The Great Gatsby Curve Lesson Plan

Whether The Great Gatsby or economics are part of your curriculum, students can benefit from this video and the lesson from which it’s taken.  The lesson introduces a new economic theory to students through the classic novel and its latest film version.  Additionally, it provides a simulation where resources are not equally distributed and students have an authentic opportunity to experience inequality.

In the lesson students will gain an understanding economic inequality in the United States and other countries. View entire lesson at PBS LearningMedia.

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