Agenda for 3/30

1. Thesis Padlet

2. WWII Reading Quiz

3. The War on the Home front (complete charts)

·      The effect on the economy

·      The effect on women and minorities

4. Japanese Internment 

• Overview video

5. Dropping the atomic bomb

•  Truman's Press Release

6. Reasons for dropping the bomb

HW:

Read “The Decision to Drop the Bomb" and answer the questions below.

• What is the “rational actor” decision-making model?
• When viewing the decision to drop the bomb using the rational actor model, what major reasons for the dropping of the bomb emerge?
•  What reasons for dropping the bomb are suggested by the model of organizational process.
• What reasons for dropping the bomb are suggested by the model of bureaucratic politics?