If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will explore the excesses of 1980s New York City.
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Students will learn about Reaganism and the pervading economic attitudes that resulted.
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Students will explore how issues of race affect the criminal justice system.
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Students will consider, thematically, how ostensibly good people take advantage of crises to fulfill their own ends.