> What episode can I show as a first experience to help future classes hit the
> road running? In other words, what single episode does the best job
> introducing the characters and helping first-timers grasp the spirit of
> Mayberry?
I would have to suggest the episode Mayberry Goes Hollywood. Eigth graders are
unique. Almost all of them have insecurities and doubts about their impending
adulthood and they're trying to grow up faster than nature will allow. Most
young teens hide these feelings behind a facade, just like the town folks do
when they think they are going to become famous, until they are shown it's not
who you pretend to be that makes you who you are. Not only do you get a small
town feel when Andy takes the producer around town, but you see a
transformation from down home folksy to uppity up-town attitudes and back to
small town Mayberry, just the way we love it. Anyway, I think eigth graders can
relate......That's my suggestion, and I'm sticking to it :)
Harriet, the chicken thief, hiding out in Kelsey's Woods, USA
......"Johnny Paul Jason says chewing tar is good for your teeth"..."That's an
old wives tale"...."Johnny Paul ain't married"........
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