Consequences of Nuclear Weapons

Students will create a fact file on the consequences of Nuclear Weapons. They may do this in the best way they seem fit.

This will focus on:
The effects on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Cold War and M.A.D.
Nuclear Testing
Nuclear weapons today

Student will then watch a video showing a simulation of a nuclear blast on a major city.

Lastly students will examine two sources and complete a how useful are source A and B enquiry question.
How useful are sources A and B for an enquiry into the devastation caused by the nuclear bombing of Japan?

Homework - 1. Use your fact file and research further facts about the destructive power of modern thermonuclear weapons and the consequences of there use. I have provided you with a sheet detailing the likely affects of a thermonuclear war ( you may use some of these points in your argument).

1. Write a letter to the UN Secretary General explaining why Nuclear Weapons must never be allowed to be used again.

This letter must be at least 2 paragraphs long and include specific factual detail (for example the devastation a modern weapon would cause if used).