The End of World War II in the Pacific

and the Use of the Atomic Bombs

April 5, 2011

www.historyconnected.org
www.historyconnected.wikispaces.com
 Today’s Agenda
8:00 – 8:15 Arrival, Breakfast, & Check-in
8:15 – 8:55 Introductions and Resource Share:
Student Polls on Controversial Subjects
Kara Gleason, Project Director
9:00 – 11:30 "The Decision to Drop the Bombs and the
With break End of WWII: The Challenges of Teaching
Controversial Subjects"
Professor Patrick Maney, Boston College
11:30–12:10 Lunch
12:15 – 2:15 Strategies for Teaching Controversial
Issues: The Decision to Drop the Atomic
Bombs
Professor Patricia Fontaine, University of
Massachusetts Lowell
2:15 – 2:30 Connections to Standards & Closing
Wiki Discussion Forum
 Connections to MA History and Social
Science Curriculum Frameworks
 USII.15 Analyze how German aggression in
Europe and Japanese aggression in Asia
contributed to the start of World War II and
summarize the major battles and events of
the war.
 USII.16 Explain the reasons for the dropping
of atom bombs on Japan and their short and
long-term effects.
Connections to Standards in Historical Thinking
http://nchs.ucla.edu/standards/thinking5-12.html

3. Historical Analysis and Interpretation

Consider multiple perspectives of various
peoples in the past by ….considering the historical
context in which the event unfolded--the values,
outlook, options, and contingencies of that time and
place;
5. Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making
Evaluate the implementation of a decision by
analyzing the interests it served; estimating the
position, power, and priority of each player involved;
assessing the ethical dimensions of the decision; and
evaluating its costs and benefits from a variety of
perspectives.
Technology Integration Connections
A. Suggested Resources on
www.historyconnected.wikispaces.com

B. Poll/Survey Student Opinions with Poll

Daddy and Survey Monkey
 Approaches to Teaching History
(From Ed O’Donnell, Holy Cross)
 Conflict: Finding and Exploring Conflict and
Debate
 Choices: History is the study of Choices -
Nothing is inevitable!
 Relevance: Make Connections (carefully) to the
Present
 Using Online Polls & Surveys
in the History Classroom
 Grab students with  Increase participation
thought-provoking and attentiveness
opening questions  Encourage risk-taking
 Allow for personal with anonymous
connections to student responses
history
 Gauge student
 Elicit diverse
opinions when there comprehension of
isn’t a correct material
answer
 Poll Daddy & Survey Monkey
Online survey and polling tools that
enable people of all experience
levels to create their own surveys
and polls quickly and easily
 Poll Daddy: www.polldaddy.com
http://historyconnected.wikispaces.com/TechnologyYearTwo

 Survey Monkey: www.surveymonkey.com

 Creating a Poll with Poll Daddy: http://
support.polldaddy.com/creating-a-poll/

http://poll.fm/2vpn5 http://poll.fm/2vpq7
Gallup Poll
 Gallup Poll

Survey Methods:
“Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,010 national
adults, aged 18 and older, conducted July 25-28, 2005. For
results based on the total sample of national adults, one can
say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling
error is ±3 percentage points.”
Creating a Survey with Survey Monkey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/TakeATour.aspx
 Poll Daddy and Survey Monkey
How-To
 Available at:
http://historyconnected.wikispaces.com/TechnologyYearTwo

• Creating a Poll with Poll Daddy:

http://support.polldaddy.com/creating-a-poll/

• Creating a Survey with Survey Monkey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/TakeATour.aspx
 Resources
“Creating a Poll with Poll Daddy.” Poll Daddy. http://support.polldaddy.com/creating-a-
poll/
“Ending the War Against Japan: Science, Morality, and the Atomic Bomb.” The Choices
Program. Watson Institute for International Studies. Brown University.
www.choices.edu.
“Majority Supports Use of Atomic Bomb on Japan in WWII.” Gallup Poll. 5 August
2005.http://www.gallup.com/poll/17677/majority-supports-use-atomic-bomb-japan-
wwii.aspx
Pitler, Howard, Elizabeth R. Hubbell, Matt Kuhn, and Kim Malenoski. Using Technology
with Classroom Instruction that Works. Denver: Mid-Continent Research for
Education and Learning, 2007.
“Real Time Assessment with Poll Everywhere.” November Learning.
http://novemberlearning.com/resources/handouts/real-time-assessment-with-poll-
everywhere/
“Survey Monkey.” Information Technology at Purdue. Purdue University.
https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/INSITE/SurveyMonkey
“Survey Monkey: Take a Tour.” Survey Monkey.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/TakeATour.aspx
“Tutorials.” Survey Monkey.
http://help.surveymonkey.com/app/tutorials/categorylist/session/L2F2LzEvc2lkLzhDb
m5xQ2Rr/search/1