March 2; March 5

EQ:
Why did the United States use atomic weapons on Japan? 

CW:
video clip: U.S.S. Indianapolis (from The War)
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Atomic Bomb Debate
video clip from The War--bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945) 
small group activity: How should we remember the dropping of the atomic bomb? 
V-J Day--Aug. 15, 1945
 White Light Black Rain (shorter and with translations--SHOW THIS ONE)
White Light & Black Rain (42:33---53:10)
President Obama visits Hiroshima 
discussion on Japanese and German occupations post-WWII
Nuremberg Trials
UN created in 1945
Operation Crossroads--1946
video clip: atomic vets

HW:
Read pp. 810-14
containment; Cold War; Truman Doctrine; Marshall Plan; Berlin Airlift; NATO