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Teaching The Dystopian Experience of Skiing in New Jersey’s New American Dream Mall

The Dystopian Experience of Skiing in New Jersey’s New American Dream Mall

I’ve been skiing for 50 years. But my first downhill run of 2020 was like nothing I’d ever experienced. The 28-degree temperature and the machine-made snow were familiar, of course. What was less familiar was skiing through a windowless rectangular box, beneath girders and electrical lights. And my destination was a mural of a fancy ski lodge.

Robert Snyder, Professor of Journalism and American Studies, Rutgers University - Newark
The Conversation

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

What do skiing and malls have to do with one another?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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