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?

Read the following scene from trifles. mrs. peters. she was piecing a quilt. (she brings the large sewing basket, and they look at the bright pieces.) mrs. hale. it’s log cabin pattern. pretty, isn’t it? i wonder if she was goin’ to quilt or just knot it? (footsteps have been heard coming down the stairs. the sheriff enters, followed by hale and the county attorney.) sheriff. they wonder if she was going to quilt it or just knot it. (the men laugh, the women look abashed.) county attorney (rubbing his hands over the stove). frank’s fire didn’t do much up there, did it? well, let’s go out to the barn and get that cleared up. (the men go outside.) how would a film version most likely emphasize the men’s emotions during this scene? by emphasizing the variety of props used by showing the men’s facial expressions by highlighting the characters’ costumes by focusing on the actions of the women