Lesson 5: Atomic Bomb Debate
Duration of Days: 5
Lesson Objective
Students will be able to argue for a variety of positions having to do with the morality and necessity of dropping atomic bombs to end the war.
Should the US have used atomic bombs on Japan at the end of WW2?
US.His.14.d. Analyze the multiple and complex causes and effects of the nuclear age (e.g., Manhattan
Project, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Operation Paperclip, nuclear proliferation, Strategic Arms
Limitations Treaties, atomic culture, Three Mile Island accident).
DOK 4- research and debate
Students can be given prepared research questions and materials. Debate statements can be altered for student need. Written responses can replace in-person debate.
In class debate