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Let’s Get Started

Explore the influence of nuclear weapons on global affairs, environmental concerns, and humanitarian dilemmas. Learn about countries possessing nuclear capabilities, historical events, and the current nuclear landscape. Engage with the Doomsday Clock timeline and key international incidents related to nuclear armament.

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Let’s Get Started

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  1. Let’s Get Started What do these people have in common? Saddam Hussein Kim Jong IL Mahmoud Ahmadinejad George W. Bush Tony Blair Vladimir Putin

  2. Today’s • SOL: WHII. 12 b • International Focus: How have nuclear weapons affected the actions of nations around the world? • SWBAT: • 1.Identify the countries of the world that have nuclear weapons. • 2.Explain the environmental and humanitarian issues concerning nuclear weapons. • 3.Describe the current global situation with nuclear weapons.

  3. Cold War Quiz

  4. Nuclear Fallout • Doomsday Clock • Created 1947 by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists • 1953 – 2 minutes to Midnight • 1972 – 12 minutes to Midnight • 1974 – 9 minutes to Midnight 1947 – 11:53

  5. DOOOOOMSDAY!!…Clock • 1984 – 3 minutes to Midnight • 1991 – 17 minutes to Midnight • 2002 – 7 minutes to Midnight 1991 – 11:43 2002 – 11:53

  6. Current Nuclear Situation • 2002 – United States pulls out of “Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty” • Fear rouge nations blackmailing America with Nuclear bombs • 2003 – U.S. attacks Iraq believing they are developing Nuclear bombs • Declares there is an “Axis of Evil” • Iraq…Iran…North Korea • 2005 – India and Pakistan resume bombing • Both are still willing to use Nuclear bombs • March 30, 2006 (Yesterday) • U.N. gives Iran 30 days to stop its Uranium enrichment program…fearing it will lead to the production of Nuclear bombs U.S. ambassador John Bolton • March 31, 2006 (Today) • Iran announces they have a missile that can carry warheads and is undetectable by radar

  7. Brazil Canada China France Iran Iraq India Germany Taiwan United Kingdom Israel Italy Japan Netherlands North Korea Pakistan Poland Russia South Africa United States Countries With Nuclear Capabilities

  8. Doomsday Clock Activity

  9. Checking for Understanding • How did the Yalta Conference contribute to the start of the Cold War? • What are two events that put Russia and the U.S. at odds and helped lead to the Cold War? • How were the U.S. and Russia economically different? • How were the U.S. and Russia politically different? • After WWII and the division of Europe by the major powers what did Churchill say had fallen across Europe? • What was the Iron Curtain? • How did President Truman want to deal with the spread of Communism? • What was the purpose of NATO? • What was the purpose of Warsaw? • Why did the Soviet Union build the Berlin Wall? • How were the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War events of the Cold War? • What happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis? • What are the countries that own nuclear weapons? • What does the “Axis of Evil” mean? • What did the fear of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) lead America to do in 2003? • What did the S.A.L.T. treaties do? • What are the current issues involving nuclear weapons?

  10. Homework • None Enjoy the weekend!

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