | |

| |Audio Clips | |

|Entertainment |Sports | Movies |

|The Metropolitan Opera Archives |Sports and the 1920s |Silent Movies |

|Broadway Postcards |Paavo Nurmi |Top Movies of 1922 |

|Theatres in New York: A Brief History |Paavo Nurmi Museum |Silent Movies |

|Lillian Russell-1900-1919 |Jim Thorpe's Official Website |The Clara Bow Page |

|Ziegfeld Follies: year by year chronology |Jim Thorpe: Pro Football Hall of Fame |Biographic Information: |

|1907-1931 |The Baseball Almanac |Famous People: |

|Bert Williams: PBS |Ring Lardner: The Complete Baseball Stories |Charlie Chaplin American Masters on PBS |

|PBS Broadway: The American Musical |Red Grange |Lillian Gish |

|George M. Cohen: |Knute Rockne |Fan Images from the 1920s: Greta Garbo is Sad|

|Broadway 1900-1910 |Grantland Rice |Some Historical reflections on the paradoxes |

|Wintergarden Theater |George “The Gipper” Gipp |of stardom in the American Film Industry |

|The Palace Theatre, New York (opened 1913; |The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame |Film before the 1920s—including a discussion |

|features Fanny Brice) |Jack Johnson |of fan magazines |

|American Vaudeville Museum |Jack Dempsey |Gloria Swanson |

|Vaudeville On PBS |Jean Tunney |Rudolph Valentino |

|Vaudeville Theatres |Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku|Marion Davies |

|Vaudeville: History from an American Studies| |The Silent Film Bookshelf: This site reprints|

|Site |Johnny Weissmuller |original documents from the silent film era, |

|1922’s Greatest Musical Hits |Madison Square Garden: includes the 50 |and includes movie music clips. |

|Fanny Brice |greatest moments at the Garden |Silent Film Magazines: and index of contents |

|Stage Musicals of the 1920s |Yankee Stadium |The History of Magazines |

|Florenz Ziegfeld |Yankee Stadium History |Vintage Magazine Covers |

|Speakeasies: Cabaret Mobster Style |Baseball on PBS |  |

|Noel Coward’s Musicals 1923-1972 |Historic List of Players | |

|Gilda Grey: The Shimmy Queen | | |

|Gilda Grey Pictures | | |

|David Belasco | | |

|David Belasco from Bookrags | | |

|Joe Frisco: Comic, Jazz Dancer | | |

|Igor Stravinsky: The Time 100 | | |

| | | |

|Clubs and Restaurants | Advertising |Transportation  |

|The 21 Club |Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and |The Automobile |

|The Stork Club |the Consumer Economy 1921-29 |Travel Design: Ephemera from the 1920s |

|Dining in the 1920s: Food |Merchandising and Advertising |Route 66 Museum |

|Delmonico: The original restaurant |Emergence of Advertising in America |Two-Lane Roads: A Nostalgic Backroads |

|Delmonico's Restaurant: Wikipedia |Advertising Ephemera |Adventure |

|Russian Tea Room (1926) |Jazzing it Up in the 1920s: Illustrations |Old Woodies Car Gallery |

|Tavern on the Green: Look at the menu |Magazine Advertising for the 1920s and 1930s|Historical Maps: NY Subway |

|Houdini—1900s Entertainment | |(1925) |

|Apollo Theatre |Listerine Advertisement |New York Subway System |

|The Cotton Club |Antique Advertising Links |New York Walking Tours |

|Coney Island: Between about 1880 and World |The Flapper Décor: kitchen, living room, | |

|War II, Coney Island was the largest |bathroom, bedroom | |

|amusement area in the United States. It was |Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and | |

|finally eclipsed by Disneyland in |the Consumer Economy 1921-29 | |

|California. |The American Advertising Museum | |

|Music |

|Painters |Jazz |

|American Impressionism—Robert Henri |PBS on Speakeasies and Jazz |

|Georgia O’Keefe Images and Biography |Prohibition Timeline |

|Georgia O’Keefe Online |Jazz in France during WWI |

|Georgia O’Keefe PBS American Masters |Ken Burns Jazz |

|“Cow Skull: Red, White and Blue” |The Jazz Age in Paris bibliography |

|BLUE AND GREEN MUSIC 1919 AMVIDX5/40:43 |The Roaring 1920s Concert Extravaganza: Audio Clips |

|RADIATOR BUILDING AMVIDX5/25:33 |Jazz Roots |

|Paintings by e. e. cummings |Louis Armstrong |

|George Wesley Bellows 1 |Earl Hines: An Overview |

|George Wesley Bellows 2 |Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake |

|Edward Hopper |Eubie Blake at the Library of Congress |

|Thomas Eakins |Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Touring Europe |

|Americans in Paris: Expatriates |Eubie Blake at Maryland Historical Society |

|Picasso Online Gallery |Eubie Blake on the "Birth" of Jazz |

|Henri Matisse |Sydney Bechet |

|Dada Index |Sydney Bechet on PBS—Jim Crow |

|Surrealism: Galleries and Artists |Django Reinhardt |

|Salvador Dali at MoMA |Noble Sissle on Broadway |

|  |Noble Sissle and His Orchestra |

|  |Josephine Baker from KETC –Living in St. Louis |

| |Bix Beiderbecke |

| | |

| |Race Records: PBS Jazz |

| |Race Records Encyclopedia Article |

| Wealthy | The Other Half |

|The Frick Collection |Immigrants in New York 1870-1915 At this site you will visit a |

|Fifth Avenue: Millionaire's Row |building in New York where immigrant families lived in the nineteenth |

|Along Millionaires' Row, at the Crest of Lenox Hill-Real Estate |and twentieth centuries. Click on "Urban Log Cabin." By clicking on |

|Algonquin Hotel |different rooms, you will see a picture and read a story about the |

|The Astor Hotel: An American Studies Experience |family that lived there. On the left, it is 1870. On the right side |

|New York City and the Astor: American Studies approach to the |the year is 1915 or later. Make a list of the families living in the |

|rise of New York over London and Paris as the greatest city in |building for both time periods. Next to each family, tell the country |

|the world. 1900-1905 |they came from. |

|The Waldorf-Astoria |What kind of work did immigrants do to support their families? Which |

|The Plaza Hotel |members of the family worked? |

|The Plaza Residences: The official site of the Plaza Hotel in New|The Gallery of Social Photography |

|York |Jacob Riis Hypertext: "How the Other Half Lives" |

|Photography |

|Photographic Images of New York |America from the Great Depression to World War II: Black and White |

|American Photography: A Century of Images |Photographs from FSA-OWI |

|Edward J. Steichen Online |1935-145 |

|Steichen's Matches and Matchbooks (New York, 1926) |American Memory |

|Charles Sheeler Online |Photoplay Issue Covers –1911 and beyond |

|Charles Sheeler: "Classic Landscape," 1931 |Photoplay: April 1922 (perhaps the magazine Myrtle picks up in New |

|History of Photography |York) |

|History of Photography Timeline |The Rotogravure Process and the use of pictorials in 1920 newspapers|

|The Gallery of Social Photography | |

|Biography of Jacob Riis |Library of Congress Image Gallery WWI and the 1920s |

Writers:

|F. Scott Fitzgerald: American Masters |Americans at Home |

|F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary: U of South Carolina |The Great American Novel: PBS |

|Fitzgerald Timeline |William DeForest's 1868 article |

|Scott and Zelda Timeline |Top Expert Picks |

|Fitzgerald Photo Gallery |100 Best Novels of All Time |

|East Egg and West Egg: Imaginary Places |100 Best Novels in English Language |

|Gatsby, Jazz, Dancing and Alcohol |American Authors Hypertexts |

|Alcohol As Medicine: The Pharmacy Connection |C-SPAN American Authors |

|F. Scott Fitzgerald and the American Dream |C-SPAN American Authors II |

|Princeton Photo Collection |The Book Shelf: Best Sellers from 1900-1917 |

|Fitzgerald Timeline |Best Selling Books of 1929-29 |

|Scott and Zelda Timeline |Literary Map of Manhattan: A cool interactive map |

|Gatsby and Golf |Zane Grey Society |

|Background to the Novel |Zane Grey Official Website |

|Real People and Places in Gatsby |The Man of the Forest, Zane Grey |

|Great Neck, New York |The Mysterious Rider, Zane Grey |

|West Egg |Riders of the Purple Sage, Zane Grey |

|East Egg |Booth Tarkinton |

|Buchanan Mansion |Babbit (1922) Sinclair Lewis |

|Inspiration for Fitzgerald (He was a often guest at a house on |Sherwood Anderson |

|this street.) |Carl Sandburg |

|Want to Buy a house in Gatsbyville? |Edwin Arlington Robinson |

|West Egg Sale |The Poems of Robert Frost |

|Sands Point Luxury Homes |Robert Frost Timeline and Historical Site |

|Tour 2 |Sara Teasdale |

|Characters |William Faulkner |

|Is this Daisy? |William Faulkner Web Ole Miss links |

|Fitzgerald’s, and Gatsby’s First Love |Faulkner's Sound and Fury Hypertext |

|Chicago’s Big Four Debutantes |The Bettmann Archive |

|Ginevra KingArticle: “F. Scott Fitzgerald’s First Love” |Eugene O'Neill: American Masters |

|Princeton Weekly: “Before Zelda There Was Ginevra” |Algonquin Round Table: American Masters |

|Article: Family of Fitzgerald’s Love Donates Correspondence” |Dorothy Parker Audio Clips |

|Backgrounds of the Great Gatsby |Dorothy Parker's "Figures in Popular Literature" |

|“Poor boys shouldn’t think of marrying rich girls.” |Dorothy Parker: Quotes |

|Jordan Baker? |Dorothy Parker's Home and Hangouts in New York |

|Edith Cumming's Time Magazine Cover |Dorothy Parker: A summary and bio |

|Edith Cummings: 1922 News article on a golf championship |Robert Benchley: Love Conquers All |

|Wolfsheim |The New Yorker |

|Arnold Rothstein: Biography |Gluyas Williams: Cartoonist for the New Yorker |

|Louis E. Stoddard—polo player |Simon Called Peter (book mentioned in Gatsby chapter two) |

|Party Guests? |History of Comics in America |

|Gilda Grey: The Shimmy Queen |The Harlem Renaissance |

|Gilda Grey Pictures |W. E. B. DuBois on PBS |

|David Belasco |Langston Hughes |

|David Belasco from Bookrags |"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" |

|Joe Frisco: Comic, Jazz Dancer |Langston Hughes and Jesse B. Semple Audio File on some of these |

|Jesse Livemore |stories: |

|Jesse Livemore Picture Gallery |e. e. cummings |

|Alfred P. Sloan |T. S. Eliot |

|Cande Nast Biography: Vanity Fair |The Wasteland Hypertext |

|Vogue Covers |The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock |

|When Conde Nast's Duplex Penthouse Was in Vogue: An article that|"The Hollow Men," "Aunt Helen" |

|provides a great description of wealthy parties in the 1920s and|Ezra Pound |

|30s. |"In a station of the metro," |

|Criminals |American Writers in Paris |

|Charles Becker |American Writers in Paris |

|Herman Rosenthal |Famous Americans Who Lived in Paris |

|Queensboro Bridge |The World of Gertrude Stein |

|Archictexture in New York |Hemingway's Paris: A Hypertextual Resource |

| |European Writers |

| |James Joyce |

| |Araby |

| |The Dead |

| |The Boarding House |

| |William Butler Yeats |

| |"The Second Coming" |

| |"Easter 1916" |

| |"No Second Troy" |

| |"Leda and the Swan" |

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