apushdebates

APUSH Debates Spring Semester 2008

Detailed directions: 1. Our debates will be like last semester: a few of you will spar off against each other while the rest of class chimes in. However, there will be one more component... 2. Each side must provide at least one primary source document to support its argument. This can be in the form of a speech or essay, audio clip or video. Let me know what it will be in advance, so I can help you set up (or make copies if members of the jury needs to read a document).

Now, look for your topic and go to the useful site(s) I've found for you:

=**Special Notice: I've Delayed the Debates Until Wednesday and Thursday (Japanese Internment on Wednesday. Atomic Bomb on Thursday)**= =The Decision to drop the bomb:= 1. http://www.dannen.com/decision/index.html (Great site with loads of documents.)

2. [|A-Bomb Musuem]

3. A good, reliable summary of the main arguments: http://www.polytechnic.org/faculty/gfeldmeth/bomb.html 4. Love the BBC. Good review article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4724793.stm

**Japanese Internment**
http://www.landmarkcases.org/korematsu/arguments.html 2. A book review with good stuff from both sides. Connections to today. http://www.reason.com/news/show/36412.html 3. A somewhat recent article on the controversies of teaching internment: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002027639_bainbridge06m.html 4. [|The site with all kinds of links. Great stuff here.] 5. [|Government archives. Lot's here!] 6. [|Documents on Internment] 7. [| Wikipedia's link on the topic, of course.]
 * 1) This is a great place to start. It has a lot of arguments for both sides, taken from the famous Korematsu case. It also has a lot of links. Go!