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- Multiple-choice and essay test
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- Vocabulary found throughout the book
With this downloadable Teaching Unit for The Great Gatsby, students will examine a variety of themes, including the corruption of the American Dream in the 1920s, violence, class, and gender roles. Engage your students with this deceptively simple work detailing the moral decline of upper-class American society during the Roaring Twenties.
The lesson plans in this unit will help your students to:
- Identify and comment on the various symbols in The Great Gatsby, including the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg, the valley of ashes, and the light at the end of the dock
- Compare and contrast Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby
- Offer an opinion as to whether Gatsby is a tragic figure, and provide evidence to support the argument
- Analyze Fitzgerald's writing style
- And much more!
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