Ms Smith

Mrs Hernandez

THE GREAT GATSBY

Define the following:

1) The Roaring 20s –

2) Jazz -

3) Flappers -

4) Prohibition –

5) Gangsters –

THINK ABOUT IT

Known as a time of change in AmericaThe economy was booming!New inventions: refrigerators, cars, moviesMore people lived in citiesMore money $$$Beginning of a consumer society“New woman” – voting rights, fashion, 9 million employed, drinking in public, independent

THE ROARING 20S

•Music changed too!•Whimsical and happy. Meant for dancing and encouraged close movements.•Greats such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and George Gershwin brought jazz to the clubs, broadway and the masses.•Ragtime, swing, big band & Blues emerged.

JAZZ

The new, liberal, city woman

Cut her hair short

Wore lots of makeup

Wore shortened dresses

More freedom to work, date, dance, vote, drink, and go out to have fun

FLAPPERS

PROHIBITION

• The 18th Amendment (1919) prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol.

• Although alcohol was illegal it was distributed through" bootleggers“ and sold in “Speakeasies”.

• Bootlegging means the production and sale of liquor. • A Speakeasy was an illegal nightclub that sold lots of

alcohol (and people danced to Big Band Jazz). • It was the time of famous gangsters like Al Capone

(famous bootlegger). • The introduction of the Mafia to American society.

PROHIBITION

Beginning of organized crime: Al Capone

Made lots of money off of illegally making, selling, and distributing alcohol

Was able to manipulate rich & poor

Wealthy but seen as dumb immigrant/lowlife

1920S GANGSTERS

•Jay Gatsby =American Dream (??).

Think Pair Share:What is the American Dream?

Who has achieved it?

THE AMERICAN DREAM

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

-People immigrated to America to pursue this very dream.

*IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS BABY!

THE AMERICAN DREAM

JUST LIVIN’ THE DREAM?

What is the difference between

A) OLD MONEY

And

B) NEW MONEY

DISCUSSION

OLD MONEY 1920S

NEW MONEY 1920S

New Money:•Someone who has achieved the American Dream•Not as respected in the 1920’s

Old Money:•Money from family wealth•Born wealthy•Not earned through work done by yourself•Respected above all in the 1920s

OLD MONEY VS NEW MONEY

1) RESERVED

2) PRIVY

3) FEIGN

4) LEVITY

5) TOLERANCE

VOCABULARY CHART

JAY GATSBYJAY GATSBY

•The self-made wealthy man who lives next door to Nick Carraway and loves Daisy Buchanan.

CHARACTERS

NICK CARRAWAYNICK CARRAWAY

•The narrator•Daisy’s cousin•Gatsby’s neighbor

CHARACTERS

DAISY BUCHANAN

•Married to Tom•Gatsby’s love interest before the war•Old Money socialite

CHARACTERS

TOM BUCHANAN

• Daisy’s husband• Has an affair with Myrtle•Old Money•Arrogant

CHARACTERS

MYRTLE WILSON

•Tom’s woman in the city• Married to George•Poor•Voluptuous and sexual

CHARACTERS

JORDAN BAKER

•Daisy’s friend•Professional golfer•Independent•Old Money

CHARACTERS

WILL THEY FIND LOVE TOGETHER?

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