Friday, January 9, 2015

HOW WOULD YOU REACT IF PRESIDENT OBAMA ANNOUNCED THAT WE WERE ATTACKED BY ANOTHER COUNTRY?

HOMEWORK JANUARY 9TH, 2015
NAME__________________________________  DATE__________________________________

Imagine that President Obama came on the news and announced that a country had dropped bombs somewhere in our country. 
What would you feel when you hear the news? 
What would you do about it?
What did people do after they heard President Roosevelt? 


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Thursday, January 8, 2015

WAS DROPPING THE BOMB RACIST?

SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT WHEN TRUMAN DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB ON THE JAPANESE, IT WAS RACISM.  

WHAT DO YOU THINK? HOW IS IT LIKE RACISM WE KNOW IN OUR COUNTRY?





Wednesday, January 7, 2015

FRONT DOOR IN QUEENS


PS 177Q
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Wednesday February 4th, 2015
10:00 AM - 12:00PM
P.S. 177Q
56-37 188th Street, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
718-357-4650
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TRUMAN DROPS THE BOMB


HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 7TH, 2014
NAME____________________________________  DATE__________________________________

1/7 Do you agree or disagree with the reasons given in the article for Truman to drop the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? 
Give your reasons in a paragraph. 



Mushroom cloud over NagasakiHiroshima blast map


Tuesday, January 6, 2015

JAPAN AS A COUNTRY OF 3000 ISLQNDS AND MORE

IN PREPARATION FOR READING THE BOOK, HIROSHIMA, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN.  WRITE A PARAGRAPH OF SOMETHING WE LEARNED TODAY ABOUT JAPAN.

FOR EXAMPLE,

1) JAPAN IS A COUNTRY OF ISLANDS WITH 2/3 OF THE COUNTRY IS MADE UP OF  MOUNTAINS.

2) JAPANESE PEOPLE WORSHIP THE EMPORER ALMOST LIKE A CULT.
3) THE FAMILY OF THE EMPORER OF JAPAN HAS BEEN THE LONGEST DYNASTY IN HISTORY.


4)JAPAN IS A COUNTRY WITH MANY EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES.




Monday, January 5, 2015

HOME CARE

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT JAPAN, THE COUNTRY IN OUR NEW BOOK HIROSHIMA?

Map of Japan

Write a paragraph about something you like that comes from Japan
or draw a picture of something you like from Japan. Do a little research and describe it.

a)     You can write about a product from Japan
b)     You can write about a movie or tv show from Japan.
c)   You can write about something from the culture of Japan like martial arts or samurai.