title: The Effects of Nuclear Weapons
purpose: The purpose of my presentation was to educate my peers on the detrimental repercussions of using nuclear weapons and of nuclear war. My presentation was also meant to encourage my peers to think critically about what to do with nuclear weapon technology, whether it should be stopped, and how that could ever happen. By showing the environmental and health effects of nuclear weapons, I hope that my presentation was able provide some justification for why WMD's receive so much media attention.
discussion questions:
1) What do you think of the United State's decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagaski?
2) Should all countries get rid of nuclear weapons? How?
3) Should the spread of nuclear technology be stopped? How?
follow up research:
- Nuclear Threat Initiative: http://www.nti.org/
- "The Ticking Clock of Iran's Nuclear Threat:" http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57359410/the-ticking-clock-of-irans-nuclear-threat/
- An overdramatic, mildly humorous "Nuclear War Simulation:" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p11DedOmig
- Nuclear Weapons: Who Has What at a Glance: http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Nuclearweaponswhohaswhat
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Nagasaki before and after the atomic bomb.
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