The Decision to Drop the Bomb

  Watch the interview from Ted Estridge as he recalls his participation in the Battle in Okinawa, and the use of the atomic bomb that followed in Hiroshima, Japan. Use the PowerPoint presentation to introduce the primary documents, then have students analyze the documents, answer the corresponding questions, and finish up with a class discussion question to check for understanding.

THE DECISION TO DROP THE BOMB  LESSON LINKS:

TED ESTRIDGE VIDEO

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqI01I9nnZY 

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

The Decision to drop the bomb. 

(This presentation can be used as notes, but it is intended to be a bridge between the video and the primary documents).

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DOCUMENT A:   

Letter from Vannevar Bush (Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development) to FDR (president)

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DOCUMENT B:   

• “The Decision to Use the Bomb” (February 1947) By Henry Lewis Stimson

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DOCUMENT C:  Post-Bomb Data  & Photograph of Post-Bomb Hiroshima

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Document D: Questions

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