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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Lesson Plan Controlling Nuclear Weapons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site on controlling nuclear weapons will cover three to four 50 minute periods on the topic. Students will review the Nonproliferation Treaty and discuss questions such as: are there countries that should not be allowed to have...
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Government of Canada

Government of Canada: Non Proliferation and Disarmament

For Students 9th - 10th
Outline Canada's commitment to the non-proliferation, disarmament and elimination of nuclear weapons and the initiatives Canada is involved in to achieve this important global goal.
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NBC

Msnbc: Iran Recommits to Nuclear Arms

For Students 9th - 10th
Report on Iran's commitment to a nuclear arms control treaty insisting that they be allowed to pursue a nuclear program for peaceful purposes. The US and allies believe Iran is developing atomic weapons. Of particular interest is the...
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Other

Project Ploughshares

For Students 9th - 10th
Website for an ecumenical peace center of the Canadian Council of Churches. Organization formed to work towards control of weapons trade, reducing reliance on military force, abolishing nuclear weapons and building peace in the world.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

For Students 9th - 10th
J. Robert Oppenheimer is credited with the creation of the atomic bomb. But, "The country asked him to do something and he did it brilliantly, and they repaid him for the tremendous job he did by breaking him." This documentary traces...
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Federation of American Scientists

Fas: Limited Test Ban Treaty (1963)

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of the 1963 Limited Test Ban Treaty.