The Outsiders Day 1

GUIDING QUESTIONS:

1. What are the costs and benefits of conformity or noncomformity to a peer group? How do we measure these costs and benefits?

2. How does a person's relationship with his/her peers affect the kind of person she/he will become?



AGENDA:

1. Opinionaire

2.  Journal: With what social group does Ponyboy identify himself from the first paragraph of the book?  How is he like the others in his group?  How is he different from his peer group?




3. Who are the other people in Ponyboy's social group? Describe them.

“I’ll tell you something, Ponyboy, and it may come as a surprise. We have troubles you never even heard of. You want to know something?” Things are rough all over”- Cherry Valance (34-35).

Early on the story deals with social groups and how we define our membership to one group or another. One of the ways is through class. Consider the definition of classism:

*Classism: The unfair treatment of people because of their social or economic class.

Read the article about “Affluenza” and consider the above quote. What does Cherry mean by “things are rough all over?”