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The Outsiders is set in Oklahoma in 1966. To learn about what the characters faced on a daily
basis, go to the following websites and answer the questions. BE SURE TO ANSWER IN
YOUR OWN WORDS. Have fun!
Go to http://www.otrd.state.ok.us/StudentGuide/facts.html
Now answer the questions below.
1. What does the name Oklahoma mean? Where does the name come from?
5. Find two other facts you think are interesting and paraphrase them.
Go to the http://www.auroraontheweb.com/east66/1966/66econ.html
Find out the prices of the following items:
Now go to http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
This should take you to a page that says US Inflation Calculator. Find out how
much more goods would cost in 2011 than they did in 1966 by filling in the
information in the boxes and clicking Calculate.
Go to http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html
Fill in the following facts:
1. Population __________________________
2. Average salary ________________________
3. Minimum wage _______________________
4. Life expectancy for males _______________
5. Life expectancy for females _____________
1960s Fashion
Stay on the website from the section above, and scroll to the section for Fads and
Fashion.
1. List two fads from the 1960s.
3. List two or three fads from 2011. How do these compare to those of the 1960s?
4. List two or three fashion trends from 2011. How do these compare to those of the 1960s?
2. List four popular television shows from the 1960s. Have you ever seen or heard of these
shows?
5. Scroll down to Part IV: Message Music. What was the goal of music in the mid-1960s?