HIROSHIMA

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HIROSHIMA

• by Laurence Yep

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Words to Know

• routine adj. regular
• colonel n. a military officer
• anxiously adv. nervously
• devastated v. destroyed
• radioactive adj. containing particles of
  radiation

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The Bomb
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Colonel Tibbets and the B-29 Enola Gay
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"Little Boy" is the nick name given to the atomic
bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. It
was Monday morning. Little Boy was dropped from
the Enola Gay, one of the B-29 bombers that flew
over Hiroshima on that day.
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Why does the United States plan to drop the atom
bomb?
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The government hopes it will make Japan stop
fighting, which will put an end to World War II.
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The City
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Work
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The people in Hiroshima think theyre safe. What
dont they know?
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They dont know that the Straight Flush was just
checking the Enola Gay is on the way.
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What steps does the city take to defend itself?
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All citizens, including children, have jobs. The
city is tearing down houses and building fire
lanes, which will provide avenues for
fire-fighting equipment and will serve as escape
routes for people.
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At this point in the story, why do you think the
author gives details about what happens to only
one person?
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He wants to give a personal account of the
effects of the bomb, rather than just a factual
explanation. Through Sachi, he is able to let
readers know what many other people were
thinking, feeling, and experiencing at the time
of the explosion.
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The Mushroom Cloud
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The City
Around the hypocenter before bombing (model)
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The City
Around the hypocenter after bombing (model)
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Review the section The Mushroom Cloud. List
all of the effects of the bombing.
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The wind from the bomb almost knocks the Enola
Gay out of the sky more than 50,000 buildings
are destroyed up to 125,000 people die fires
start all over the city and up to one mile away
the hospital disappears people and buildings
vanish and many people get sick or die from
radiation. They were still dying decades later.
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Destruction
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Q 1. Why do you think the author wanted you to
know Sachis story?
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A 1.The author wanted you to know Sachis story
because its not only Sachis story but the story
of hundreds of thousands of Japanese who were
injured or killed that day and because he wanted
to show how humans were affected by the bombing.
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Q 2.Do you think the crew of the Enola Gay knew
what the bomb would do? Support your answer with
details from the story.
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A 2.No. There had never been a bomb as powerful
as the atom bomb, so no one knew what it would
do. Also, after they dropped the bomb, the
copilot wrote, What have we done?
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Q 3.This piece shows the tragedy caused by the
dropping of the atom bomb. Do you think ending
the war made up for this tragedy?
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• Prepared by Diane Howard
• C. A. Gray Middle School