CHAPMAN
MIDDLE SCHOOL
RESOURCES FOR THE OUTSIDERS
POETRY
“I’m Nobody! Who Are You?” – Emily Dickinson
“I am an Italian American” – Angelo Bianchi
“My Wheelchair Had Wings” – Michele Sutphin
“Alienation” – Ronald W. Hull
“Sheep in Fog” – Sylvia Plath
“Outsiders” – James Grengs
“Please Hear What I’m Not Saying” – Charles C. Finn
“Mending Wall” – Robert Frost
“Psalm 55”
“Heartbreak Hotel” – Elvis Presley
“Lonely” – Akon
“Fool on the Hill” – the Beatles
“Iris” – the Goo Goo Dolls
Above list is from: Maria Macioce
YouTube
Clips from The Outsiders
Ponyboy recites Nothing Gold Can Stay
Clips from Rebel Without a Cause
VIDEOS
WPL
The Outsiders - DVD
NETFLIX
AMAZON
The Outsiders (must be rented)
PROJECTS
MUSIC
"Stay Gold" by Stevie Wonder
"Youth of a Nation" by P.O.D.
Lyrics & Song
"A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" by Bob Dillon
Lyrics & Song
"Heartbreak Hotel"l by Elvis Presley
"I'm So Lonesome, I could Cry" by Hank Williams
"My Generation" by The Who
"Two of Us" by The Beatles
Lyrics & Song
"Hero" by Mariah Carey
Lyrics & Song
"Haazard to Myself (Don't Lt Me Get Me" Pink
Lyrics & Song
"Stay Gold" by Stevie Wonder
Lyrics & Song
"Born to be Wild" by Steppenwolf
Above list is from: Suggestions for Pairing Contemporary Music & Canonical Literature
RESOURCES
IMAGES
The Outsiders movie
high school 1950's
cars in the 1950's
Rebel Without a Cause, James Dean
Korean War 1095's
Weymouth,MA 1950's
I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous Obscure (Six-Word Memoirs)
by Rachel Fershleiser (Editor), Larry Smith (Editor)
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