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U.S. History Textbooks Messages About Hiroshima & Nagasaki



Students analyze excerpts from two U.S, history textbooks for messages about President Truman's decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan and about author's point of view in media messages . This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “For Peace or Against Oppression?”. To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.

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Relevant Subject Area(s)

Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Grade Level(s)

Middle School, High School, College

Media Type(s)

Informational Text, Literature

Author(s)

Sox Sperry

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