Gatsby and The American Dream by https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn This Padlet is designed to provide context to our study of the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. en-us 2022-06-17 13:35:46 UTC 2025-11-06 04:45:33 UTC hello@padlet.com tkabara https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn/wish/2224049009 2022-06-17 13:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn/wish/2224049009 tkabara https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn/wish/2224049817 2022-06-17 13:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn/wish/2224049817 tkabara https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn/wish/2224056260 2022-06-17 13:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn/wish/2224056260 tkabara https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn/wish/2224057801 2022-06-17 13:50:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn/wish/2224057801 tkabara https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn/wish/2224059562 2022-06-17 13:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn/wish/2224059562 Warm Up tkabara https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn/wish/2224061039 The sensational real-life story of the financial rise and fall of rapper 50 Cent has parallels to the fictional story of Jay Gatsby. What are some similarities? What are some differences? ]]> 2022-06-17 13:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn/wish/2224061039 The American Dream tkabara https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn/wish/2224065878 The American Dream has been defined for generations as the idea that "If you work hard, you can make it." 50 Cent's debut album was called "Get Rich or Die Tryin'".

50 Cent is (thankfully) not dead but he is no longer rich. Will there be a second act to this American life?

Do you believe that, in the United States, if you work hard, you can make it?

After you read the two editorials below, we will have a class discussion around the above central question as a Socratic Seminar.]]> 2022-06-17 14:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn/wish/2224065878 tkabara https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn/wish/2224070211 2022-06-17 14:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn/wish/2224070211 tkabara https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn/wish/2224073598 2022-06-17 14:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tkabara/mttjhbc8z92hc0wn/wish/2224073598