Category: The Roaring Twenties

Bodily-Kinesthetic, Children's Literature, Intelligences, Jazz Age, Michele Mortlock, Modernist Period, Musical, Spatial, The Roaring TwentiesLeave a comment

Final Lesson Plan on The Roaring Twenties

walkerg40

Welcome back to our final lesson plan on the Roaring Twenties! Throughout this semester, Erin and I have focused on learning all about the Roaring Twenties and the ways in which we could teach this significant decade from American history to a fifth-grade class. While we initially looked into teaching “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it being one of the great classics from this time, we felt that it was too advanced of a reading for this age group. Therefore we decided to take another approach to the 1920s, using the literature “What Were the Roaring Twenties?” by … Continue reading Final Lesson Plan on The Roaring Twenties

Bodily-Kinesthetic, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Jazz Age, Modernist Period, The Roaring TwentiesLeave a comment

Final Project!

marykategorham

Hi everyone! As we end this semester, my partner Kaitlynn Castro and I have finished our project on The Great Gatsby. Here, we are talking about how Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences connect with the story as well as the movie. We have provided some clip examples that can also be found in the book. The reason for this, is because we thought it would make a lot more sense to students if they had access to how the characters were feeling and what they were doing in the moment. It is true that books can express emotion more than movies can. … Continue reading Final Project!