Atomic Culture
Students explore various aspects of atomic culture and create their own artifact.
Students explore various aspects of atomic culture and create their own artifact.
Students read "The Butter Battle Book" to examine more complicated themes of nuclear weaponry.
Students will report on the dropping of the bomb as journalists.
Through various creative writing assignments, students examine the complicated history of bomb survivors.
Using the play In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer, students will examine themes including the intersection of science and government and the "Red Scare," and learn about the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Submitted by Lora Land Part.
Students will read accounts of civilian life at Los Alamos and role-play as a censor screening sensitive information from outgoing civilian mail.
Students read a book on the life of a young boy in Los Alamos and watch a film on the region's history, and then are asked to write and draw about what they imagine the experience was like.