Gatsby

Background Research: Create 2-5 minute presentation for tomorrow that will give the class enough information on your topic prior to reading Gatsby. Post your Glogster, Animoto, PowerPoint, etc. here.

Alexandra and Olivia: Overall culture of The Roaring Twenties (AKA Jazz Age, Age of Intolerance, Age of Wonderful Nonsense) [|The Roaring Twenties]

Matthew and Jessica: Consumerism/ Economy of America in the 1920s (upperclass, lowerclass, and the American Dream)

Kathryn and Levi: World Series Scandal of 1919 [|World Series 1919]

Brooke, and Julee: Prohibition and Organized Crime [|Prohibition&OrganizedCrime]

Kelly and Ian: Allusions (Theodore Lothrop Stoddard's //The Rising Tide of Color Against White World of Supremacy//; Kaiser Wilhelm; Rosy Rosenthal, the small time gambler) [|Allusions]

If you finish early, you might want to look at the following link to read over symbolism in colors: [|Color Wheel and Meaning].