ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: The Great Gatsby Classroom Activity
A classroom activity/lesson plan for students who have completed reading Fitzgerald's classic novel. Provides discussion questions, lesson plans, web links, and a bibliography. From April 10, 2007.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Great Gatsby: Primary Sources From the Roaring Twenties
In order to appreciate historical fiction, students need to understand the factual context and recognize how popular culture reflects the values, mores, and events of the time period. Since a newspaper records significant events and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: American Masters Collection: F. Scott Fitzgerald
This is a collection of videos and media galleries about F. Scott Fitzgerald and his works especially "The Great Gatsby."
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.
Other
Princess Daisy: Sylvia Plath's Copy of the Great Gatsby
Plath's comments on Gatsby offer insight to her character as a reader and her focuses as a writer herself.
Utah Education Network
Uen: American Dream and the Great Gatsby
Analyze the argument in articles about the American dream.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Great Gatsby Plot Analysis
This excellent, brief plot summary highlights the major events in the novel as well as labeling the climax, suspense and denouement.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Great Gatsby Summary
This informative summary highlights the key points in the novel.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Great Gatsby Questions
This site provides a series of thought provoking questions that will generate interesting discussions on the novel.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Great Gatsby: In a Nutshell
This site provides interesting background information into the 1920s when F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the novel. Comparisons between Fitzgerald's life and the main character are also discussed.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: F. Scott Fitzgerald
This site offers a detailed biography of Fitzgerald, plus a synopsis of "The Great Gatsby" and a good bibliography.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Discover more about the book the"Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald when you visit this resource. This site provides links to biographical information, lesson plans, activities, vocabulary and more.
TES Global
Blendspace: Gatsby: Jazz, Prohibition, Flappers, Segregation, and Industry
A seventeen-part learning module with links to videos, websites, and images to use while reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Character Metaphors the Great Gatsby
The students will explore characters by creating metaphors with pictures. Using a gingerbread styled template and pictures collected from magazines, clip art, or other sources, the students will paste pictures which represent specific...
Other
University Libraries: A Brief Life of Fitzgerald
This is a biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of such works as The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Novel Reflections on the American Dream
This is a collection of five videos of Novel Reflections on the American Dream including Fitzgerald's Gatsby, Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath," Ann Petry's "The Street," and Gish Jen's "Traditional American."
PBS
Minnesota Public Radio: F. Scott Fitzgerald
This site, which is provided for by the Minnesota Public Radio, gives a great timeline of critical events of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's life. The information is medium in length, and worth checking out on the subject.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Modernist Portraits: F. Scott Fitzgerald
This brief biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald draws on his ability to realistically portray life during the "Jazz Age," a phrase coined by Fitzgerald. "F. Scott Fitzgerald Activities" offers related materials.
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.
Fun Trivia
Fun Trivia: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
This site contains ten ten question quizzes over works by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Literature Links
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities links for American Literature. Intended for teachers and students, this site contains web links that provide many ways to assist and assess...
Other
Brandeis University: F. Scott Fitzgerald Biography
This site offers a detailed biography of author F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940 CE). His works are thoroughly discussed in the biography.
Other
Teach Hub: Creative Literature Projects, Fallen Angels
Among other ideas for creative literature projects, find a Vietnam Role Play assignment for the study of Fallen Angels.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald House
The F. Scott Fitzgerald House was the home of Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940); as spokesman for the Jazz Age, he wrote several stories and his first published novel, This Side of Paradise in this Victorian rowhouse on Summit Avenue...
Other popular searches
- The Great Gatsby Movie
- The Great Gatsby Symbolism
- The Great Gatsby Vocabulary
- The Great Gatsby Symbols
- The Great Gatsby Drama
- The Great Gatsby Unit