WebQuest
The Great Gatsby
Immorality
in the 1920’s
Introduction
Task
Process
General Resources
Specific
Resources
Evaluation
Below is a link to
the Rubric being used to assess the task:
The Conclusion
This project is
supposed to prepare you for the many social issues that occur during the time
period of The Great Gatsby. It is important to reflect on the setting and
all its problems when reading through this novel. It provides the reader with background and a
frame of reference as the book is being read.
Standards
English Language Arts
Standard 1: Information
and Understanding:
Students will listen, speak, read, and write for information and
understanding. As listeners and readers, students will collect data, facts, and
ideas; discover relationships, concepts, and generalizations; and use knowledge
generated from oral, written, and electronically produced texts. As speakers
and writers, they will use oral and written language that follows the accepted
conventions of the English language to acquire, interpret, apply, and transmit
information.
Standard 2: Literary Response and Expression:
Students will read and listen to oral, written, and electronically produced
texts and performances from American and world literature; relate texts and
performances to their own lives; and develop an understanding of the diverse
social, historical, and cultural dimensions the texts and performances
represent. As speakers and writers, students will use oral and written language
that follows the accepted conventions of the English language for
self-expression and artistic creation.
Standard 3: Critical Analysis and Evaluation:
Students will
listen, speak, read, and write for critical analysis and evaluation. As
listeners and readers, students will analyze experiences, ideas, information,
and issues presented by others using a variety of established criteria. As
speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language that follows the
accepted conventions of the English language to present, from a variety of
perspectives, their opinions and judgments on experiences, ideas, information
and issues.
Standard 4: Social Interaction:
Students will listen, speak, read, and
write for social interaction. Students will use oral and written language that
follows the accepted conventions of the English language for effective social
communication with a wide variety of people. As readers and listeners, they
will use the social communications of others to enrich their understanding of
people and their views.
Social Studies
Standard
5: Civics, Citizenship, and Government
Students will use a variety of intellectual
skills to demonstrate their understanding of the necessity for establishing
governments; the governmental system of the United States and other nations;
the United States Constitution; the basic civic values of American
constitutional democracy; and the roles, rights, and responsibilities of
citizenship, including avenues of participation.
Technology Education
Standard 2:
Information Systems
Students will access, generate, process, and transfer information using
appropriate technologies.