Hello students!
This scavenger hunt is designed to familiarize you with the 1920’s, the
time period in which the new novel you will be reading – The Great Gatsby
– is set in. Please answer all of
the questions in this hunt in full sentences and feel free to paste appropriate
images into your responses. Have fun!
1.
Go to http://www.geocities.com/flapper_culture/
Who
was the heroine of the Jazz Age?
What
type of hair did this heroine wear and how long was her skirt?
What
silent film star was a part of the Jazz Age?
Name
two New York stage productions this silent film star appeared in prior to her
career in Hollywood.
What
was this film star’s first on-screen role? What year was this film made?
2.
Go to http://www.geocities.com/flapper_culture/jane.html
What
color lipstick is Jane wearing?
Jane’s
clothes were estimated by a statistician to weigh what?
Where
is the one spot in which the “New Nakedness” seems most appropriate?
What is the day,
month and year that the author predicts complete nudity in the theatre will
occur?
3.
Go to http://www.btinternet.com/~dreklind/threetwo/Jazzhome.htm
And
click on the Greta Garbo link.
What male movie star was Greta Garbo compared to?
How
many films did Garbo make for MGM?
What
was the name of Garbo’s last silent film?
4.
Go to http://www.btinternet.com/~dreklind/threetwo/WhyJazz.htm
The
Jazz Age started and ended when?
5.
Go to: http://www.btinternet.com/~dreklind/threetwo/Soundone.htm
Listen
to the songs displayed here.
After
to listening to the songs, which song has the phrase “they sparkle” in it?
6.
Go to: http://www.btinternet.com/~dreklind/threetwo/Biograph.htm
Which
artist began working life in his uncle's barber shop?
Which
artist was pals with a fellow named George Gershwin?
7.
Go to http://members.tripod.com/~kittymomca/flapper.html
What type of hats
did men wear in the fall and winter with their casual wear?
8.
Go to http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Lane/6341/History/Roaring20s.html
What
Amendment was passed in 1919?
What
was the Amendment called?
What
did the Amendment proscribe?
What is a Jalopy? Hint: use the Slang link.
A “hoofer” is a what?
9.
Go to: http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/Hooverstory/gallery03/gallery03.html
What device “tied
the nation together?”
What
was coco-whiskey?
Who
are the two people pictured below?
Life expectancy rose from what to what in the 1920’s?
10.
Go to: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
What
was the name of the woman who broke off her engagement to F. Scott Fitzgerald?
How
old was Fitzgerald when he became famous almost overnight?
What was the primary
reason that literary opinion makers were reluctant to accord Fitzgerald full
marks as a serious craftsman?
During
the 1920s his income from all sources averaged just under what amount?
Fitzgerald
died believing himself to be a what?