The Cost of Partying Like Jay Gatsby

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 Agenda:

  • Warm-up: Castle Learning Ch 3 (Regents-style questions/Gatsby quiz)
  • Examining the Eggs
    • Map Overview & Fact that Fitzgerald lived in Kings Point for 2 years while writing the novel
    • "Gatsby Mansion" $45 million sale (2023)
      • Link--https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/wait-until-you-see-the-inside-of-this-45-million-gatsby-mansion-on-sale-on-long-island-021523 
      • Video--https://youtu.be/usAuSclByI4 
    • Estates that Inspired Fitzgerald: https://www.garylawrance.com/blog/2020/7/6/jay-gatsby-mansion-and-others-of-the-great-gatsby-era-the-real-locations-sites-and-photos-of-these-literary-mansions#:~:text=Beacon%20Towers%20at%20Sands%20Point%2C%20New%20York&text=This%20house%20that%20is%20often,in%20Newport%20called%20Marble%20House.
  • Calculating the Cost of the Party 
    • Handout (1922-->today's prices)
    • First to finish gets bonus credit

Homework:
  • Submit what you finished of the calculation handout for classwork credit    

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