Research Project – Part 1 - The Outsiders - May 19-21

1. Research life in the Midwest in 1967 and then find out the same information for present day, Philadelphia, 2010. You will be using this information to write a compare / contrast essay. Those directions TBD.

Find out the following:

1. Economy

What was the average cost of the following?
Loaf of bread, gallon of gas, movie ticket, pair of blue jeans, box of cereal…and 5 other things of your choice.

What types of jobs were common? What was minimum wage? Was the average yearly income?

World Affairs / Government

2. What was going on in the world at the time? Was there war or peace? What was the state of affairs in USA? Who was President and Vice – President?

Prejudice

3. What forms of prejudice existed in the US and give examples of each. Was there racism? Classis? Sexism? Lookism? Ableism? Ageism? Use chart attached to determine if each existed and if so how and why.

Lifestyles

4. How did people live? What did people do for entertainment? How did technology affect people’s lives? What was the average size of a family? How common was divorce? Single parent homes? No parent homes?