Period 7, Day 11: VE Day, VJ Day, & the Atomic Bomb

Instructions

Content Objective: I will be able to develop a historically defensible argument about the U.S. justification of the Atomic Bomb.

Standard Objective: I will be able to assess an author's reasoning for soundness.

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Warm Up: Please rate how well you understood last night's pre-work on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.

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Warm Up: Do the ends justify the means? In other words, is it okay to do something that is morally wrong if the outcome is positive?

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Warm Up: One interesting historical fact I learned from the pre-work is…

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How is the deceased American soldier depicted on the left compared to the Japanese soldier on the right?

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WWII ended with the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. Since the war happened on TWO fronts, there are _______  days to know:
VE Day, or Victory in _______ , commemorates May 8, 1945, the day that the Allies accepted Germany's surrender, about a week after Adolf Hitler had committed suicide.
VJ Day celebrates Victory in _______ , which was three weeks after the United States dropped not one, but _______  atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber named the “_______ ” dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of _______ . The device exploded over the city with a force of 12,500 tons of TNT, killing _______  people instantly or through eventual death from injury or radiation poisoning within months of the blast.
Truman called for surrender the day after the bomb. When the Japanese government refused, the United States dropped a second bomb on _______ on August 9, 1945.

A combined _______  people died from the two U.S. atomic bombs, compared to the death of _______  Japaese civilians through conventional air raids.

Exit Ticket: The following questions refer to the excerpt below.

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Roosevelt’s speech was most likely intended to increase public support for

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The American home front in the Second World War is best described as

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One major effect of the Second World War was increased opportunities for women in

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Period 7, Day 11: VE Day, VJ Day, & the Atomic Bomb

Warm Up: Please rate how well you understood last night's pre-work on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.

Warm Up: Do the ends justify the means? In other words, is it okay to do something that is morally wrong if the outcome is positive?

Warm Up: One interesting historical fact I learned from the pre-work is…

How is the deceased American soldier depicted on the left compared to the Japanese soldier on the right?

Roosevelt’s speech was most likely intended to increase public support for

The American home front in the Second World War is best described as

One major effect of the Second World War was increased opportunities for women in

Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4:

Warm Up: Please rate how well you understood last night's pre-work on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.

Warm Up: Do the ends justify the means? In other words, is it okay to do something that is morally wrong if the outcome is positive?

Warm Up: One interesting historical fact I learned from the pre-work is…

How is the deceased American soldier depicted on the left compared to the Japanese soldier on the right?

Roosevelt’s speech was most likely intended to increase public support for

The American home front in the Second World War is best described as

One major effect of the Second World War was increased opportunities for women in

Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4: