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Teaching The Great Gatsby Conference


  • The Fitzgerald Museum 919 Felder Avenue Montgomery, AL, 36106 United States (map)

The Inaugural Teaching The Great Gatsby Conference

The conference is being held in conjunction with Huntingdon College. Zelda lectured on Scott’s life and work at Huntingdon in the 1940s, and The Fitzgerald Museum is excited to hold this new conference at another historic site in the Old Cloverdale neighborhood.

 

The conference will be held on July 15 -16, 2022, and Amy Goldman, creator of the Teaching The Great Gatsby Group, will be the Keynote Speaker.

 

Registration is $150 and will include all sessions, a reception at the Fitzgerald Museum on Friday night, a small Fitzgerald related swag bag, catered lunch and snacks for Saturday sessions, and 6 hours of Continuing Education credits for those who attend six sessions.

 

Conference Schedule

 

Friday, July 15

Drum Hall – Huntingdon College

(1125 E Fairview Ave, Montgomery, AL 36106)

 

Registration: 12:00 – 12:30

Keynote: 12:45 to 1:15 – Amy Goldman

Session One: 1:30 – 2:30 – History of Gatsby

1:30 – 2:30 - Alaina Doten – History of Gatsby and the 1920s

Session Two: 2:45 – 3:30 – History of the Fitzgeralds

Maire Martello - History of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald

Q&A: 3:30 – 4:00

 

Reception at The Fitzgerald Museum: 7:00 – 9:00

‘20s dress is encouraged, but not required.

(919 Felder Ave., Montgomery, AL 36106)

 

Saturday, July 16

Drum Hall – Huntingdon College

Session One:  9:00 to 10:30 – Curriculum and Strategies and Methods

9:00 – 9:40 – Amy Goldman – Curriculum and Activities

9:45 – 10:15 –Marcy Newbold– Curriculum and Activities

 

Session Two: 10:30 to 12:00 – Strategies and Methods

10:30 – 11:00 - Julie Haynes – Strategies and Methods

11:15 – 11:45 – Deborah Linn McNemee – AP Language

11:45 – 12:00 – Q&A

 

Session Three: 1:00 to 2:30 – Discussion Groups

1:00 – 1:30 – Ainsley McClacherie – Fostering Environmental Awareness thru Gatsby

1: 45 – 2:15 – Foster Dickson – Contemporizing Gatsby

2:15 – 2:30 Q&A

 

Session Four: 2:45 to 4:30 – Discussion Groups

 2:45 – 3:15 – Deborah Linn McNemee – Why Does Daisy Stay?

3:30 – 4:15 – Kate Smith - Myrtle and the Greenwich Village

4:15 – 4:30 – Q&A

 

All attendees are asked to register here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/teaching-the-great-gatsby-conference-tickets-289947740497