1. Artifact 1-what do you think or feel about these photos
Artifact 1-what do you think or feel about these photos. How might you feel if America was at risk of this type of attack?
Hiroshima after dropping of Atomic bomb.
Bodies of deceased after Hiroshima bombing.
Nagasaki survivor.
Atomic bomb blast after dropping bomb on Hiroshima.
Nagasaki destruction.

2. Artifact 2-Opinions of President and Presidential Advisors.
Harry Truman
Role: President
The atomic bomb is a terrible weapon that must only be used on military targets. The most important thing for you is to end the war as quickly as possible. However, to make a good decision, you need to carefully evaluate all of the advice available to you.
George Marshall
Role: Future Secretary of State
You have long advocated a plan to force the Japanese to surrender. Diplomacy has produced results but not to the extent of ending the war. Using the atomic bomb is one way to force an “unconditional surrender.” If the President believes that this is the best way to end the war, then you support the use of the bomb.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Role: Director of the Manhattan Project Laboratory
As the chief scientist on the production of the atomic bomb, you believe that it has important military uses. A demonstration of the bomb would not be enough to cause Japan to surrender. By using the bomb, you hope to avoid a costly invasion of the Japanese mainland island.
Dwight Eisenhower
Role: Future President
It is your understanding that Japan is already defeated, thus an atomic attack is completely unnecessary. Furthermore, the U.S. should not shock the world with such a weapon. A surprise use of the bomb would damage the respect that we have built up in the world community.
William Leahy
Role: Chief of Staff
It is your opinion that the atomic bomb is of no military use because the Japanese are already defeated and ready to surrender. If the U.S. becomes the first to use the weapon then we will have adopted the ethical standard of barbarians. Atomic weapons are similar to poison gas – both are barbaric.

3. Artifact 2-Opinions of President and Presidential Advisors
Artifact 2-Opinions of President and Presidential Advisors. Con’t – Based off of the advise of others, what did you observe about everyone’s logic. What do you think makes the most sense?
Leslie Groves
Role: Commanding General of the Manhattan Project.
In order to defeat Japan, we must use the bomb. The sudden shock and surprise of the bomb will force Japan to surrender. Furthermore, as director of the atomic bomb building project, you want to see the weapon used. It was one of the most expensive projects in military history, and you want to make sure that the atomic bomb makes a contribution to the war.
James Frank
Role: Physicist
You head a committee of scientists protesting the use of the atomic bomb as a military weapon. The development of nuclear power is dangerous. A demonstration should take place to show the nations of the world the power that the U.S. has harnessed. Also, an international agreement should follow the demonstration so that an arms race does not develop. The last thing we need is a world filled with thousands of atomic bombs.

4. Artifact 3- How does the body respond to radiation
Artifact 3- How does the body respond to radiation. What are some of the things you observing or find interesting.

5. Artifact 4 http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
Use the nuke map to find the following.
Current city location
The nuclear fallout range for both the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
What are some of the impacts of fallout that stick out to you at the closest ranges and the furthest ranges?
What are your thoughts.

6. Artifact 5-Experiment/Teacher guided.
After testing the toxicity of the surrounding water over the span of a few days, what are the differences.
Do you believe large scale nuclear waste would be easy to contain or protect even a select amount of citizens against?

7. Should we have dropped the Atomic Bomb?
Throughout the Span of the week, you have been looking at different aspects of the Cold War. Some of these aspects directly associated with our dropping the atomic bomb and some not so much.
Without a doubt in the Post-World War 2 world we are in direct competition with the Soviet Union militarily and within technological innovation and some of that arguably is due to the fact that we “showed our hand,” by dropping the atomic bomb on Japan.
With what you have discovered over the course of the week both domestically and foreign, do you believe we should’ve dropped the Atomic bomb, why or why.
Be ready to defend your position based on facts/evidence against your peers.