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EQ: How does social class affect behavior?

Social Class & Behavior

ESSAY: Money Always Talks, by Daphne Merkin

Income Inequality & Wealth

RESEARCH: Inequality in Skills and the Great Gatsby Curve

ARTICLE: It's the Inequality, Stupid: eleven charts that explain what's wrong with America.

Background

Bootleg by Karen Blumenthal
ISBN: 9781596434493
Publication Date: 2011-05-24

Adieu, Sweet Life of ’20s Luxury, by Peter Applebome This short article from the New York Times describes the house that is said to have inspired Fitzgerald as he created Jay Gatsby's mansion.

This student-created MAP will help you understand the geography of The Great Gatsby.

Analysis

...and all that jazz a spoken-word poem, by Anthony Privitera

Companion Texts

Jake, Reinvented by Gordon Korman High society meets high school in this retelling of "The Great Gatsby", set at the class-conscious F. Scott Fitzgerald High.
ISBN: 0786856971
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald Read this short story as an introduction to F. Scott Fitgerald's writing style!
ISBN: 1607960710