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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: The Great Gatsby: Primary Sources From Twenties

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: The "Secret Society" and Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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Unit Plan
C-SPAN

C Span American Writers: The Great Gatsby

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Activity
Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Great Gatsby Characters

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about each of the major characters in The Great Gatsby. An in-depth character analysis is provided with an additional reference to each character's time line in the novel.