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Nuclear Weapons. “I am become Death, the shatterer of worlds.” Robert Oppenheimer’s thoughts after witnessing the first atomic explosion in 1945.

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1 Nuclear Weapons

2 “I am become Death, the shatterer of worlds.” Robert Oppenheimer’s thoughts after witnessing the first atomic explosion in 1945

3 Think-Pair-Share: What Do You Know? Consider the following questions, write out your answers, go over them with a partner and then be prepared to share with the class 1) What are nuclear weapons? 2) How do they work? 3) How many have been used? 4) Which countries have them? 5) What makes them different from other weapons?

4 Keep in Mind As we go through class today, consider your answers, and then check them afterwards. Were you right for most of them? By the end of the class, you should be able to answer the question: How did nuclear weapons shape the course of the 20 th Century?

5 Hiroshima and Nagasaki http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtSt5XZ7fq4

6 Hiroshima before the bombing

7 Hiroshima after the bombing

8 Nagasaki before and after

9 Nuke It! To better understand the power of nuclear weapons, let’s take a look at how they would affect Toronto, were they to be deployed against us http://www.carloslabs.com/projects/200712B /GroundZero.html http://www.carloslabs.com/projects/200712B /GroundZero.html

10 Short and Long Term Effects Hiroshima on the ground

11 Radiation Burns and Radiation Sickness http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/cab/index.html

12 How Many Have Been Detonated? http://www.ctbto.org/specials/1945-1998-by-isao-hashimoto/

13 Nuclear Arms Race

14 Current Nuclear Situation

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16 The Effects on Society

17 The Doomsday Clock - Symbolic clock founded and maintained since 1947 by scientists at the University of Chicago - Closer it is to midnight, closer we are to global, world ending disaster - Changed to reflect changes in the political landscape - Used to only be for nuclear disaster, but since 2007 the updaters also include climate-change in their calculations

18 Entertainment Many films, novels, and video games deal with nuclear weapons and their effects Films: Planet of the Apes, Terminator Books: The Chrysalids, The Road Games: Fallout

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