The Manhattan Project:

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The Manhattan Project

• The Race to Build the Bomb!

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Lesson Objective Identify and Discuss the
dates, events, people, and moral conflicts
concerning the development of the Atomic bomb.

• Explore the topic of the Manhattan Project on
  teacher selected websites.
• Create a historical timeline for classroom
  display.
• Write a 500 word Research Paper on Manhattan
  Project due prior to End of Unit Roundtable
  Presentation.
• Complete Lesson 5 Roundtable Presentation.

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Intro to the Manhattan Project

• Many scientists and theorists believed that there
  was an inherent danger in unleashing the nuclear
  genie from the bottle of invention that was
  containing it.
• Others still believed that the creation of the
  Atom Bomb was just a stepping stone on the path
  toward harnessing the power of the Atom.

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A Simple Manhattan Project
T i m e l i n e

• 1939 Germans begin Atomic Bomb research.
• 1942 United States begin their Bomb development
  program.
• 1945 United States test detonates first Atomic
  Bomb on July 16th.

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People and Places

• University of Chicago
• Oak Ridge, Tenn.
• Hanford, Wash.
• Los Alamos, NM

• General Leslie R. Groves
• J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Useful websites

• http//guava2.futuris.net/nickp/Making.html
• http//www.ratical.org/radiation/CNR/OHofJWGforDOE
  /OHofJWG.pdf
• http//www.atomicmuseum.com/tour/manhattanproject.
  cfm
• http//www.nuclearfiles.org/hiatomicbomb/manhattan
  .html

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Good Luck!
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