Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies Grades(s): Junior High/High School

Title – The Great Gatsby, 1920s, Jazz Age
By – Lori Gwinn
Primary Subject – Language Arts
Secondary Subjects – Social Studies, Language Arts
Grade Level – 9-12
The Great Gatsby and 1920s Unit Contents:
Great Gatsby Project Description
Magazine Project
Prohibition in the 1920s
1920s Trends – Fashion
The Automobile
Famous People from the 20s
The Jazz Age

Informational Page:
Jazz Music in the 1920s

F. Scott Fitzgerald became famous as the chronicler of the 1920s. According to several sources, Fitzgerald named the 1920s the Jazz Age. He was right. Music celebrated the emotions of the people who believed America was at its peak. The snazzy tunes ran through the veins of flappers and their dance partners. The music gave way to freedom, or so it seemed. Men like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington began paving the way for exploration in American musical style.

Click on the piano keys to select a site which allows
you to listen to music from the
1920s.

Other interesting Jazz Age sites:
http://www.worldsrecords.com/1920s.html

http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist2/bruns.html

http://www.nwu.edu/WNUR/jazz/

The Great Gatsby and 1920s Unit Contents:
Great Gatsby Project Description
Magazine Project
Prohibition in the 1920s
1920s Trends – Fashion
The Automobile
Famous People from the 20s
The Jazz Age

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