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Commemorating 70 years of the largest weapon the United States has ever tested, the March 1, 1954 Bravo Hydrogen Bomb on Bikini Atoll. At 15 megatons, the blast vaporized 3 islands and was 1,000 times the magnitude of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear weapons dropped on Japan in World War II.

An interesting project  called ” Bikini Islands” can give us an insight of a story our students should learn about:

Bikini Islands

The World Heritage Committee, on August 1, 2010 at its 34th session in Brazil, inscribed the Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site on the World Heritage List. 
Bikini Atoll has been included on the li  st for the role that tests of atomic weapons at Bikini played in shaping global culture in the second half of the 20th Century.                      http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1339

An interesting video about the topic is  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l6Q8Q1smwg

Nuclear Testing

Target learners: 28 Lyceum students

Duration of the learning process: 4 hours

The purpose of this activity is to encourage students to learn English through

debating. They have to  plan, prepare for and carry out a debate.

The teacher will introduce students to debating. Then, students will have to  work in groups to conduct research and use their research findings in their debate speech. The following learning objectives should be achieved after completing all of the exercises.

• To be able to understand the rules of a debate
• To be able to develop the skills for debating
• To be able to know how to prepare for a debate
• To be able to cooperate  with others in planning, preparing and carrying out a debate

Below are ideal topics for high school debaters to discuss:

• Is animal testing a justified operation?
• Is  death penalty appropriate or should it be banned?
• Should cell phone be used in class?
• Should laptop computers be allowed in class?
• Is global warming really an issue?
• What impact does social networking have on society?
• Is the practice of euthanasia justified?
• Are violent video games appropriate for children?
• Is cloning humans or animals ethical?
• Do celebrities get away with more crime?
• Is developing nuclear energy for commercial use justified?
• Is censoring the media effective?
• Are social networking sites harmful?
• Should we stop space exploration?
• Is peer pressure beneficial or harmful?

http://debate-central.ncpa.org/

Hello everyone.

Teaching in a public school can be difficult,

especially after  years of doing the same things  over and over

again. Let’s try to share ideas and methods of enjoying our job

again.

Mina