The Outsiders Slideshow Template

Connect The Outsiders with historical context and research through a course presentation, project choices, and note-taking support.
Grades
Grades 7–9
Pages
51
File type
Multiple File Types
Editable
Yes

Updated May 05, 2025

Subject
ELA, Literature
Topic
The Outsiders, Novel unit
Resource types
Novel Studies, Projects
Editable
Yes
Standards
W.8.7

Product description

From the author

The Outsiders Course Slides and Research Projects

Use a 24-slide editable PowerPoint to introduce a four-week course and connect the novel with historical and cultural topics. A five-page research-project file offers ten topic choices, guiding questions and varied deliverable options.

The download also includes twenty general lined note pages and a two-page supporting file, for 51 pages and slides overall. The note pages do not contain chapter-specific questions or guided prompts. Supply your own note-taking focus, copies of the novel and outside research sources.

Choose a research option and ask students to connect their findings with scenes, characters or themes from the novel.

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In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Research a historical or cultural issue connected with a novel

  • Compare a novel’s social conflict with another text or real-world case

  • Select and create a deliverable that communicates evidence-based findings

Teaching tips

  • Connect a research finding back to a scene or character before students present it.

Skills covered

  • Literary research — a novel becomes the starting point for inquiry.

  • Historical context — 1960s culture and social structures frame interpretation.

  • Project communication — findings are shaped into varied deliverables.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Do all students need to complete every research project?

The set provides ten project choices. Select an option for the class or let students choose one that fits your unit goals.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • W.8.7

Core concepts

  • Novel research

  • 1960S context

  • Class conflict

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