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Los Alamos National Laboratory
The official website of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. You will find the history of the laboratory as well as many of the key figures. There is also an interactive history of the Manhattan Project. Be sure to check out the photo...
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Beyond Mannahatta: The Welikia Project
The Welikia Project examined what the landscape of New York City looked like in 1609. Use the map to explore the city then and compare it to today. Provides a collection of thirteen lessons for upper elementary but which can be adapted...
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Us Department of Energy: The Manhattan Project
In a short two paragraph entry, the general history of the Manhattan Project is described. There are two links to picture of nuclear reactor and nuclear fuel.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Manhattan Project
Easy facts that answer all questions about the Manhattan Project that was established in the United States during WW2 to create the atomic bomb.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: The Graphite Reactor
This resource describes the world's first nuclear reactor and the role which it played in the Manhattan Project. Also discussed are topics such as the goal of plutonium development for nuclear weapons, the goals of the top-secret,...
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The Forties: War and Peace
Describes the design of the first nuclear reactor by Enrico Fermi and his successful development of a self-ustaining nuclear chain reaction. Describes the evolution of the Manhattan Project and their race to develop the first atomic...
National Academy of Engineering
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century: Nuclear Technologies
Students learn about nuclear technologies in the 20th century. Some topics explored are splitting the atom, the Manhattan Project, and power plants. The resource includes historical information, a timeline, and a personal essay by a key...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Secret Victories of the Kgb
Explore the role of espionage in wartime and investigate Soviet spy activities during the Cold War. Trace the history of the atomic bomb and explore Soviet activities in stealing nuclear secrets during the Manhattan Project.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Manhattan Project Timeline
Manhattan Project timeline with dates of important events and people who worked on the atomic bomb.
Arlington Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery: Leslie Richard Groves
This site from the Arlington National Cemetery details information about Leslie Grove's military career and his role in the Manhattan Project. The biographical information is fairly in-depth, and several pictures are included as well.
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Nuclear files.org: Julius Robert Oppenheimer
At this site from Nuclearfiles.org you can read a biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer and about his career as a scientist and his important involvement with the Manhattan Project and Atomic Energy Commission.
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Lower Manhattan Project: Child Labor in New York City Tenements
In the January, 1908, issue of Charities and the Commons a report was printed revealing the results of investigative reporting on child labor in home manufacture of products in New York City. Child labor was prohibited in factories by...
OpenStax
Open Stax: World War Ii 1941 1945: The Pacific Theater and the Atomic Bomb
Looks at America's involvement in the Pacific Campaign, and the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan and the impact it had.
Stanford University
Stanford Report: Edward Teller, Father of Hydrogen Bomb
Students don't generally learn much about Edward Teller in school. But with the progress in science in the 20th century, maybe they should. Edward Teller was one of the main architects of the hydrogen bomb. This is a great site by...
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Nevada Test Site Oral History Project
A comprehensive look at the 50 years of nuclear testing in Nevada through oral histories of the participants. In addition to the histories, the site includes a timeline, information about the test sites, and videos.
Oregon State University
Oregon State University: Politics in the Atomic Age
Oregon State online exhibit on Atomic Energy and Nuclear History features discussion and primary source material on the politics of the Atomic Age, citizen reaction and the Atomic Energy Act of 1946.
US Army Center
U.s. Army Center of Military History: The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb
In-depth analysis of the decision to create and drop the atomic bomb on Japan during World War II. Includes details on the Interim Committee.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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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Pbs American Experience: Race for the Superbomb
This site explores the Cold War race to develop the hydrogen bomb, a weapon that would change the world. Content details all the people who were involved in the race for the H-Bomb, as well as notable events during this time period....
PBS
Pbs: The War: The Atomic Bomb
At the online companion site of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," read three descriptions of the atomic bomb and its use.
Digital History
Digital History: The Decision to Drop the Bomb [Pdf]
The day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt gave the go-ahead to scientists to develop an atomic bomb. This site gives a good overview of the war in the Pacific against Japan, the increasing successes of the...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Chien Shiung Wu
A great resource on one of the scientists that worked on the Manhattan Project, Chien-Shiung Wu. Read about some of her contributions to physics, read a brief overview of the Manhattan Project, and learn about the law of Parity, an idea...
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Atomic Bomb: Decision
An indexing page which links to several pages of letters, diary excerpts, public reports, and personal correspondence relating to the use of the first atomic bomb. Includes letters and petitions drafted by scientists involved with the...
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Nuclearfiles.org: Oppenheimer Affair
This site from Nuclearfiles.org allows you to read about Robert J. Oppenheimer's role in the Manhattan Project, as head of the Atomic Energy Commission and then his dismissal as a "security threat" to the U.S. government during the era...