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After the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Japan''s unconditional surrender, America''s educational community quickly focused on preparing the younger generation for the atomic age. With the support of the federal government, elementary and secondary schools developed a curriculum known as atomics, emphasizing the bomb''s destructive power, peaceful applications of the atom and, most important, the need to control nuclear research. By the 1950s, with the Soviet Union''s acquiring of the bomb, atomics expanded to include civil defense topics and activities, such as duck and cover drills.

This book examines the broad curriculum--in social studies, science, mathematics, English, home economics and art--that emphasized atomics in American classrooms of the early postwar era. Lesson plans, class projects and activities, resource materials and extracurricular experiences are included.

Atomics in the Classroom

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    Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
    Publication Date: 1/10/2015 12:11:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9781476663562, 978-1476663562
    ISBN10: 1476663564
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    Book Synopsis

    After the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Japan''s unconditional surrender, America''s educational community quickly focused on preparing the younger generation for the atomic age. With the support of the federal government, elementary and secondary schools developed a curriculum known as atomics, emphasizing the bomb''s destructive power, peaceful applications of the atom and, most important, the need to control nuclear research. By the 1950s, with the Soviet Union''s acquiring of the bomb, atomics expanded to include civil defense topics and activities, such as duck and cover drills.

    This book examines the broad curriculum--in social studies, science, mathematics, English, home economics and art--that emphasized atomics in American classrooms of the early postwar era. Lesson plans, class projects and activities, resource materials and extracurricular experiences are included.

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