Mrs. Porter ~ The Great Gatsby and the Roaring '20s Research

The Great Gatsby Research Paper and Gallery Display Project

   The purpose of the research is for you to put together necessary and important information that will add to the reading and understanding of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.

   
 You will be researching your topics using books, databases, and the internet.  

eBooks Available:  Log in using school username & password. 

• The Roaring Twenties: discover the era of Prohibition, flappers and Jazz (unlimited copies unavailable)
•  The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression 
• The Roaring Twenties
• Fashion in the Time of the Great Gatsby
• Understanding Women's Rights
• The Feminist Movement 
• Women at War: the Progressive Era, WWI and Women's Suffrage

and more ....................search catalog for additional titles

 Print Books: 

• U.S.A Twenties 
• Anything goes: a biography of the roaring twenties by Lucy Moore
• The Roaring Twenties: 1920 to 1929 by Rodney Carlisle
• Roaring '20s Fashions: deco by Susan Langley
• Flappers: Six women of a dangerous generation by Judith Mackrell
• Flappers and the new American woman: perceptions of women 1918 to 1920
• Bootleg: murder, moonshine and the lawless years of prohibition
• Last Call: the rise and fall of prohibition by Daniel Okrent
• The Harlem Renaissance (several titles available) 

    and more.....................Search catalog for additional titles

 Databases: (Look Under History/Geography Section)

•  History Study Center 
• Sirs Decades (See 1920's)
• Issues & Controversies in American History
• ABC-CLIO American History 
• Biography Reference Center

See Dr. Hatcher in the library if you need assistance with any of our resources. 

Mrs. Porter ~ Argument Research Paper

Self-Selected Controversial Issue Project -
Socratic Discussion and Argument Research Paper

You will research one controversial issue of your choice and participate in an in-class Socratic discussion activity where you will defend and refute your own topic. The purpose of this assignment is to encourage you to explore and develop your own mastery of an issue currently debated and to discover new ways to analyze and discuss a controversial issue of personal interest. Bring your self-selected controversial issue research with you to school every day – you will refer to it each day in class during research sessions and class discussions.

 

 Topics:

-Euthanasia                     -Medical Marijuana and Legalization

-Immigration                               -Education- Common Core

-Standardized Testing                -College Affordability

-Gun Control       
-Electoral College and/or Party Delegates

-Same Sex Marriage

Some recommended information resources: 

VRC Databases:

•  SIRS Knowledge Source

•  Opposing Viewpoints in Context

• eLibrary Curriculum Edition 
  
  

Book & eBooks: 
Search for your topic in our book collection at Destiny Library Services or GoFollett.com

Mrs. Porter ~ The Great Gatsby and the Roaring '20s Research

The Great Gatsby Research Paper and Gallery Display Project

   The purpose of the research is for you to put together necessary and important information that will add to the reading and understanding of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.

   
 You will be researching your topics using books, databases, and the internet.  

eBooks Available:  Log in using school username & password. 

• The Roaring Twenties: discover the era of Prohibition, flappers and Jazz (unlimited copies unavailable)
•  The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression 
• The Roaring Twenties
• Fashion in the Time of the Great Gatsby
• Understanding Women's Rights
• The Feminist Movement 
• Women at War: the Progressive Era, WWI and Women's Suffrage

and more ....................search catalog for additional titles

 Print Books: 

• U.S.A Twenties 
• Anything goes: a biography of the roaring twenties by Lucy Moore
• The Roaring Twenties: 1920 to 1929 by Rodney Carlisle
• Roaring '20s Fashions: deco by Susan Langley
• Flappers: Six women of a dangerous generation by Judith Mackrell
• Flappers and the new American woman: perceptions of women 1918 to 1920
• Bootleg: murder, moonshine and the lawless years of prohibition
• Last Call: the rise and fall of prohibition by Daniel Okrent
• The Harlem Renaissance (several titles available) 

    and more.....................Search catalog for additional titles

 Databases:

•  History Study Center 
• Sirs Decades (See 1920's)
• Issues & Controversies in American History
• ABC-CLIO American History 
• Biography Reference Center

See Dr. Hatcher in the library if you need assistance with any of our resources.