Hiroshima Lesson Plan

WWII lasted from 1939-1945.The United States entered the war after the Japanese attacked

Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.The war consisted of the Axis Powers, Allied Forces, and the

Neutral Powers. On September 8, 1943, Italy surrendered.The German Instrument of Surrender was signed on May 7,

1945.On July 26, 1945, the United States, along with two other

countries, released the Potsdam Declaration insisting on Japan’s unconditional surrender, but Japan refused to surrender.

Review of WWII

LeafletsFor months, the United

States dropped millions of leaflets over Japan warning citizens of air raids. There were many aerial bombings, but none that compared to the damage caused by “Little Boy.”

Anyone caught with a leaflet was arrested by the Japanese government.

The atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945. John Hersey uses a journalistic approach to describe in detail

what transpired before, during, and after the bomb’s detonation. 100,000 people died and countless others suffered injuries.On August 9, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb

(“Fat Man”) on Nagasaki.Japan announced their surrender on August 15, 1945. They

signed The Instrument of Surrender on September 2, 1945, which ended WWII.

Hiroshima

ChancePrivate hospitalDr. Terufumi

SasakiMission houseB-29 RaidAtomic BombReverend

Kiyoshi Tanimoto

Dr. Masakazu

FujiiEast Asia Tin

WorksNoiseless flashEast Parade

GroundUnloading a

cartConfusionWide Fire

Lanes

Hatsuyo Nakamura

Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge

Hospial corridor

Toshinki SasakiWatching a

neighborKitchen

Predict-O-Gram

Miss Toshinki Sasaki, a clerk in the personnel department of the East Asia Tin Works, had just turned her head to chat with the girl at the next desk.

Dr. Masakazu Fujii, a physician, had just sat down to read the paper on the porch of his private hospital.

Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura, a tailor’s widow, was watching a neighbor from her kitchen window.

Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge, a German priest, lay on a cot in the mission house reading a Jesuit magazine.

Dr. Terufumi Sasaki, a young surgeon, walked along a hospital corridor with a blood specimen for a Wasserman test.

The Reverend Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto, pastor of the Hiroshima Methodist Church, was about to unload a cart of clothes at a rich man’s home in the suburbs.

Characters

Yes Switzerland NO

War Activity

Do you believe that the United States was justified in dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?

Question 1

Is the United States guilty of crimes against humanity with the use of the atomic bomb?

Question 2

Does the United States have a moral obligation to compensate victims in Hiroshima?

Question 3

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“If you want to

make peace with

your enemy, you

have to work with

your enemy. Then

he becomes your

partner.”

Nelson Mandela

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