The Great Gatsby: Creative Activities for Contextual and Critical Research

A selection of activities for A-level students to complete over half terms/holidays or for revision, focusing on contextual knowledge and critical interpretation of the text.

The tasks include:
Fitzgerald’s other novels
Baz Luhrmann’s film version of the novel v Redford’s version of the novel
American Art Study
Listen to a podcast on the American Dream/History
A historical study of the 1920s in New York
Creative piece inspired by Fitzgerald’s evocative writing
Critical reading on money, love and aspiration
Fitzgerald’s Short Stories
Fitzgerald’s contemporaries
A Study of Zelda: supporting or dismissing biographical readings
‘The American Dream’ in Drama