Contextual Framework: F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby Skinny Poster

Students read The Great Gatsby better when they know the world Fitzgerald was writing in, and writing about.

Give students the context behind the Jazz Age classic.

This skinny poster sets The Great Gatsby in its time, so students can connect the novel's glamour and disillusionment to the history and life experiences that shaped it.

Poster Shows:

• Historical world events that occurred during the author's early life
• Key events of F. Scott Fitzgerald's life before the publication of The Great Gatsby
• Selected quotations from The Great Gatsby

Go deeper with the full unit. Pair this poster with the Contextual Framework: The Great Gatsby activity book, or get both in the Book and Poster Set.

Every story has a backstory.

4P2101: 13 x 38 inches, laminated. ©2017.