1. Friday, May 1st 2009
AIM: Was the use of nuclear bombs on Japan justifiable?
Do Now: Should there be ‘rules’ during warfare, or should people do whatever it takes to win the conflict? Explain.
HW: (H) Write a journal entry as if you were either a woman, African American or Japanese American living in America during WWII.
Announcements:
Wednesday, May 6th – End of the 2nd Marking Period.
Monday, May 11th – MySpace project due.

2. AIM: Was the use of nuclear bombs on Japan justifiable?
The Manhattan Project
Albert Einstein
Robert Oppenheimer

3. AIM: Was the use of nuclear bombs on Japan justifiable?
President
Harry S.
Truman
If Japan didn’t surrender it would face “the inevitable and complete destruction of the Japanese armed forces and just as inevitably the utter devastation of the Japanese homeland”

4. AIM: Was the use of nuclear bombs on Japan justifiable?
Little Man
Hiroshima
Aug. 6, 1945
Fat Boy
Nagasaki
Aug. 9, 1945

5. AIM: Was the use of nuclear bombs on Japan justifiable?

6. AIM: Was the use of nuclear bombs on Japan justifiable?

7. AIM: Was the use of nuclear bombs on Japan justifiable?

8. AIM: Was the use of nuclear bombs on Japan justifiable?
Hiroshima

9. AIM: Was the use of nuclear bombs on Japan justifiable?
Nagasaki:
Before
&
After

10. AIM: Was the use of nuclear bombs on Japan justifiable?
Casualties:
Hiroshima
140,000
Nagasaki
80,000

11. AIM: Was the use of nuclear bombs on Japan justifiable?

12. AIM: Was the use of nuclear bombs on Japan justifiable?

13. AIM: Was the use of nuclear bombs on Japan justifiable?