Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: The Great Gatsby: Primary Sources From Twenties
Primary source documents, including photos and text, help students understand the time setting of "The Great Gatsby" and, in turn, create their own piece of historical fiction. in the form of a newspaper project.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: The "Secret Society" and Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"
Excellent and detailed lesson on Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby. Discusses and includes higher-level thinking skills such as the desire to belong, with relevance to young scholars.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Judging a Book by Its Cover Art and Imagery of the Great Gatsby
Contains plans for four or five lessons that relate the cover art and a painting referenced within the text to the content of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: The Great Gatsby
Very detailed lesson plans for teaching the novel. Includes audio links for the pronunciation of vocabulary words, discussion questions, and classroom activities.
Swiss Educ
Swiss Educ: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Opportunities to use online resources in new and interesting ways abound here. There are video and audio clips, transcripts and interviews all connected to F. Scott Fitzgerald and his work.
New York Times
New York Times: Books: "The Great Gatsby" (1925)
Read a contemporary review of Fitzgerald's best known novel.
C-SPAN
C Span American Writers: The Great Gatsby
A brief summary of "The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Does not include an on-line text of the work, but does provide links to informational websites.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Great Gatsby Quotes
Providing quotes with links to themes from the novel makes this a valuable site for greater insights into "The Great Gatsby".