HW Mr. Padilla 2.16.17

Homework: Parents, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Option  3

In both cities (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) the blast totally destroyed everything within …1 mile from the center of explosion, except for certain reinforced concrete frames... The atomic explosion almost completely destroyed Hiroshima’s identity as a city. Over a fourth of the population was killed in one stroke and an additional fourth seriously injured, so that even if there had been no damage to structures….the normal city life would still have been completely shattered. Nearly everything was heavily damaged up to… 3 miles from the blast, and beyond this distance damage, although ….light, extended for several more miles. Glass was broken up to 12 miles.

1.      What other city was destroyed other than Hiroshima?

2.      What was almost completely destroyed?

3.      A casualty refers to people that are killed, injured or go missing during war.  What were the casualties in Hiroshima?

4.      Base on what you know about Pearl Harbor and how Japanese treated prisoners of war, do you think the A bomb was justified? Why or why not?

Option 2

In both cities (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) the blast totally destroyed everything within …1 mile from the center of explosion, except for certain reinforced concrete frames... The atomic explosion almost completely destroyed Hiroshima’s identity as a city. Over a fourth of the population was killed … and an additional fourth seriously injured, so that even if there had been no damage to structures….the normal city life would still have been… shattered. Nearly everything was heavily damaged up to… 3 miles from the blast, and beyond this distance damage…extended for several more miles. Glass was broken up to 12 miles.

1.        What did the blast do?

2.        What did the bomb do to Hiroshima?

3.        What happened to the population?

4.        How far did the damage go?

5.        How far could glass be found?

Option 1

In both cities (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) the blast totally destroyed everything within …1 mile

1.    What did the blast do?

The atomic explosion almost completely destroyed Hiroshima’s identity as a city.

2.    What did the bomb do to Hiroshima?

Over a fourth of the population was killed … and an additional fourth seriously injured…

3.    What happened to the population?

Nearly everything was heavily damaged up to… 3 miles from the blast,

4.    How far did the damage go?

 and beyond this distance damage…extended for …more miles. Glass was broken up to 12 miles.

5.    How far could glass be found?