Socratic Seminar Individual Lesson

Kimberly O’Toole

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Should the United States have dropped the bombs on Japan?

- The dropping of the Atomic bombs led to Japan’s surrender in WWII.- The dropping of the Atomic bombs was a controversial decision.

Questions

1. What happened on August 6 and 9, 1945 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively? (Remember)

2. What were the potential positive effects of dropping the bombs? (Analyze)3. What were the potential negative effects of dropping the bombs? (Analyze)4. What were the potential positive effects of not dropping the bombs?

(Evaluate)5. What are the potential negative effects of not dropping the bombs?

(Evaluate)6. What would the effects have been if the bombs were dropped on an

American city? (Create/Apply)7. What could an alternative solution been to dropping the bombs? (Create)