Period 7, Day 7: VE Day, VJ Day, & the Atomic Bomb - SY23
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Note from the author:
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.
Click here for the slides from today.
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.
Click here for the slides from today.
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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.
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?
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…
Warm Up: One interesting historical fact I learned from the pre-work is…
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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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How is the deceased American soldier depicted on the left compared to the Japanese soldier on the right?
How is the deceased American soldier depicted on the left compared to the Japanese soldier on the right?
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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.
Required
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Roosevelt’s speech was most likely intended to increase public support for
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
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
One major effect of the Second World War was increased opportunities for women in
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Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4:
Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4: