Did Man Really Walk on the Moon

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Wednesday, 29 June 2011

9:00 a.m.


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if I were to say, my fellow citizens, that we shall send to

the moon, 240,000 miles away from the control station in

Houston, a giant rocket more than 300 feet tall, the length of

this football field, made of new metal alloys, some of which

have not yet been invented, capable of standing heat and

stresses several times more than have ever been

experienced, fitted together with a precision better than the

finest watch, carrying all the equipment needed for

propulsion, guidance, control, communications, food and

survival, on an untried mission, to an unknown celestial

body, and then return it safely to earth, re-entering the

atmosphere at speeds of over 25,000 miles per hour, causing

heat about half that of the temperature of the sun--almost

as hot as it is here today--and do all this, and do it right, and

do it first before this decade is out--then we must be bold.


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John F Kennedy, President of the

USA, May 25th

1961

This speech resulted in one of the defining

moment of the 20th

Century.


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Did Man Really Walk On The Moon?

Learning outcomes; Today you will

decide how to gather, analyse, interpret and evaluateevidence to develop their own conclusions

Explain the need for authentication of evidence.

take an active part in discussions, expressing your

own ideas and forming you own opinions about

scient

ificissues


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Its not just about the science

History knowledge, skills and understanding:

Historical Enquiry (4a&b) A World Study After

1900


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A bit of background

In the 1950s a new sort of war was being

fought between Russia and America.

This was a war in which the Americans andRussians fired no bullets, launched no missiles

and no armies clashed.

This war was a clash ofPOLITICAL BELIEFS and

was known as the COLD WAR.


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It started during World War 2

The Americans usedan atomic bomb onJapan to end the warin the Pacific.

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This was the start

of an "arms race"

between the

United States andthe Soviet Union.


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It carried on into the 1940s

On August 29,

1949, the Soviet

Union successfully

tested its firstatomic bomb, Joe-

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And carried on from there..

The next challenge for each nation was to

develop an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

(ICBM) which could deliver a nuclear weapon

from that nation's soil to its respective

enemy's cities and military bases.

This needed a new type of rocket that could

travel in space.

The Space Race was on.


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The Conspiracy Theory

One of the most well known of American

conspiracy theories is the suggestion that man

never really walked on the Moon.

What do you think?


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Why fake it?

Why would the American Government fake a

moon landing?

In your groups discuss what you think and come

up withideas why; be prepared to explain

your ideas. (L5)


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Why fake it?

Distraction

The U.S. government benefited from a populardistraction to take attention away from

soldiers dying in the Vietnam war.


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Why fake it?

Cold War Prestige

The U.S. government considered it vital thatthe U.S. win the space race with the USSR.


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Why fake it?

Money

NASA got approximately 30 billion dollars togo to the moon. This could have been used to

pay off a large number of people, motivation

for conspiracy.


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Why fake it?

Risk

The available technology at the time was suchthat there was a good chance that the landing

might fail if genuinely attempted.


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So whats the evidence?

The following photos contain evidence that

the conspiracy theorists put forward in

support of their claim that we faked the moon

landing.

Can you spot the evidence?


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How do you check for fakes?

You do an experiment, of course, to

authenticate your claim


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Mythbusters did just that

Mythbusters took on

several of the

conspiracy theories

and put them to the

experimental test.

Which one would you like to see?

1. The footprint in the dust?

2. The waving flag

3. The shadows on the photographs?


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Now

would

you like

to do some

1.DRAMA

2.HISTORY

3. MEDIA STUDIES

VOTE NOW!

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