Okinawa / Last major battle in the Pacific Theater

    Read p 582.  

Why did the Japanese offer desperate resistance?  

How many Japanese were killed?  

What did the Japanese do with the Potsdam
    Declaration, calling on the Japanese to surrender?

    Kamikazes- suicide planes loaded with explosives 

Manhattan Project-  building the atomic bomb

Truman's decision:  To use or not use the bomb.

    Hiroshima Aug 6th 1945 /Nagasaki Aug 9 first time an atomic bomb is used during war

Hiroshima DAMAGE REPORT Some 90,000 to 100,000 persons are killed immediately; about 145,000 persons will perish from the bombing by the end of 1945.

   
    Emperor Hirohito  surrenders September 2 1945

    V-J Day   September 2 1945

    WWII Aftermath  

    more than 400,000  Americans died  in WWII

Watch President Truman 10min video

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.