Hāro / Pro: The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Step One: Follow this link to read article on the harrowing day that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
Step Two: Answer the following questions based on the article you read:
- Who invented the idea of splitting the atom? Ernest rutheford
- What was the Manhattan Project? The american nuclear project
- What were the names of the bombs and the cities they were dropped on? Hiroshima and nagasaki
- When were Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombed? 1945 around july or august
- Why was Hiroshima chosen as a target? idk
Step Three: Take a good look at this cartoon
During his May 2016 visit, Obama became the first U.S. president to visit Hiroshima and reflect publicly on the tragedy of the atomic bombing—highlighting themes of remembrance, moral responsibility, and the dream of a nuclear-free world
- What does the big mushroom cloud in the picture stand for? The nuclear bomb
- How does Obama look in the cartoon, and what might that mean? He looks disappointed and saddened seeing the despair and destruction caused by the bomb
- Why do you think the cartoon shows Obama, not people from 1945? Cause the people from obama thought it was a good idea but the domino effect led to a world where nuclear war is the biggest threat to the end of the world
- What message is the cartoon trying to give us about the past? That the nuclear bombs were a bad idea
- Do you think Obama looks guilty, respectful, or something else? What makes you think that? Guilty and saddened