EndofWWIIandtheUseoftheAtomicBomb

// With Patrick Maney of Boston College and Patricia Fontaine of the University of Massachusetts Lowell // APRIL 5, 2011 - READING MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTANCE LEARNING LAB
 * The End of World War II in the Pacific and the Use of the Atomic Bomb **

This session will focus on the use of the atomic bomb including an examination of the debate over the bomb with the integration of recent scholarship and memory studies. A review of the evolution of the debate about the bombs from 1945 to the present will be provided with specific focus on the widely debated 1995 exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution. According to renowned historian John Dower, "the American decision to deploy the new technology of nuclear destruction against densely populated cities will always remain controversial." Strategies for teaching and learning about controversial subjects will be modeled, examined, and discussed.


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** Approximate Schedule: ** Kara Gleason, Project Director || with break || "The Decision to Drop the Bombs and the End of WWII: The Challenges of Teaching Controversial Subjects" Professor Patrick Maney, Boston College || Professor Patricia Fontaine, University of Massachusetts Lowell ||
 * 8:00 - 8:15 || Arrival, Materials, Check-In, and Breakfast ||
 * 8:15 - 9:00 || Introductions and Resource Share
 * 9:00 - 11:30
 * 11:30 - 12:10 || Lunch: On Your Own (bring a lunch, get local take out, visit the RMHS cafeteria) ||
 * 12:15 - 2:15 || Strategies for Teaching History as Controversy: The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bombs
 * 2:15 - 2:30 || Connections to Standards of Historical Thinking & Closing ||

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