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The 1980s saw the rise of conservative politics under Reagan and the fall of the Berlin Wall. New computer technologies emerged while the AIDS epidemic ravaged the US. Blockbuster movies and the launch of MTV reshaped pop culture. Iconic toys, games, and fashion defined the decade. The Chernobyl disaster and Reagan's assassination attempt were major world events. Music was dominated by artists like Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, and Eurythmics.

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The 1980s saw the rise of conservative politics under Reagan and the fall of the Berlin Wall. New computer technologies emerged while the AIDS epidemic ravaged the US. Blockbuster movies and the launch of MTV reshaped pop culture. Iconic toys, games, and fashion defined the decade. The Chernobyl disaster and Reagan's assassination attempt were major world events. Music was dominated by artists like Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, and Eurythmics.

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80s

Ela Buković 8.c


• conservative politics and Reaganomics held
sway as the Berlin Wall crumbled
• new computer technologies emerged
• AIDS ravaged the United States
• blockbuster movies and MTV reshaped pop
DECADE culture
OVERVIEW • iconic toys and video games
Attempted assassination AIDS were identified as a Prince Charles married Lady
on Ronald Reagan happened disease on June 5,1981 Diana on July 29, 1981
on March 30, 1981

Chernobyl disaster happened Berlin Wall crumbled


on April 26, 1986 on November 9, 1989
FASHION
• leggings
• high waist
• massive shoulder pads
• big, messy hairstyle
• sunglasses
• spikes
• high-top sneakers and jelly shoes
• designers: Vivienne Westwood,
Alexander McQueen and Betty
Jackson
Whitney Houston
Eurythmics George Michael Michael Jackson

MUSIC
• Queen
• George Michael
• Eurythmics
• Michael Jackson
Queen • Whitney Houston
FILM INDUSTRY
AND TV
• Only Fools and Horses
• Back To The Future
• The Breakfast Club
• The Cosby Show
TECHNOLOGY

• Nintendo
• GameBoy
GameBoy Nintendo
• Sony Walkman
• Casio calculator watch

Casio calculator watch Sony Walkman


POPULAR TOYS

• Care Bears
• My Little Pony
Rubik's cube
• Transformers Transformer

• Rubik's cube

Care Bears My Little Pony


LITERATURE
• White Noise by Don DeLillo.
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret
Atwood
• The Cider House Rules by John
Irving
• The Bourne Identity by Robert
Ludlum
SPORTS
• Italy won World Cup 1982
• The 1985 Chicago Bears
winning Super Bowl
• Argentina won World Cup 1986
• The 1989 NCAA Championship
game

Maradona(Argentina) lifting the


Italian players lifting the World Cup
World Cup
RESOURCE
Textbook and internet
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!
Ela Buković 8.c

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