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__What Mr. Donnelly said:__ • An interesting intro is key. Where does this come and how is it so emblematic of the people of this era? •Things to think about talking about: - Teens 50s-->60s-->70s -Run DMC -Michael Jackson: Breaks out of the urban areas and onto center stage. Use this idea at the end of expanding it out from the ghettos to center stage in America. •Important things to definitely talk about: •Foreign Policy: OPEC Controlling oil: Gas prices up --> societal issues --> crack/cocaine (drug dealing for money) --> this is the environment that this dance (break dance) started in. •Domestic •Social •Economic •Racial •Urban •Political: What's the message from the White House?

__What we said in class on 5/9/11:__ •Social: -Drugs, street violence -Inner city life (ghettos) --> started in the Bronx -African American role especially •Music: Rap: - Run DMC -Dj's -MTV: Thriller Video: 1st music video MTV ever paid to air on TV -Michael Jackson -Soul Train •Pg. 188-189 on origin of the term **"Break Dance"**