The Catcher in the Rye Webquest
Please complete this webquest with a partner, and record your answers neatly on a separate sheet of paper or a word document.
2. Take a look at 1950s teenage fashion and men's fashion. What do you notice about the clothing? How is it similar to clothing of teenagers today? Different?
3. The protagonist of Catcher attends prep schools. To get a sense of what Holden’s schools were like, access the website for Avon Old Farms, a boy’s prep school in Avon, CT or the site for Miss Porter's School, a girl’s prep school in Farmington, CT and answer the following questions.
a) What is your overall impression of the school from the website?
b) What are the school’s goals?
c) What are the advantages of a prep school?
d) Do you think you would enjoy a prep school?
4. According to this website, what are the reasons as to why Catcher is one of the top banned books in America?
5. What was life like for teenagers in the 1950s? How was life different in the 50s than in the previous decade? What is the “generation gap”?
6. Take a look at this website about the author of Catcher, JD Salinger.
a) How was Salinger as a student when he was a young boy?
b) How did his experiences in the war influence him as a person and a writer?
c) After Salinger became famous, how did he choose to live his life? Why do you think he chose to live his life like this?
CONGRATULATIONS!! You have finished the Webquest! When you are done, turn in your answers to me.
*(Some materials for this webquest are borrowed from: https://studentweb.region10ct.org/groups/sboberek/wiki/e866f/The_Catcher_in_the_Rye.html)
- Access the History Channel’s website on the 1950s and scroll down to read the section “Post War Booms”. According to this reading, what is the reasoning behind the “baby boom”? What other “boom” occurred during this decade?
2. Take a look at 1950s teenage fashion and men's fashion. What do you notice about the clothing? How is it similar to clothing of teenagers today? Different?
3. The protagonist of Catcher attends prep schools. To get a sense of what Holden’s schools were like, access the website for Avon Old Farms, a boy’s prep school in Avon, CT or the site for Miss Porter's School, a girl’s prep school in Farmington, CT and answer the following questions.
a) What is your overall impression of the school from the website?
b) What are the school’s goals?
c) What are the advantages of a prep school?
d) Do you think you would enjoy a prep school?
4. According to this website, what are the reasons as to why Catcher is one of the top banned books in America?
5. What was life like for teenagers in the 1950s? How was life different in the 50s than in the previous decade? What is the “generation gap”?
6. Take a look at this website about the author of Catcher, JD Salinger.
a) How was Salinger as a student when he was a young boy?
b) How did his experiences in the war influence him as a person and a writer?
c) After Salinger became famous, how did he choose to live his life? Why do you think he chose to live his life like this?
CONGRATULATIONS!! You have finished the Webquest! When you are done, turn in your answers to me.
*(Some materials for this webquest are borrowed from: https://studentweb.region10ct.org/groups/sboberek/wiki/e866f/The_Catcher_in_the_Rye.html)