1. The Outsiders A Journey Through Their Time Period
S. E. Hinton
1967

2. S. E. Hinton Susan Eloise Hinton
S. E. Hinton began to write The Outsiders when she was 15 years old; the novel was published when she was 18.
Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, S. E. Hinton always enjoyed reading, but wasn't satisfied with the literature that was being written for young adults. This influenced her to write novels such as The Outsiders, her first novel, which was published in 1967.
S.E. Hinton was, and still is, one of the most popular and best-known writers of young adult fiction. Her books have been taught in some schools, and banned from others. Her novels changed the way people look at young adult literature.

3. 1950s Conservative period Post-WWII Good economy Eisenhower
“I Love Lucy”
“Father Knows Best”
“The Honeymooners”
“Ozzy and Harriet”
“Leave It to Beaver”

4. 1960s Cultural revolution Beat poets Rock n’ roll
JFK President : Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, NASA, assassinated
Rebel cinema
Hippies, psychedelic
Free speech, Chicano rights, antiwar movement, sexual revolution
LBJ President : Civil Rights Act
MLK, Jr. & Malcolm X: civil rights movement
1969: Moon, Woodstock

5. Greasers v. Socials (Socs)
Working class poor
East side
Community menace
Elvis
T-shirts and jeans
No car, T-Bird
Long, greased hair
SOCS
Wealthy
West side
Community trust
Beatles
Madras shirts/jackets
Mustangs
Semi-Beatles haircuts

6. Greasers

7. Greasers Hoodlums, hoods, juvenile delinquents, JDs
Smoke, weed-fiend, cancer stick
Heaters = guns
Fuzz = police

8. Grease, American Graffiti, “Happy Days”
1974
1972
1973

9. Socs

10. Socs

11. Madras Clothing
Lightweight cotton fabric with patterned texture, ideal for summer
Popular in 1960s

12. Cars Ford Mustang, 1964-today (1964)
Chevrolet Corvair, (1962)
Socs
Socs
Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray, (1964)
Ford Thunderbird, (1960)
Cherry Valance
Buck Merril

13. Elvis Presley Musician, actor 1935-1977 1956, hips The King
“Jailhouse Rock”
“Hound Dog”
“Heartbreak Hotel”
Cheasy musical movies

14. The Beatles Pop rock 1960-1970 British Ed Sullivan Show 1964
“She Loves You”
“I Want to Hold Your Hand”
“Yesterday”

15. Hank Williams Honky tonk musician 1923-1953 Grand Ole Opry
“Hey Good Lookin’”
Substance abuse

16. Will Rogers Actor, cowboy, comedian 1879-1935 Old cowboy movies
Oklahoman

17. “Perry Mason”
TV show
Lawyer who defends clients wrongly accused of murder

18. Paul Newman
Actor, rebel, handsome
The Hustler (1961)
Hud (1963)

19. Beach Party Movies Popular movie genre Early-mid 1960s Teen audience
Romance, music
Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Elvis

20. Drive-In Theaters
Peaked in late 1950s and early 1960s, especially in rural areas

21. Drag Races & Rodeos

22. DX Gas, Dairy Queen, Tastee Freez

23. 1960s Consumer Products

24. Gone With the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1936 book 1939 film Bestseller
American Civil War and Reconstruction
Gallant Southern gentlemen and belles

25. The Carpetbaggers Harold Robbins 1961 book 1964 film Bestseller
Movie industry, airplane industry, Howard Hughes

26. Great Expectations Charles Dickens 1861
British classic story of Pip, an orphan, who grows from a youth to adulthood

27. Jack London Author, journalist The Call of the Wild (1903)
White Fang (1906)
Survival, extreme environments, socialism

28. Robert Frost Poet 1874-1963 Rural New England “The Road Not Taken”
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
“Nothing Gold Can Stay”

29. “Nothing Gold Can Stay”
Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.