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As the Cold War evolved over four decades, the end of the world seemed imminent as the nuclear arms race continued to escalate. Popular music, especially in the 1980s, reflected this growing pessimism. By 1989 and 1990, as the Berlin Wall fell and Communism crumbled in Eastern Europe, popular music began to contain more optimistic commentary regarding the Cold War. This lesson uses popular music to illustrate changing attitudes about the Cold War from the 1980s through to 1990. The final project extends the lesson through to the present.
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- Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
- The intended use for this resource is Instructional