Thursday, August 26, 2021

The Atom Bomb, Story of the World Book 4, Big Fat Notebook of World History, Lesson Plan

 The Atom Bomb 

Go to this site for pictures of the Atom Bomb's effects: 

https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-33787169

Read the Story of the World Book 4 pages 291-293

Big Fat Notebook of World History pages439-440


https://theconversation.com/world-politics-explainer-the-atomic-bombings-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-100452

https://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/ww2_atomic_bomb.php

Now do the quiz at the bottom of the page! 


After studying all this material, lets discuss these questions: 

Why did President Harry Truman decide to drop the Atom Bomb on Japan? 

When did research on the Atom Bomb first start?  Why? 

What was the rationale for using the Bomb on Japan? 

What country did the USA want to keep out of the War? Why? 

How much destructive power did the first Atom Bomb have? 





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