Use this guide to familiarize students with the classic novel, The Great Gatsby, and encourage them to connect the story with actual events and issues from the 1920s. Students will enjoy analyzing this complex literary piece and revel in the life lessons they take away from it. The cross-curricular lessons and activities work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and much more. Written to support the Common Core, the challenging activities and lessons work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend rich, complex literature.