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FAT MAN & LITTLE BOY
One of the Best! This movie is on TWM's short list of the best movies to supplement classes in United States History, High School Level.
SUBJECTS —
U.S./1941 - 1945 & New Mexico; Science-Technology;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING —
Teamwork;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS —
Responsibility.
Age: 13+; MPAA Rating: PG-13; Drama; 1989; 127 minutes; Color.
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Fat Man & Little Boy is the story of the Manhattan Project, through which the U.S. developed the atomic bomb. It focuses on the uneasy relationship between the Pentagon general in charge of the project, General Lesley Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientific director of he project.
The TeachWithMovies.com Learning Guide to the film will show teachers and parents how to use Fat Man & Little Boy to introduce the effort to develop the first atomic bomb. It presents the arguments for and against dropping the A-bomb on Japan and provides additional background about the men involved.
The Learning Guide also shows how to use the film to demonstrate what can be achieved by people working together using their intelligence, goodwill, and commitment to a common goal.
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Fat Man & Little Boy will give children a picture of the development of the atomic bomb that will stay with them for years. They will learn about the Manhattan Project, J. Robert Oppenheimer and General Leslie Groves.
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To give you a sense of how our Learning Guides can be used by teachers as lesson plans and by parents to supplement school curriculum or for homeschooling, we have set out below a quotation from Winston Churchill that is referred to in the Learning Guide to Fat Man & Little Boy.
Winston Churchill was told by Truman of the tremendous power
unleashed by the first test of an atomic bomb at the July
1945 Potsdam Conference. Churchill, with his great facility for expression,
observed that: "This is the Second Coming, in wrath."
The Learning Guide to Fat Man & Little Boy also contains sections on Benefits of the Movie, Possible Problems, Helpful Background, Discussion Questions, Links to the Internet, and Bridges to Reading. The Discussion Questions are divided into three categories: Subject Matter, Social-Emotional Learning, and Moral-Ethical Emphasis.
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