John Hersey
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Biography

John Hersey
[Site may be down.] Biography from John Hersey High School
John Hersey Tribute
From Yale Alumni Magazine

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Lesson Plans

Modern Asian History Lesson Plan
Grades 9 & 10; uses Hiroshima
TeacherVision. Hiroshima Lesson Plan
Includes activities, his books, other resources
Harry S. Truman: Presidential Decision-Making on the Atomic Bomb
pdf file
Atomic Bombs in World War II: Japanese and U.S. Perspectives
Activities; resources; from Masato Ogawa's page,
University of Georgia
Hiroshima Fallout
Includes unit plan, multidisciplinary, grades 6-12; resources;
from Educational Technology Consortium, Santa Clara Schools
Father John A. Siemes. Hiroshima. An Eyewitness Account
From Trinity Atomic Web Site
Trinity. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Collection of links; from P.L. Duffy Resource Ctr, Trinity College, Australia
World Conflicts of the Twentieth Century
Grades 5 up; interdisciplinary unit; from Margie Casell, Riffenburgh
Elementary; includes Hiroshima in bibliography

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Criticism

Publication of Hiroshima in "The New Yorker"
Article by Steve Rothman, including some biographical inforamtion;
site has "pop-ups"

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