Masusing Banghay Aralin sa Araling Panlipunan I

Concept:
The United States bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August
6 and August 9, 1945, were the first instances of atomic bombs used against humans, killing tens
of thousands of people, obliterating the cities, and contributing to the end of World War II.

I. Objectives:
At the end of the 60-minute session, the students will be able to:
a. Explain the reasons why the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings took place
b. Determines what happened in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings; and
c. Tell the importance or lessons to be learned from the bombing of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki

II. Subject Matter:

Nagasaki and Hiroshima Bombing on August 6-9 1945
References:
 History Editors, (2009). https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-
of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki


Materials: Laptop, projector, pictures

III. Procedures:

A. Preparatory Activities

Teacher’s Activities Pupil’s Activities

Greetings:
“Good Morning Class…” “Good Morning Sir!”

Prayer:
“Before we Start our class. Let us have a morning
prayer.”

“Caryn, please lead the prayer.” (Caryn will lead the prayer)

(Student will raise their hand and

Checking of Attendance: mention the name of the student who’s
“Look at your seatmates. Who is not here today?” not around)

Setting of Classroom Standards:

“What will you do if the class started?”
 Sit properly
 Keep quiet and listen carefully to
the teacher
 Raise our right hand if we want to
answer and ask questions
 Listen when someone is talking

“Okay. That’s it. I hope that you will cooperate with

that.”

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 B. Lesson Proper

Teacher’s Activities Pupil’s Activities

Review:
“Class, the other day about what did we discuss?” Philippine Constitution of 1899

-Safeguards against abuses.

“Great! What is its main point?” -Enumerated the national and
individual rights not only of the
Filipinos and of the aliens.

“Right Kids.
Well done! Great!”
Motivation:

Instructions: I have prepared a game. The mechanics of

this game are:
To the accompaniment of a song “Leron-leron Sinta”, the
students pass a large candy when the music stops, he/she
will go ahead and choice among and all he/she will do is
say what it symbolizes.

Items available in the box are photographs of:

Explosion Area, Place in Japan, Battle (Hiroshima
and Nagasaki)

(Explosion Area)

(After the explotion)

(Nuclear Bombing”)

“Are you ready class?”

“Yes, teacher.”
“Class who can guess what our topic is today?”
(Things that happened during
World War II particularly in
“Great! Yenna.”
Nagasaki and Hiroshima)

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 Teacher’s Activities Pupil’s Activities
Introduction:
Today, what we will discuss is about the atomic bombing
of Nagasaki and Hiroshima during World War II.

Q: When you hear the word “atomic bombing” what is (There would be casualties; many
the first thing that comes into your mind? people will die; the explosion will
cost many life; and a shocking
event especially for children.)

“Great!
Atomic bombing is a nuclear explosions release energy,
heat and radiation, causing a shockwave that can reach
hundreds of kilometers per hour— killing people close to
ground zero.”

But before we get into the topic let us do an activity.

Instruction: I have a video clip to show that

explains and explains about our lesson today and (pupil’s will do the activity)
then I will divide you into two groups. Each
group will be given a piece of paper and will
write on that paper your statement or idea related
to the video watched, and will be allowed to
think. You will only be given 5 minutes to answer
properly. The group leader will present their
answer in front of the class.
Q: What are the effects of atomic bombings to the (They suffer a lot because of the
people? radiation— the bomb itself
produce. The video says that it’s
not a curable illness which may
later on take peoples life.)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombing

On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an

American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first
deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of
Hiroshima. The explosion immediately killed an
estimated 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would
later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, a second
B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an
estimated 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito
announced his country’s unconditional surrender in
World War II in a radio address on August 15, citing the
devastating power of “a new and most cruel bomb.”

 The Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project was the code name for the

American-led effort to develop a functional
atomic weapon during World War II. The
controversial creation and eventual use of the
atomic bomb engaged some of the world’s
leading scientific minds, as well as the U.S.
military—and most of the work was done in Los
Alamos, New Mexico, not the borough of New
York City for which it was originally named. The
Manhattan Project was started in response to fears
that German scientists had been working on a
weapon using nuclear technology since the 1930s
—and that Adolf Hitler was prepared to use it.

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 Teacher’s Activities Pupil’s Activities

 Manhattan Project were first formed in 1939 by

President Franklin D.

 In 1940, the U.S. government began funding its

own atomic weapons development program,
which came under the joint responsibility of the
Office of Scientific Research and Development
and the War Department after the U.S. entry into
World War II . The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers was tasked with spearheading the
construction of the vast facilities necessary for the
top-secret program, codenamed “The Manhattan
Project” (for the engineering corps’ Manhattan
district).

 Over the next several years, the program’s

scientists worked on producing the key materials
for nuclear fission. They sent them to Los
Alamos, New Mexico, where a team led by J.
Robert Oppenheimer worked to turn these
materials into a workable atomic bomb. Early on
the morning of July 16, 1945, the Manhattan
Project held its first successful test of an atomic
device—a plutonium bomb—at the Trinity test
site at Alamogordo, New Mexico.

 What is the most important fact about World (World War II was one of the most
War II? destructive wars in human
history.)

 Was the Manhattan Project good or bad? (Although the Manhattan Project
may have ended WWII, it caused
mass destruction, gave other
countries the desire to create more
powerful weapons of mass
destruction, and was morally
wrong.)
 No Surrender for the Japanese

By the time of the Trinity test, the Allied powers

had already defeated Germany in Europe.
 Japan, however, vowed to fight to the bitter end
in the Pacific, despite clear indications (as early
as 1944) that they had little chance of winning. In
fact, between mid-April 1945 (when President
Harry Truman took office) and mid-July,
Japanese forces inflicted Allied casualties totaling
nearly half those suffered in three full years of
war in the Pacific, proving that Japan had become
even more deadly when faced with defeat. In late
July, Japan’s militarist government rejected the
Allied demand for surrender put forth in the
Potsdam Declaration, which threatened the
Japanese with “prompt and utter destruction” if
they refused.
 Why did Japan refuse to surrender after Hiroshima? (They believed that if they could
hold out longer, or even more,
lure American forces to invade the

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 Teacher’s Activities Pupil’s Activities
home islands in a costly fight, they
could negotiate a better
settlement. One of the key sticking
points was the Empire's ability to
retain its power structure,
including the position of
Emperor.)
 'Little Boy' and 'Fat Man' Are Dropped

 Hiroshima, a center of some 350,000 people

located about 500 miles from Tokyo, was selected
as the first target. The plane dropped the bomb—
known as “Little Boy”—by parachute at 8:15 in
the morning, and it exploded 2,000 feet above
Hiroshima in a blast equal to 12-15,000 tons of
TNT, destroying five square miles of the city.
 Hiroshima’s devastation failed to elicit immediate
Japanese surrender.
 August 9 Major Charles Sweeney flew another B-
29 bomber, Bockscar, from Tinian. Thick clouds
over the primary target, the city of Kokura, drove
Sweeney to a secondary target, Nagasaki, where
the plutonium bomb “Fat Man” was dropped at
11:02 that morning.

 Aftermath of the Bombing

 At noon on August 15, 1945 (Japanese time),

Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s
surrender in a radio broadcast. The news spread
quickly, and “Victory in Japan” or “V-J Day”
celebrations broke out across the United States
and other Allied nations.
 The formal surrender agreement was signed on
September 2, aboard the U.S. battleship Missouri,
anchored in Tokyo Bay.


Because of the extent of the devastation and
chaos—including the fact that much of the two
cities' infrastructure was wiped out—exact death
tolls from the bombing of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki remain unknown. However, it's
estimated roughly 70,000 to 135,000 people died
in Hiroshima and 60,000 to 80,000 people died in
Nagasaki, both from acute exposure to the blasts
and from long-term side effects of radiation.
Who was involved in Manhattan Project? (The following people were
involved in the Manhattan
Project: President Harry Truman,
the Army, and Scientists (J. Robert
Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, Hans
Bethe, and Ernest Lawrence).
 What do you think the purpose of Manhattan Project? (The purpose of the Manhattan
Project was to research and
weaponize atomic energy before
the Nazi party could develop their
own nuclear weapon. )

IV. Pagsusuri
(Quiz)

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 Identification: Write the correct answer in a ¼ (one forth) sheet of paper.

1. What was the code name the American-led effort to develop a functional atomic
weapon during World War II?
2. Who first formed the Manhattan Project?
3. When was Manhattan Project held its first successful test of an atomic device?
4. Where did the bomb called ‘Little boy’ dropped?
5. Where did the plutonium bomb “Fat Man” was dropped?

Answer:

1. Manhattan Project
2. President Franklin D.
3. July 16, 1945
4. Hiroshima
5. Nagasaki

V. Takdang-Aralin

Instructions: Write a short answer in a ½ (one half) sheet of paper.

1. In your opinion was the Manhattan Project good or bad? Why?

Prepared by:

Daisyrie Catanus Catumal