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Part I

Select a research topic area for Project 1 based on which of the following areas interests you the most. You will explore the selected topic a little later in this theme.

International Relations and Japanese and American Civilians

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Write a short paragraph about what you already knew about the topic you selected prior to this course, based on your personal history or experiences. This may include assumptions, beliefs, or values related to the topic. Be as detailed as possible.

PROJECT 1:

TOPIC EXPLORATION WORKSHEET

HIS 100 THEME 1

Part II

Now that you have identified your topic and described what you already know about the topic, what questions do you still have about the topic that you would like to know? By filling out the information requested in these text boxes, you will get a head start on Project

1 due at the end of this theme. You will be able to download and save this information in a

Word document that you can reference for your Project 1 submission.

Identify one question about the topic you are curious about.
Describe why this question matters to you personally.
Describe why this question matters to society.
Identify a second question about the topic you are curious about.
Describe why this question matters to you personally.
Describe why this question matters to society.

Part III

You are now ready to complete the final part of your Topic Exploration Worksheet. You have chosen a topic, posed some research questions, and are ready to start thinking about what kind of sources you will need to investigate your research questions further. Using the Research Kit provided for your chosen topic, skim through the suggested resources and complete the following information for your research questions.

Here are the resources:

International Relations and Japanese and American Civilians

How did the dropping of the atomic bomb affect international relations and civilians both in the United States and Japan? How did it influence

Eleanor Roosevelt and the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights? How did it influence the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty

Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact?

Primary

Berlin Potsdam Declaration. (1945, Aug. 1). American Experience. Retrieved from

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/truman-potsdam/Borchard, E. (1946). The atomic bomb.

The American Societyof International Law, 40(1), 161–165. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/2193900

Coblentz, S. A. (1945). The challenge of the atomic bomb. World Affairs, 108(3), 164–167. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/20664180

Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. (1946, July 1).

United States strategic bombing survey: Japan's struggle to end the war, July 1, 1946

Retrieved from

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/index.php?documentdate=19460701&documenti

d=68&studycollectionid=abomb&pagenumber=1

Hart, H. (1946).

Technological acceleration and the atomic bomb.

American Sociological Review, 11

(3), 277

–

293. Retrieved from

http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stabl

e/2087112

Hersey, J. (1946, Aug

31). Hiroshima.

The New Yorker

. Retrieved from

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1946/08/31/hiroshima

Johnson A. (1946). Twaddle on the atomic bomb.

The

Americ

an Journal of Economics and So

ciology, 5

(2), 201

–

202. Retrieved from

http://ezproxy.snh

u.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3483583

Manhattan Engineer District. (1946, June 29).

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

. Retrieved from

http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/685/pg685.html

Siemes, J.

A. (1945, Aug. 6). Eyewitness account of Hiroshima.

Atomic

Archive

Retrieved

from

http://www.atomicarc

hive.com/Docs/Hiroshima/Truman.shtml

Turlington, E. (1946). International control of the atomic bomb.

The American Journal of International Law, 40

(1), 165

–

167. Retrieved from

http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/2193901

Viner, J. (1946). The implications of the atomic bomb for international relations.

Proceedings of th

e American Philosophical Society

(1), 53

–

58.

Retrieved from

http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3301039

Secondary

Alperovitz, G., Messer, R. L., & Bernstein, B. J. (1991). Marshall, Truman, and the decision to drop the bomb.

International Security, 16

(3), 204

–

221. Retrieved from

http:

//ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://muse.jhu.edu/article/447285

Bernstein, B. J. (1976). The uneasy alliance: Roosevelt, Churchill, and the atomic bo

mb, 1940

–

1945.

The Western Political Quarterly, 29

(2), 202

–

230. Retrieved from

http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/448105

Harper, J. (2007).

Secrets revealed, revelations concealed: A secret city confronts its environmental legacy.

The George Washington University

Institute for Ethnographic Research, 80

(1), 39

–

64. Retrieved from

http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/4150943

Malloy, S. L. (2012). ‘A very pleasant way to

die’: Radiation effects and the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan.

Diplomatic History,

(3), 515

–

545. Retrieved from

http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip,url,cpid&custid=shapi

ro&d

b=a9h&AN=74547716&site=ehost

live&scope=site

Morton, L. (1957). The decision to use the atomic bomb.

Foreign Affairs, 35

(2), 334

–

353. Retrieved from

http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/20031230

Miles, R. E., Jr. (1985). Hiroshima: The strange myth of half a million

American lives saved.

International Security, 10

(2), 121

–

140. Retrieved from

http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://muse.jhu.edu/article/446163

Pape, R. A. (1993). Why Japan surrendered.

International Security, 18

(2), 154

–

201. Retrieved from

http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://muse.jhu.edu/article/447083/

pdf

Reynolds, M. L., & Lynch, F. X. (1955). Atomic bomb injuries among survivors in Hiroshima.

Public Health Reports, 70

(3), 261

–

270. Retrieved from

http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/4589041

Walker, J. S. (2

005). Recent literature on Truman’s atomic bomb decision: A search for middle ground.

Diplomatic History, 29

(2), 311

–

334.

Retrieved from

http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip,url,cpid&custid=shapi

ro&d

b=a9h&AN=16401198&site=ehost

live&scope=site

Primary Source Archive (Additional Primary Sources Can Be Located Here)

The Associated Press. (1945, Aug. 6

–

14).

AP was there: US drops atomic bombs on Japan in 1945

. Retrieved from

http://bigstory.ap.org/urn%3Apublicid%3Aap.org%3A3fd267ba7b3c40479382189c99172d61

Atomic Archive. (2015).

Historical documents and reports

. Retrieved from

http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/index.shtml

Atomic

Archive.

(n.d.).

The

voice

of Hibakusha

[

Tape recordings

]. Retrieved from

http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Hibakusha/index.shtml

Atomic Heritage Foundation & Los Alamos Historical Society. (n.d.).

Voices of the Manhattan Project

[Tape recordings]. Retrieved from

http://manhattanprojectvoices.org/

Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. (n.d.).

The decision to drop the atomic bomb

. Retrieved from

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/index.php

The National Security Archive. (2015, Aug. 4).

The atomic bomb and the end of

World War II

A collection of primary sources

. Retrieved from

http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/index.htm

List which secondary sources provided in your topic’s Research Kit would be helpful for investigating your first research question.
List which primary sources provided in your topic’s Research Kit would be helpful for investigating your first research question.
List which secondary sources provided in your topic’s Research Kit would be helpful for investigating your second research question.
List which primary sources provided in your topic’s Research Kit would be helpful for investigating your second research question.

Now that you have gone through

the research provided on your topic, describe what you have learned about your topic in one to two paragraphs.