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The Great Gatsby Magazine
Project
American Studies 2009
The Gatsby Year of 1922
"It
was an age of miracles, it was an age of art, it was an age of excess
and it was an age of satire."
"Echoes of
the Jazz Age" an article written by F. Scott Fitzgerald published
in Scribner's Magazine in November 1931. |
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The class will work as a publishing team to create a
magazine that highlights the Roaring 20's, focusing on The Great
Gatsby. The information from this project will come from research.
Students must base the majority of their writing on factual events
and information, but there is some freedom in this project to be creative. |
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Every article that goes into the magazine must be typed first on
a Microsoft Word document.. Students will have time in class and the
library - to work on this project. Keep all your notes on your laptop
and transfer them to a flash drive or CD when you have finished your
projects. Send drafts to the respective editors and teachers through
email and our American Studies Wiki. |
| INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITIES |
| 1. |
Each member of the class must submit a minimum of 2
articles in his subject area (next page). |
| 2. |
Articles must include factual information that is obtained through
research. This information must use parenthetical documentation. |
| 3. |
Each student must submit a correctly formatted works cited (MLA)
entry to the magazine for EACH article. |
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Each article must be accompanied by an illustration. The illustration
may be copied and cut, hand drawn and scanned, or clip art. |
| 5. |
Articles submitted without all of the requirements - research, documentation,
illustration, and works cited -will not receive full credit in grading. |
| TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES |
| 1. |
Teams are responsible for making certain that each member
of the team is on task during research. |
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Teams are responsible for helping one another out with research
questions, typing, illustrating, and writing. |
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Teams must make certain that ALL members submit at least 2 articles
to the magazine. |
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Each team is responsible for submitting at least four advertisements
to the magazine. Ads must be illustrated. |
| PRODUCTION COMPANY RESPONSIBILITIES |
| 1. |
Creating a title for the magazine which relates to The
Great Gatsby |
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Designing a cover for the magazine which relates to the title |
| 3. |
Creating a table of contents |
| 4. |
Formatting a works cited page for the entire magazine - include
at least one for each article in the magazine. |
| The Great Gatsby Magazine Assignment |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| 1. |
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD |
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Focus on current events and social issues. |
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WHAT'S HOT AND WHAT'S NOT |
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Focus on trends, fashions, hair styles, and decor. |
| 3. |
SPORTS |
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Focus on the popular sports of the period, including baseball,
boxing, wrestling and Olympic events. In baseball, make sure you
learn about the Babe Ruth, Paavo Nurmi, Knute Rockne, and Jack Johnson. |
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WRITER'S BLOCK |
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Focus on authors, their works, and their lives. |
| 5. |
THE HOLLYWOOD SCENE |
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Focus on movies, theater, and actors or actresses of the times. |
| 6. |
SHAKING IT UP - OUTRAGEOUS WOMEN |
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The young women of the 20's positively scandalized their elders.
They were the "New Women" - thriving on opulence and excess.
They were not afraid to speak out for their cause. Focus first on
Aimee Semple McPherson, Nellie Bly, Edith Cummings, Fanny Brice,
Gilda Grey and Dorothy Parker. |
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LISTEN TO THIS |
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Focus on the music of the age, the people behind the music, and
the impact of the music. |
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CRIME SCENE |
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Focus on the crimes, the trials, and the effects of these cases. |
| DIRECTIONS |
| 1. |
Each team picks two topics under the table of contents. |
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Individual group members must write 2 articles for his team's topics. |
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Articles must be between 250-500 words. |
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Primary Sources on the Web
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F. Scott Fitgerald and The Great Gatsby
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Music
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| Painters
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Jazz
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Writers
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Background to the Novel
Real People and Places in Gatsby
Want to Buy a house in Gatsbyville?
Characters
Jordan Baker?
Wolfsheim
Party Guests
Criminals
- Charles Becker
- Herman Rosenthal
Queensboro
Bridge
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American Writers in Paris
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