Objectives:

• Students will hear about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II as well as bomb testing during the 1950s in Japan.
• Students will research and discuss the physical and emotional side effects for the Japanese people and the economic and political results of the atomic bomb.
• Students will carefully observe Ben Shahn’s painting From That Day On, reflect on the story of the Lucky Dragon, and respond to them in poem form.

Connections to high school TEKS for social studies:

• Student identifies reasons for U.S. involvement in World War II, including the growth of dictatorships and the attack on Pearl Harbor. (113.32.C.6A)
• Student analyzes major issues and events of World War II such as fighting the war on multiple fronts, the internment of Japanese Americans . . . and the development of Harry Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb. (113.32.C.6B)
• Student identifies examples of political, economic, and social oppression and violation of human rights throughout history including slavery, the Holocaust, and other examples of genocide. (113.33.C.18C)
• Student gives examples of major technological innovations that occurred at different periods in history and then describe the changes produced by these innovations. (113.33.C.23A)
• Student creates written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information. (113.32.C.25D)