You are all being sent to boarding school to work out your differences and learn to get along. Together, the Socs and the Greasers need to plan a set of guidelines for working together, getting along, accepting others' differences, and the specific activities they will be involved in. The activities must promote teamwork and decision-making.

1. You will be working with a group of four other students on this webquest.
   
   
2. Take a look at the rubric for how your group will be graded before you complete any of the work.
   
   
3. Each of you should choose a character from the novel. At least two group members must pick Greasers and two must pick Socs. The fifth group member can pick either way.

   Socs	Cherry	Randy	Marcia	Bob	Paul
   Greasers	Ponyboy	Soda	Two-Bit	Darry	Buck
   ?	Dally	Johnny

4. As you read The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, pay close attention to the characters and what makes them act the way they do. Take note of passages in the novel where the character's personality traits are shown. Take note of these four things about your character that demonstrate his/her personality:

   • Actions by the character
   • Words spoken by the character
   • Words spoken by other character's in the novel about yours
   • Thoughts and emotions the author lets you know about by your character
     
     

5. Organize this information into a cluster to use as reference (sample cluster). Share your clusters within the group and adjust as necessary to reach consensus on the personality of each character.  

Planning School Activities

1. Research the various school opportunities. Take notes on what you find using this Notetaking Guide.

   • What kind of sports would work well at your school?
   • What activities will you use?
   • What team-building activities does your school need?
   • How will the layout of your school help you resolve conflicts?
   • What will you organize for eating meals together?
   • In addition to ordinary rules that you find at school, what are the guidelines you will give the students to abide by to help keep the peace?
   •  What will a daily schedule look like at your school?
     
     

2. Discuss the pros and cons of various programs within the group. Use this Decision Organizer Chart to facilitate your discussion.
   
    
3. Using the results of your discussion, plan a week long program (Five days) for the Greasers and Socs. Include:
   
   

   a daily schedule for each of the five days. (Each group member is responsible for scheduling one of the days.) the activities location of activities what materials are needed who does what school layout Mealtime organization (once each day)

1. Create a set of six guidelines for everyone to follow. Remember that the Greasers and Socs have been enemies for a long time. Keep in mind their different backgrounds and lifestyles. Your guidelines should be designed with the purpose of bringing the two groups together and moving them toward accepting each others' differences. Create a PowerPoint slide to display your guidelines.
   
   
2. The group will present the chart and guidelines to the class, as a PowerPoint presentation. Responsibility for the presentation must be divided equally among the group members. Provide complete explanations throughout the presentation.