Hiroshima 2005

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Hiroshima 2005

• By
• Jared Jones

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Introduction

• In America December 7, 1941 is in the words of
  President Franklin D. Roosevelt a day which
  will live in infamy. The attack on Pearl Harbor
  could be seen as the driving force for Americas
  choice to join World War II and perhaps the
  driving force behind the decision to drop the
  Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Was
  it the right decision? Did it save more lives in
  the end? Were there other means of ending the
  war?

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Task

• The class will be split into four groups with
  five students each. The viewpoint that your
  group will research, and later discuss, will be
  drawn from a hat.

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Task Cont.

• Your group will then research either the
  perspective of an Advisor to President Harry S.
  Truman, an American Soldier, a Japanese Survivor
  or a Scientist involved with the Manhattan
  Project on dropping the A-Bomb on Hiroshima and
  later Nagasaki.

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Task Cont.

• After completing your research you will then
  compile your information into a power point
  presentation that will be presented to the class.

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Process

• 1. You will have one day to research
  information in the computer lab and one day to
  put your information together for your power
  point in the classroom. Each group will have
  equal time on the computers and extra time will
  be available during lunch, class breaks or after
  school.

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Process Cont.

• 2. Each person will have a role in the group
• - The researcher is in charge of finding
  the information using the different web
  sites provided.
• - The recorder will take notes on the
  important information to be included in the
  power point.

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Process Cont.

• - The presenter will explain their groups
  perspective to the class.
• - One person will be in charge of
  citing all sources.
• - One person will be in charge of putting
  the power point together with input from the
  group.

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Process Cont.

• 3. After the roles have been designated your
  group will begin researching your perspective.
• 4. Once you have adequately researched your
  groups perspective, begin limiting your
  information to the best and most effective
  information for your presentation.

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Process Cont.

• 5. After you have your information selected,
  begin putting your power point together.
• 6. Your power point should clearly explain your
  persons perspective, reasoning and any other
  possible options for ending the war other than
  the bomb.
• 7. On the third day each group will present
  their power point to the class.

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Japanese Survivor Resources

• A Japanese survivor was fortunate enough not to
  have perished, they witnessed several deaths and
  injuries. They do not believe that dropping the
  bomb was necessary, to end the war.
• http//www-sdc.med.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/n50/start-E.ht
  ml
• http//www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/hiroshima.htm
• http//www.inicom.com/hibakusha/yoshito.html
• http//www.inicom.com/hibakusha/akira.html

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Scientist for Manhattan Project Resources

• This person helped research and develop the
  atomic bomb and was there when it was tested in
  New Mexico. He was excited about the scientific
  discoveries before the bomb, but soon realized
  the great implications it would have for much
  more serious and dangerous warfare in the future.
• http//www.nuclearfiles.org/hiatomicbomb/manhatta
  n.html
• http//www.nuclearfiles.org/rebios/oppenheimerjuli
  us.html
• http//www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/atomictest.htm
• http//www.dannen.com/decision/scipanel.html

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Advisor to President Harry S. Truman Resources

• Truman was president when the bomb was dropped.
  He was the person who made the final decision to
  drop it. The advisor will be representing the
  Commander-in-Chief and speaking in favor of his
  decision.
• http//www.nuclearfiles.org/redocuments/1945.html
• http//doug-long.com/
• http//www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_col
  lections/bomb/large/index.php
• http//www.dannen.com/decision/scipanel.html

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American Soldier Resources

• This person represents the military's point of
  view. He looks at things from a purely military
  perspective. Keep in mind that he is obligated to
  fulfill the orders of the President. While he
  personally may or may not have favored the
  decision, he has to do what is decided to be
  militarily necessary.
• http//ecapc.org/articles/MohanU_HiroshimaDissent.
  asp
• http//www.prn2.usm.my/mainsite/abomb/hiroshi7.htm
  l
• http//www.calegion.org/html/a-bomb.html
• http//www.fee.org/vnews.php?nid3266

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Helpful Websites

• http//home.snu.edu/hculbert/power.htm
• This website contains tips for doing a power
  point presentation. (If you need additional help
  let me know!)
• http//dizzy.library.arizona.edu/library/type1/tip
  s/data/cite_mla.htmlmlabk5
• This website contains information on citing
  internet sources.

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Evaluation
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Evaluation Cont.
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Conclusion

• After completing this project you will have a
  better understanding of the differing views that
  have been debating the validity of the bombing
  since it happened.
• After all of the presentations each student will
  individually write a one page reflection on the
  information presented addressing
• - Which view point do you agree with (if any)?
• - What are your feelings about
  dropping the A-Bomb?
• - What, if anything, would you have done
  differently?

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Works Cited

• Voices of A-Bomb Survivors. Accessed 23 April
  2005. http//www.csi.ad.jp/ABOMB/hibakusha.html
• Julius Robert Oppenheimer. Accessed 23 April
  2005. http//www.nuclearfiles.org/rebios/oppenheim
  erjulius.html
• Harry S. Truman. Accessed 23 April 2005.
  http//www.cia.gov/csi/monograph/firstln/955pres12
  .gif
• U.S. Troops in Action 1942-1945. Accessed 23
  April 2005. http//www.historyplace.com/unitedstat
  es/pacificwar/
• Microsoft Clip Art.