The Great Gatsby Research Project



The Great Gatsby Research Project

CC Standards:

- Conducts short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question.

- Use technology, including the internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback.

- Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively.

Assignment: to research the time period of the 1920s to better understand the climate and characters of The Great Gatsby.

Requirements:

1. Students will find three credible sources from the library databases, the internet, or books on their topic and take detailed notes.

2. Students will write a coherent three paragraph essay (introduction, body, and conclusion) using all three sources in their writing. The essay will also have a works cited page and everything will be in MLA format.

3. Students will create a PowerPoint slideshow. Slideshow must have at least four images. Students must describe the images and how they relate to their topic.

Due Dates and points:

- Final draft: 30 points due:

- PowerPoint/Presentation: 20 points due:

Topics: Choose one.

- Prohibition

- Mafia

- Women’s rights

- Movements in art: surrealism, abstract expressionism

- Race relations: crimes, famous trials, Jim Crow Laws

- Stock Market Crash

- Red Scare

- Jazz

- Bootlegging

- Immigration Restrictions

- Labor Unions

- Harlem Renaissance

- Aviation

- People: Gertrude Stein, Josephine Baker, Zelda Fitzgerald, Howard Hughes, Charles Lindbergh, Charlie Chaplin, Mae West, Amelia Earhart

- Automotive industry/Henry Ford

- Inventions/technological advancements

Rubric for Essay:

| |

| |Distinguished (4.0) 30-27 |Proficient (3.0) 26-24 points |Partially-Proficient (2.0) 23-20 |Not-Proficient (1.0) 19-16|No Credit (0) 15-12 |

| |points | |points |points |points |

|Body Paragraph |Each body paragraph includes a |Body paragraphs include a topic |Body paragraphs include a topic |Fails to include one of |Fails to include |

|Construction |topic sentence that summarizes |sentence that addresses the topic,|sentence that fails to address the|the assigned body |multiple paragraphs.|

| |how body paragraph will address|some pertinent detailed |topic appropriately, the |paragraphs. | |

| |topic, as well as at least |explanatory sentences and a |explanatory sentences are not | | |

| |three pertinent, detailed, |concluding sentence that somewhat |extremely detailed, and the | | |

| |explanatory sentences, and a |sums up paragraph. |concluding sentence somewhat sums | | |

| |concluding sentence. | |up paragraph. | | |

|Organization |Information is very organized |Information is fairly well |Information is somewhat organized;|The information appears to|There is no |

| |in a logical (chronological) |organized in a fairly logical |order of information does not make|be disorganized. |organization |

| |order. |(chronological) order. |complete sense. | |present. |

|Mechanics and |Sentences are well constructed |Most sentences are well |Sentences are sometimes well |Sentences are generally |Essay is unreadable |

|Sentence Structure |and essay contains only |constructed and essay contains |constructed and some grammatical |not well constructed and |due to poor |

| |incidental grammatical errors. |very few grammatical errors. |errors exist. |many grammatical errors |mechanics and |

| | | | |exist. |sentence structure. |

| |

|MLA Format |Paper is formatted according to|Paper is formatted according to |Paper is formatted according to |Paper is not formatted |No evidence of |

| |MLA specifications. All quotes|MLA specifications. All quotes |MLA specifications, but may be |correctly. Citations are |research is found in|

| |and research material is cited |and material is cited, but there |slightly flawed. Most quotes and |attempted, but not |the paper, or paper |

| |accurately. There is a proper |may be punctuation errors. There |research is quoted, but may be |according to MLA format. |is missing a Works |

| |Works cited page. |is a proper Works cited page. |slightly flawed. Works cited |Works cited is incorrect. |cited page. |

| | | |format may contain errors. | | |

|Use of Research |All research material is |Student has attempted to introduce|Student uses research material and|Student uses research |There is little |

|Material |properly introduced, with |material, but it is awkward within|attempts to explain but does so in|material, but does not |attempt to |

| |appositives when necessary. |the paragraph. Material is |an incongruent fashion. Quotes |incorporate it into the |incorporate the |

| |Material is well developed and |developed thoroughly and properly.|lack explanation and/or |paragraph properly. |research into the |

| |explained by the author after | |introduction. |Quotes are back to back, |paper. |

| |it is properly incorporated in | | |often without introduction| |

| |the text. | | |or explanation. | |

IF YOU USE:

Contractions/First Person: -1

“Got”, “things”, “stuff”, “people”: -1

Score: ________________

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