1. THE OUTSIDERS PICK YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER AND EXPLAIN THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO POP CULTURE

2. C. THOMAS HOWELL AS PONYBOY CURTIS

3. RALPH MACCHIO AS JOHNNY CADE

4. MATT DILLON AS DALLAS WINSTON

5. ROB LOWE AS SODAPOP CURTIS

6. PATRICK SWAYZE AS DARREL CURTIS

7. EMILIO ESTEVEZ AS “TWO-BIT” MATTHEWS

8. TOM CRUISE AS STEVE RANDLE

9. DIANE LANE AS “CHERRY” VALANCE

10. LEIF GARRETT AS BOB SHELDON

11. COMPARE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES IS “TO SIR, WITH LOVE” A PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SOURCE? IS “THE OUTSIDERS” (THE MOVIE) A PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SOURCE? HOW DO THESE MOVIES DIFFER, IN RESPECT TO BEING A PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SOURCE? WHICH IS THE MORE NOSTALGIC OF THE TWO? WHY? HOW DID TEEN CULTURE DIFFER BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST IN 1967?

12. THE OUTSIDERS VS. TO SIR, WITH LOVE

13. COMPARE “THE OUTSIDERS” TO “REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE” IN WHAT WAYS COULD “THE OUTSIDERS” BE CONSIDERED GENERATION X’S “REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE”? HOW ARE THE PLOTS SIMILAR? HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT? HOW ARE DIFFERENT SOCIAL CLASSES DEPICTED IN “THE OUTSIDERS”? WHY WAS CLASS STRUGGLE LESS APPARENT IN “REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE”? HOW DO THE GREASERS COMPARE TO THE GANGS OF TODAY?

14. HOW DO THE CHARACTERS IN “THE OUTSIDERS” COMPARE TO THE CHARACTERS IN “REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE”?

15. JIM STARK VS. DALLAS WINSTON

16. JOHNNY CADE VS. PLATO

17. CHERRY VS. JUDY