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Exploring the setting of The Outsiders
Track #
80167
Annotations by:
Michelle Barber
Track Category
Grade(s):
Middle (5-9)
Subjects(s):
Language Arts
Last Modified:
Dec 12, 2001
Format:
Resource list
Track Description
Ponyboy likes to go to the movies. Imagine you are Pony and you are going to make this stoy into a movie. One of the first things you need to do is get to know the setting of the story.
The purpose of this activity is to investigate and help you understand the world thet Hinton was writing about. Using this as a guide, you wil explore life in the United States during the late '50's and early '60's and then relate it to S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders
KEYWORDS: american history, culture, literary analysis, Hinton, fifties, sixties