Individually or with a partner, answer the following questions on ONE piece of paper. Make sure you include your names at the top.

Directions: Through research on the Internet, locate and record the items listed below regarding pop culture. Your time frame is from 1960-1969; all answers must be within those dates. Write the answer and the website in which it was found for each answer. NO WIKIPEDIA! 

1960's:
1. List FOUR DIFFERENT bands, including the title of ONE of their albums.

2. What was the name of the major war? When did it start? When did it end?

3. List THREE political events in America, along with dates of when they occurred.

4. What were THREE major sporting events and the dates they took place?

5. What were THREE racially-motivated incidents (HINT: think about the Civil Rights Movement).

6. What were FOUR popular cars; include the makes and models of each (EXAMPLE: 1969 Ford Mustang).

7. List FOUR popular television shows.

8. List FOUR popular movies; include the date each was released (EXAMPLE: The Sound of Music, 1965).
9. List EVERY president (in order) that served.

10. List the names of TWO non-American world leaders

About The Outsiders and S.E. Hinton
1. When was the novel published?

2. How old was the author at that time?

3. What does the S.E. stand for in S.E Hinton?

4. Why did the author use initials instead of a first and middle name?

5. After the novel was published, what did the author become known as?

6. Is Hinton still alive? If so, what does Hinton do and where does she live?

7. What is the setting of the novel (state and time period)?

8. What are FOUR other novels S.E. Hinton has written.

9. List THREE other best-selling novels of the 1960s (not written by Hinton).

10. Of all of Hinton’s novels, which ones were made into movies