This document outlines an assignment for an English 11 class where students were asked to create a newspaper from the 1920s on a selected topic. Students researched and wrote a news article on a topic from the 1920s, an advertisement for a popular 1920s item, and a movie review of Baz Luhrmann's 2013 film The Great Gatsby. The resulting student work was compiled together in a newspaper format highlighting the variety of 1920s research topics and ratings of the film adaptation of Gatsby.

1. English 11 Students
Ms. Ennamorato
Spring 2013

2. 
Gatsby

3. 
 News article
Student selected topic from 1920s
 Advertisement
Popular 1920s item
 Movie Review
Baz Lurhman The Great Gatsby (2013)
Project Requirements
Newspaper format

4. 
 Highlights of student work
 Variety of research topics of the 1920s
 Ratings of Baz Luhrman’s The Great
Gatsby (2013)
What you’ll see…

5. One flapper said “If one judges by
appearances I suppose I am a
flapper. I wear the bobbed hair, the
badge of flapperhood.
(And, oh, what a comfort it is!) I
adore to dance. I attend hops and
proms, and other affairs at men’s
college” (Rosenburg).

7. “The music
absolutely
complimented the
movie, they had
modern music
tweaked with the
Jazz theme.”