Name: ________________________________________ Date: _________________ Period: _______ #-_____

1960s Flashback: Into the World of The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders, is a drama about a group of friends from the wrong side of the tracks overcoming obstacles and trying to survive difficult teenage, and, sometimes, adult situations in the 1960s. GOAL: The following web quest is designed to help you better understand what life was like during a period of history filled with an abundance of social and political change without today’s modern conveniences like the Internet, cell phones, and cable television. This activity will help activate prior knowledge while you read and allow you to better understand the situations Ponyboy, Johnny, Darry, Dally, Soda Pop, and Cherry experienced in the 1960s. DIRECTIONS: Using the links provided, search the websites listed for information about what life was like for the characters presented in Hinton’s novel.

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POPULAR CULTURE OF THE 1960S

LIST FIVE (5 ) SONG TITLES/ARTISTS THAT WERE POPULAR DURING THE EARLY TO NID 1960S:

http://www.popculturemadness.com/Nusic/Pop-Nodern/1960.html 1 . ________________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________________ 3 . ________________________________________________________________ 4. ________________________________________________________________ 5 . ________________________________________________________________

LIST FIVE (5) POPULAR TELEVISION SHOWS FRON THE 1960S:

http://www.tvparty.com/fall1.html

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2. ________________________________________________________________ 3 . ________________________________________________________________ 4. ________________________________________________________________ 5 . ________________________________________________________________

Name: ________________________________________ Date: _________________ Period: _______ #-_____

POLITICS AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE 1960S

WRITE THE NANES OF TWO PRESIDENTS WHOSE TERNS WERE IN THE 1960S. http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/united-states-history-1960x20132001

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LIST FOUR (4) NORE NAJOR EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THE 1960S:

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/united-states-history-1960x20132001

http://www.history.com/topics/1960s

1 . ________________________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________________________ 3 . ________________________________________________________________ 4. ________________________________________________________________

FIND FIVE (5) CONNONLY USED HOUSEHOLD OR DAILY LIVING ITENS OF THE 1960S. LIST BOTH THE ITEN AND ITS PRICE.

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1960s.html 1 . ________________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________________ 3 . ________________________________________________________________ 4. ________________________________________________________________ 5 . ________________________________________________________________

LIST FOUR (4) POPULAR TOYS FRON THE 1960S:

http://www.his-forever.com/50s_toys.htm

1 . ______________________________________________________________________ 2 . _____________________________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________________________ 4. _____________________________________________________________________

Name: ________________________________________ Date: _________________ Period: _______ #-_____

LIFE AS A TEENAGE GREASER IN THE 1960S

“It seemed funny that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two

worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.”

“Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the things you want to see.”

~S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders

READ ABOUT GREASERS AND WRITE FOUR INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE CULTURE OF GREASERS OF THE 1950S/1960S.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greaser_%28subculture%29 1 . ________________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________________ 3 . ________________________________________________________________ 4. ________________________________________________________________ LIST FIVE (5) POPULAR SLANG WORDS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS POPULAR IN THE 1960S:

http://www.the60sofficialsite.com/Do_You_Remember_The_60s_Slang_.html

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2. ________________________________________________________________ 3 . ________________________________________________________________ 4. ________________________________________________________________ 5 . ________________________________________________________________

LIST THREE CLOTHING TRENDS POPULAR IN THE 1960S: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960s_in_fashion

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2. ________________________________________________________________ 3 . ________________________________________________________________