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"The Atomic Archive explores the complex history surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb. Follow a timeline that takes you down the path of our nuclear past to the present. Read biographies of A-bomb father Robert Oppenheimer and Enrico Fermi's dispassionate account of the Trinity Test. Examine maps of the damage to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and summaries of arms-control treaties. You'll also find an excellent gallery of photographs and historical footage."

See what a impact a nuclear bomb would have on your home town.

'On December 7, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The next day, the United States and Britain declared war on Japan. Two months later, on February 19, 1942, the lives of thousands of Japanese Americans were dramatically changed when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This order led to the assembly and evacuation and relocation of nearly 122,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry on the west coast of the United States.'

Might be interesting as a compare/contrast activity with interviews/media accounts from September 12, 2001?

After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor presents approximately twelve hours of opinions recorded in the days and months following the bombing of Pearl Harbor from more than two hundred individuals in cities and towns across the United States. On December 8, 1941 (the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor)

Atomic pictures that range in time from 1945-late 1950s. Unbelievable images.

The pictures are amazing!

Webquest about the dropping of the first atomic bomb; a webquest about historical significance and perspective taking

Interesting topic for history classes.

(I translated this post for my friends undestand more about History of Brazil.) Many people do not know this story but it is good that the issue to come out to debunk the myth that democratic opening in Brazil was "slow, gradual and safe" and that President Figueiredo is a great democrat. The opening was rather slow and gradual, but it was not safe. In addition to this attack, were charged as the other letter bomb at the headquarters of OAB and explosions of stands selling newspapers in the labor movement.

Provides photos and experiences of survivors of Nagasaki using Google Earth.

Could be supplemented by the Visualizing Cultures site: http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/groundzero1945/index.html

An excellent collection of sources on all things World War II. Focusses on: life at the fronts; the holocaust; Japanese war crimes ("War crimes, what war crimes?"); photos & posters; and the nuclear bombing. With primary sources and well-organised.