The Outsiders project How might the setting
change?
1. Rather than a movie
theater, what other out‐
door activity might teens
be involved in today?
2. Ponyboy and his
friends walk most
places, but what kind
of transportation would
poorer teens use today?
3. How has safety in
many neighborhoods
changed since the
1960s?
4. What aspects of the
setting are the same to‐
day as they were in the
late 60s?
5. How has today’s tech‐
nology changed the way
people live, interact, and
get from one place to
another?