I visited an 8th grade Language Arts class yesterday to see student group presentations on their current class novel, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Set in the 1960's, the book includes references to the Beatles, Paul Newman, and Elvis Presley, which one group explained to the class using PowerPoint slides.
Really? Were they popular so long ago that kids today learn about them as historical figures? I remember them as vivid parts of my daily popular cultural.
I suddenly realized just how much older I am than my students!
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