Click the following link and visit the 1920s era to get a greater grasp on our setting.
http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/donmillsci/library/lessons/great_gatsby.htm
Some of the links within the site are down or will redirect you to the new location of the information, but the others can give you an idea of the types of clothes Daisy would have worn and some info about prohibition, sports, and entertainment.
Try this link to listen to music from the 1920s:
http://www.authentichistory.com/1920s/music/index.html. The first song on the list is actually the one Gatsby makes Klipspringer play on the piano for Daisy.
These links were created by students for a Gatsby Project: http://www.fcps.edu/westspringfieldhs/academic/english/1project/99gg/99gg2/introdu.htm
http://www.fcps.edu/westspringfieldhs/academic/english/1project/99gg/99gg2/clothe2.htm
Enjoy!
~Nicole
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These sites are great, and I think important to getting students to understand the time period that is being referred to in the novel. I would use these in the classroom, and maybe have students do some additional research on their own.
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