Instructional Video11:04
Crash Course

The Atomic Bomb: Crash Course History of Science

12th - Higher Ed
The story picks up where we left off last time, with Einstein writing the president of his new homeland, the United States, urging him to build a nuclear weapon before Hitler. This is the tale of the most destructive force humans have...
Instructional Video0:15
The March of Time

1945: HIROSHIMA, JAPAN: XHA TD WS People riding bicycles, walking on road lined w/ flat rubble landscape. WS block w/ partial building standing. WS Leaning building w/ telephone pole standing BG. Nuclear weapon, end of WWII.

12th - Higher Ed
MOT 1945: HIROSHIMA, JAPAN: XHA TD WS People riding bicycles, walking on road lined w/ flat rubble landscape. WS block w/ partial building standing. WS Leaning building w/ telephone pole standing BG. Nuclear weapon, end of WWII.
Instructional Video0:16
The March of Time

1945: NAGASAKI, JAPAN: AERIAL: TD Atomic bomb exploding on ground, cloud climbing. WS Mushroom cloud top. Nuclear weapon, end of WWII.

12th - Higher Ed
MOT 1945: NAGASAKI, JAPAN: AERIAL: TD Atomic bomb exploding on ground, cloud climbing. WS Mushroom cloud top. Nuclear weapon, end of WWII.
Instructional Video10:15
SciShow

The Manhattan Project

12th - Higher Ed
Some of the greatest advances in science have come from humanity's more destructive impulses. This is not the fault of science - when we discover powerful truths about the universe it's up to us to decide how to use them because...
Instructional Video7:27
Wonderscape

The Dawn of the Atomic Age and Reflections on War

K - 5th
Uncover the dramatic conclusion of World War II in the Pacific with the deployment of the atomic bomb, reflecting on the profound implications for humanity and the legacy of nuclear warfare.



The Attack on Pearl Harbor and the...
Instructional Video7:07
Hip Hughes History

The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

6th - 12th
The decision to drop the Atomic bomb in Japan to end WWII are controversial to this day. Explore the decision that Harry Truman had to make and then make up your own mind.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Hitler's Sunken Secret

9th - 10th
Could the Nazis have actually developed a nuclear weapon? This site explores the possibilities. Read about the Norwegian Resistance movement and its place in history. Excellent slide show of secret telegrams between Norway and London.