American Studies 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.

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.

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

Each member of the class must submit a minimum of 2 articles in his subject area (next page).

Articles must include factual information that is obtained through research. This information must use parenthetical documentation.

Each student must submit a correctly formatted works cited (MLA) entry to the magazine for EACH article.

Each article must be accompanied by an illustration. The illustration may be copied and cut, hand drawn and scanned, or clip art.

Articles submitted without all of the requirements - research, documentation, illustration, and works cited -will not receive full credit in grading.

TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES

Teams are responsible for making certain that each member of the team is on task during research.

Teams are responsible for helping one another out with research questions, typing, illustrating, and writing.

Teams must make certain that ALL members submit at least 2 articles to the magazine.

Each team is responsible for submitting at least four advertisements to the magazine. Ads must be illustrated.

PRODUCTION COMPANY RESPONSIBILITIES

Creating a title for the magazine which relates to The Great Gatsby

Designing a cover for the magazine which relates to the title

Creating a table of contents

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
	Focus on current events and social issues.
2.	WHAT'S HOT AND WHAT'S NOT
	Focus on trends, fashions, hair styles, and decor.
3.	SPORTS
	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.
4.	WRITER'S BLOCK
	Focus on authors, their works, and their lives.
5.	THE HOLLYWOOD SCENE
	Focus on movies, theater, and actors or actresses of the times.
6.	SHAKING IT UP - OUTRAGEOUS WOMEN
	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.
7.	LISTEN TO THIS
	Focus on the music of the age, the people behind the music, and the impact of the music.
8.	CRIME SCENE
	Focus on the crimes, the trials, and the effects of these cases.