WW2 - Why Did the U.S. Drop the Atomic Bomb?

This lesson contains:
A starter to get students thinking about an object from Hiroshima and why the watch may have stopped. This then feeds into discussions about what they know about the bombings.
An introduction to Japan's involvement in the war and how the U.S. had planned to deal with them. This leads to an activity where students stick a map in the centre of their books and they annotate as you go through a number of slides which show the progress and main events of the 'leapfrogging' tactics. There is also a video that shows this. It gives the students an introduction and timeline of the progress up until the decision to drop the bombs.
A brief video on the atomic bomb and the events of their dropping. The students complete the multiple choice sheet as the video plays.
A final activity to study information about the impact of the bombing. Students use this to make a table of the short and long term consequences for both sides.
A plenary task to review some of the knowledge/key words they have learned.
 
Attachments:
1 x Powerpoint Presentation
3 x Powerpoint Files