The Prologue :
Link to the webquest :
http://zunal.com/introduction.
+ the link to find the answers about the 4 humours : http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/th/The_four_humours
Chapter 4 : The Conquest of the West
Chapter 3 : The American Dream
Important quotes in the Great Gatsby :
1 Nick's father's advice :
" In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.
“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” "2. Love quotes :
-> When Daisy is visiting Gatsby's house
" He hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes. Sometimes, too, he stared around at his possessions in a dazed way, as though in her actual and astounding presence none of it was any longer real. Once he nearly toppled down a flight of stairs. "
-> the reason why Gatsby bought his house
"It was a strange coincidence," I said.
"But it wasn't a coincidence at all."
"Why not?"
"Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay."
3 . Daisy :
-> at the beginning of the book :
"I’ve been everywhere and seen everything and done everything.” Her eyes flashed around her in a defiant way, rather like Tom’s, and she laughed with thrilling scorn. “Sophisticated — God, I’m sophisticated!” "
-> When she sees the shirts :
Suddenly, with a strained sound, Daisy bent her head into the shirts and began to cry stormily.
"They're such beautiful shirts," she sobbed, her voice muffled in the think folds. "It makes me sad because I've never seen such – such beautiful shirts before."
4. Gatsby
"He smiled understandingly — much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced — or seemed to face — the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just so far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey."
+ Do not forget to read all the texts we studied in class before writing your essay.
Good luck!
Here are some links to help you with your presentations:
Information about the 20's : http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/roaring_twenties.html
http://www.1920-30.com/
Sports : http://sportsandsociety1920s.blogspot.fr/2011/03/sports.html
http://www.angelfire.com/anime4/sephirothbadazz/Reports/sports.html
Fashion ; http://fashion.just-the-swing.com/1920s-womens-fashion
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/20sclothes.html
Music : http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/20smusic.html
Women : http://www.ovtg.de/3_arbeit/englisch/gatsby/women20.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/usa/1920srev2.shtml
Cinema : http://www.filmsite.org/20sintro.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/tch_wjec/usa19101929/3culturesocietychanges2.shtml
Dance : http://my.ilstu.edu/~lmerri/uhigh/1920's/Homepage.htm
http://www.1920-30.com/dance/
Chapter 2 : From slavery to segregation : the history of Spirituals and Protest Songs.
Rosa Parks :
Life in the Southern States after Slavery :
Alvin Aley's Choreography on the famous spiritual "Rock my Soul" :
Click here to find the webquest : http://ayearatjdr.blogspot.fr/p/webquest-underground-railroad.html If you want to watch the video extract again :
A quiz about slavery : http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/history_of_slavery_in_the_united_states_questions.php
A simplified timeline that you might want to have a look at.
History of Slavery in America
1619
1787
Slavery is made illegal in the Northwest Territory. The U.S Constitution states that Congress may not ban the slave trade until 1808.
1793
A federal fugitive slave law is enacted, providing for the return slaves who had escaped and crossed state lines.
1808
Congress bans the importation of slaves from Africa.
1820
1849
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery and becomes one of the most effective and celebrated leaders of the Underground Railroad.
1850
The continuing debate whether territory gained in the Mexican War should be open to slavery is decided in the Compromise of 1850: California is admitted as a free state, Utah and New Mexico territories are left to be decided by popular sovereignty, and the slave trade in Washington, DC is prohibited. It also establishes a much stricter fugitive slave law than the original, passed in 1793.
1852
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin is published. It becomes one of the most influential works to stir anti-slavery sentiments.
1857
The Dred Scott case holds that Congress does not have the right to ban slavery in states and, furthermore, that slaves are not citizens.
1861
1863
President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring "that all persons held as slaves" within the Confederate state "are, and henceforward shall be free."
1865
The Civil War ends. Lincoln is assassinated. The Thirteenth Amendment abolishes slavery throughout the United States. On June 19 slavery in the United States effectively ended when 250,000 slaves in Texas finally received the news that the Civil War had ended two months earlier.
1619
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1787
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Slavery is made illegal in the Northwest Territory. The U.S Constitution states that Congress may not ban the slave trade until 1808.
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1793
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A federal fugitive slave law is enacted, providing for the return slaves who had escaped and crossed state lines.
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1808
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Congress bans the importation of slaves from Africa.
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1820
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1849
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Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery and becomes one of the most effective and celebrated leaders of the Underground Railroad.
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1850
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The continuing debate whether territory gained in the Mexican War should be open to slavery is decided in the Compromise of 1850: California is admitted as a free state, Utah and New Mexico territories are left to be decided by popular sovereignty, and the slave trade in Washington, DC is prohibited. It also establishes a much stricter fugitive slave law than the original, passed in 1793.
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1852
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin is published. It becomes one of the most influential works to stir anti-slavery sentiments.
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1857
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The Dred Scott case holds that Congress does not have the right to ban slavery in states and, furthermore, that slaves are not citizens.
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1861
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1863
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President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring "that all persons held as slaves" within the Confederate state "are, and henceforward shall be free."
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1865
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The Civil War ends. Lincoln is assassinated. The Thirteenth Amendment abolishes slavery throughout the United States. On June 19 slavery in the United States effectively ended when 250,000 slaves in Texas finally received the news that the Civil War had ended two months earlier.
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Videos about the birth of Spirituals :
Chapter 1 : Mad about ads!
Look at the counter-ads the students have created :
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