The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 Jazz Age novel about the impossibility of recapturing the past, was initially a failure. Today, the story of Gatsby’s doomed love for the unattainable Daisy is considered a defining novel of the 20th century. Check out sample lesson plans for The Great Gatsby below.
Students will analyze quotations from the text to determine how justice and truth function in the novel and how they are affected by prejudice.
Students will complete a chart with details to analyze how women influence the novel's protagonist.
Students will write descriptions of Scout from various characters' points of view. They will use these to determine which character teaches Scout the most about prejudice.
Students will put key plot events in chronological order and identify common threads running throughout the novel.
Students will identify synonyms and antonyms of the word prejudice and use them to think about prejudice in the novel.
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