Atomic Bomb

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Paragraph 3.2 - War in the Pacific 
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Today
Paragraph 3.2 - War in the Pacific 

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Discuss what the short & long term consequences of the atomic bombs on cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki were



Lesson Goal

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What was last lesson about?

Slide 3 - Open question


Pearl Harbor
7 december 1941




Japan wants power in the pacific
Japan is unhappy with the trading route blockades by the US


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The phase between 1942-45 on the Pacific front is known as...
A
island hopping
B
hopscotch
C
cruising
D
touring

Slide 6 - Quiz

Secondly, now that Germany had surrendered, the Soviet Union wanted to declare war on Japan as well. The Americans wanted to prevent this: They were afraid that the Soviet Union would spread communism in the Asian countries they liberated from Japan.
So, on 6th August 1945, the new president of the United States Harry Truman gave the order to drop an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. A second one was dropped on Nagasaki three days later. In the end, more than 200,000 people died as a result of these attacks. The Allied powers refused to accept a truce and Japan therefore unconditionally surrendered on 2nd September 1945. The Second World War was finally over.











The Enola Gay dropped the "Little Boy" atomic bomb on Hiroshima. In this photograph are five of the aircraft's ground crew with mission commander Paul Tibbets in the center.
a Japanese survivor of the atomic bomb watches over the devastated city of Hiroshima

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Give two reasons why the USA decided to use their atomic bomb

Slide 8 - Open question

Short term consquences

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Slide 10 - Link

Slide 11 - Video

Slide 12 - Video

Name 3 short term consequences of the atomic bombs

Slide 13 - Open question

In you opinion, was the use of the atomic bomb in WWII justified?
Yes
No

Slide 14 - Poll

Long Term Consquences

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Name 3 long term consequences of the atomic bombs

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Slide 17 - Link


Discuss what the short & long term consequences of the atomic bombs on cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki were

Finish exercises of paragraph 3.2



Lesson Goal

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