How can new technology be safely used in ways that benefit individuals and society?

If all the people in the world moved to New Zealand, how crowded would it be?

Students will read a variety of perspectives on the moral implications of the bomb and engage in an organized debate on the topic.

Using the play In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer, students will examine themes including the intersection of science and government and the “Red Scare,” and learn about the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

tudents read Einstein’s letter to President Roosevelt, and draft their own response from Roosevelt, in order to understand the cooperation between scientists and the government during the Manhattan Project.

Students engage with primary resources to form opinions on the decision to drop the bomb.

Students explore the unique role that scientists and the military played during the Manhattan Project.

Students are introduced to the Manhattan Project with film and open discussion, then use primary source documents to write an essay about the Manhattan Project.

Students simulate scientists involved in the protest agains the bomb.

Students learn the basics of nuclear fission and explore its uses from the Manhattan Project onward. They are then asked to take sides on whether or not this technology has been a positive or negative development.

Students will read primary documents and debate on the value of secrecy versus the importance of open collaboration for the Manhattan Project.

Students will report on the dropping of the bomb as journalists.