REVIEW (warm up)! Review the major battles of the Pacific Theater - Battle of the Coral Sea - Battle of Midway - Battle of Iwo Jima
Pacific Theater!"
Battle of the Coral Sea! New naval warfare with aircraft carriers! Japanese won battle but Allies had stopped them from southward expansion! Prevented Japanese capture of the islands there and possibly Hawaii
Battle of Midway! Midway was a UScontrolled island! Japan attempted to take over in June 1942! The US was very successful with an ambush attack! First big Japanese defeat: gained naval superiority over Japan
Douglas MacArthur! He was commander of the Allied forces in the Pacific! Developed islandhop strategy: hopping islands to get to Japan ASAP! Very successful!
Battle of Iwo Jima! February 19, 1945 in the Japanese island of Iwo Jima! U.S. needed the airstrips on Iwo Jima to get close and bomb Japan! U.S. Marines take the island after a month of fighting and heavy losses
Hiroshima & Nagasaki FLT: I will be able to construct an argument with evidence based on the social, economic, and political ramifications of the bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki!"
WWII Atomic Bombings of Japan! https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=v5oi9xrj8zw
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki! Manhattan Project = code name for the top-secret building of the atomic bomb! President Harry Truman believed the bombings were a better option than losing more troops in more battles! Enola Gay = name of B-29 bomber (plane) that dropped the atomic bomb
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki! August 6, 1945 first A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima! 3 days later, second A-bomb dropped on Nagasaki! 73,000 died instantly in Hiroshima and 37,500 in Nagasaki. Radiation killed many more! Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945; end of WWII
How should we remember Hiroshima & Nagasaki?! https:// www.youtube.com/ watch?v=dk_46geils
How should we remember Hiroshima & Nagasaki? Two historical narratives:! Japanese Victimization! American Triumph The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the wrong decision. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the right decision.
How should we remember Hiroshima & Nagasaki? Source analysis:! Japanese Experience experts! American Experience experts Analyze and annotate the sources to prove that the bombings were wrong. Analyze and annotate the sources to prove that the bombings were right.
How should we remember Hiroshima & Nagasaki?! Social morals, values, responsibilities! Economic cost of lives, resources! Political government, foreign relations
How should we remember Hiroshima & Nagasaki? Group Conference:! Japanese Experience experts! American Experience experts Share your main points with the American Experience experts and come up with some counter-arguments. Share your main points with the Japanese Experience experts and come up with some counter-arguments.
How should we remember Hiroshima & Nagasaki? Primary Source Poster: 1. Write the main question at the top 2. Organize sources (Japanese Victimization, American Triumph) 3. Create a fact list in the middle of the main points. 4. Create your thesis (opening sentence of PR) - political - economic - social
Paragraph Response #3! How should we remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Support your argument with a social, economic, and political piece of evidence.
Socratic Seminar dialogue vs. debate Dialogue! collaborative! about understanding! listening for deeper meaning! keeping an open mind! respecting all participants! exploring different possibilities! open-ended Debate! oppositional! about proving others wrong! listening for flaws! close-minded! belittling or demeaning others! having one right answer! demands a conclusion
Socratic Seminar - discussion Agree! I agree with what is saying because! To add onto that point! I think that s true because! I think that s a great point because Disagree! I see where is coming from, but! I think that s an interesting point, however! I think that could be true, but also! I think that s a great point, but what about
Socratic Seminar - debrief! Respond to the debrief question on the handout as thoughtfully and carefully as you can.! Then evaluate yourself on the back followed by a response to explain your reasoning.! Receive a stamp when it is complete
Paragraph Response #3! How should we remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Support your argument with a social, economic, and political piece of evidence.