ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

http://school.discovery.com/lesson plans/programs/greatbooks-greatgatsby/ - This site is a web quest/lesson plan on the Great Gatsby, complete with objectives, discussion questions, links for additional research on the Jazz Age.

http://www.homework-online.com/tgg/index.asp - This web site is part of the Literary Department of Homework Online. It has been created to help students and readers of F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous story The Great Gatsby better understand the novel. Included in this site are summaries and explanations,character analysis, discussion of themes, a user's forum where readers can discuss and ask questions, and much more.

http://www.online-literature.com/fitzgerald/greatgatsby/ - A searchable online version of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Includes author information.
 
http://staff.killinglyschools.org/~cmarcotte/CP%20US%20documents/
Agrarian%20Revolt%20and%20the%20Populists/wizard_of_oz.htm- Article about the use of the Silver Shoes in The Wizard of Oz and how Baum uses them in his political satire. Also contains useful information on the impact the book has had on the world.
 
http://www.halcyon.com/piglet/Populism.htm- Article on The Wizard of Oz as an allegory to the Populist Movement.


• http://www.literature.org/authors/baum-l-frank/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz/- The Wizard of Oz  online version, published by Project Guttenberg. Contains links to read all of the books in the Oz series online.
 
http://www.tech-head.com/oz.htm- An article detailing Baum's use of symbolism in The Wizard of Oz.
 

http://www.eskimo.com/~tiktok/faq02.html- Contains information and answers to many frequently asked questions about The Wizard of Oz and the Oz series, including the issues of censorship and why the book was banned in many areas due to it's use of symbolism.

http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/default.htm- (A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust) This has thousands of resources for teachers and students including photographs, documents, art, music,and literature. A timeline,further resources, and student activities are also available.

http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/schindler/ -(Oskar Schindler: An Unlikely Hero) Learn about the life of Schindler and get information on traveling exhibitions.


http://www.holocaust-history.org/ -(The Holocaust History Project) This is a free archive of documents,
photos,recordings, and essays regarding the Holocaust.


http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/schindlers-list.html- (Teaching With Movies) This web site includes
general synopsis of the movie, background issues, discussion questions for students, and links to other sites.

 
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/color2.htm- This site is about art history and what colors represent what.
 
 
http://functi0n1.tripod.com/thegreatgatsby/color.html- This site is for anyone who did the Great Gatsby because it explains colors in the book.

 http://www.pbs.org/theblues/index.html-This website explains the importance of teaching this topic and it talks about different activities that you can have students do.

http://www.southernmusic.net/1920.htm-This website is a basic timeline of the development of the blues starting in 1920 and ending in 1929.

http://www.wnpt.net/deford/music/influences2.html- This website gives a brief description of the early music in the 1920's.

http://academic.uofs.edu/student/PENDRAKS2/page2.html- This website discusses the background of the blues and it also shows how the slaves used it.

http://www.geocities.com/bass1344/musicofthe1920s-This website talks about all the different types of music that were popular in the 1920's and gives some background on each one.

 

 

LESSON PLAN IDEAS

The Colorful Wizard of Oz- http://plaza.ufl.edu/lindsmeg/oz/wizlp.htm-

Poetry, Colors and Numbers- http://plaza.ufl.edu/lindsmeg/oz/whitlp.htm

Schlinder's List, is it only Black and White? - http://plaza.ufl.edu/lindsmeg/oz/schlp.htm

Learning by Doing Shakespeare - http://plaza.ufl.edu/steph444/dramasymbolism.html

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