Today I did a culture lesson on the Prom. I LOVE this lesson because I use a documentary called "The World's Best Prom." This film takes place in my home town, Racine, Wisconsin, and follows 3 teenagers for 24 hours as they get ready for THE BIG NIGHT. It is all about THE HAIR, THE PRINCESS DRESS, THE TRANSPORTATION (in Racine it's all about being ORIGINAL, especially with your wheels as the arrival and entrance to the Rotary Post Prom is televised-- yes, red carpet and all!)
The Racine prom, as the film makers found out after moving to New York, is not your ordinary Prom dance...As part of our lesson, I show what the Prom looked like in 1953, and footage from the year 2000. We talk about what has changed, and what is still the same. Now, 2000 sounds pretty recent to me. In fact, I know the kids in the film because they're the siblings of friends of mine, who seemed so LITTLE when I was in high school. But, 2000, well for the kids who watched it today, that was a LONG TIME AGO, since they were only 2 when it was filmed.
Hmmm. I'm old.
But then again, it's never too old to elect yourself Prom Queen. And that's what I did today (I let the kids be Prom Kings and Queens too).
It was fun. Pictures soon!
