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Student Voices July 31 2023

Student Movie Recommendation: 'Oppenheimer' film is the story of a man who changed the world

Learn about a film that captures the moral dilemmas of the Manhattan Project

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers a wreath to the cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan

Daily Video August 06 2020

Teach your students about the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima

Learn about the 75th anniversary of America's dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

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Lesson Plan May 27 2016

Historic Presidential Visit to Hiroshima

President Obama became the first sitting United States president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, seven decades after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city. Have your students learn more about this historic visit by watching videos and researching images of the Hiroshima bombing then and now.

Atomic bomb mushroom clouds over Hiroshima (left) and Nagasaki

Post August 06 2015

Five things your class should know on the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing

World War II, Atomic bomb mushroom clouds over Hiroshima (left) and Nagasaki (right), August 1945, …

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