Dropping the Atomic Bomb
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Dropping the Atomic Bomb SWBAT: COMPARE AND CONTRAST REASONS FOR DROPPING (OR NOT DROPPING) THE ATOMIC BOMB. HOMEWORK: NONE DO NOW: WAS IT EASY OR HARD TO PICK A SIDE AND DEFEND IT IN YOUR ESSAY?
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Dropping the Atomic Bomb. SWBAT: compare and contrast reasons for dropping (or not dropping) the Atomic Bomb. Homework: None Do Now: Was it easy or hard to pick a side and defend it in your essay?. Group Work. You will be put into groups of both viewpoints. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Dropping the Atomic BombSWBAT: COMPARE AND CONTRAST REASONS FOR DROPPING (OR NOT DROPPING) THE ATOMIC BOMB.
HOMEWORK: NONE
DO NOW: WAS IT EASY OR HARD TO PICK A SIDE AND DEFEND IT IN YOUR ESSAY?
Group Work You will be put into groups of both viewpoints.
◦ Designate a leader, recorder, a speaker, and task manager.
Leader will ask the questions and facilitate discussion. Recorder will write down the group’s answers. Speaker will speak for the group when called upon. Task manager will make sure all the questions will be answered in the time allotted.
Group Discussion Questions In your group discuss the following questions:
◦ What were the strongest arguments for dropping the bomb?◦ What were the strongest arguments for not dropping the bomb?◦ Does your group feel it was necessary to drop the second bomb? (the first was dropped Aug. 6 the second
Aug. 9).◦ Why do you think the US chose not to demonstrate the bomb before using it?◦ It’s July, 1945 and you are Truman. Your options to end the war are:
◦ A. use diplomacy (negotiation, ambassadors, making compromises, etc.) to end the war◦ B. invade Japan with Allied troops◦ C. continue to block imports and exports while bombing Japan ◦ D. drop the bomb
◦ What would your group decide to do? Why?
Take ten minutes and be prepared to discuss this with the class.
Whole Group Discussion Are there rules of war? How are they determined? What if they are not followed? Was three days too short a time to get the Japanese to surrender? (We dropped the bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6 and Nagasaki Aug. 9)
Did the atrocities and intensity of conflict all around in WWII justify dropping the bomb?
What about the argument that we saved lives by dropping those bombs? Is it fair to judge the bombs in hindsight, in the midst of the worst war ever when our military and civilian leaders have limited resources and limited options in a tight time frame?
Let’s look at some pictures… Do these pictures change your perception of whether the it was the right choice to drop the bomb?
Hiroshima: Before and After
