The Great Gatsby: Exploring how the other half lives

For this web activity, you will be reading a brief article on social culture of the 1920’s. When you are finished, you will be creating a poster with three symbols that you think represent the upper class values displayed by both the characters in Gatsby and the article you read. In addition, you should offer speculation as to why, in the social context of the time period, these values were accepted and popular.

Click the link below to read the article.

Speakeasies, Flappers, and Red Hot Jazz

(http://www.riverwalk.org/proglist/showpromo/prohibition.htm)

1. Symbol:

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2. Symbol:

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3. Symbol:

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