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Blooms Taxonomy Unit Overview
Unit:
Hiroshima
Part 1:
A Noiseless
Flash
Parts 2&3:
The
Fire/Details
Being
Investigated
Part 4:
Panic Grass
and
Feverfew
Knowledge
How well do you
recognize the
language?
Cloze
Procedure
Activity
What do you
know about the
development and
dropping of the
atomic bomb?
KWHL
State research
points learned
about atomic
warfare.
Desktop
Teaching
Recall the
Part 5:
The Aftermath aftermath for
each character.
Reading Quiz
Comprehension
Application
Explain and use
terms from the
text.
Vocabulary
Cubing
Show thought
about
characterization.
Predict how the
characters will
react to
circumstances.
DR-TA Activity
Illustrate systems
we depend on and
the result of their
loss.
Write-To Learn
Describe your
thoughts on
forgiveness vs.
retribution.
Journal Entry
Demonstrate your
knowledge of the
plot by making a
timeline.
What can you
infer from the
text?
QAR
Apply the idea of
“a story that needs
to be told.”
Conduct
Interview
Character Chart
Small Group
Presentation
Analysis
Compare and
contrast our world
to the world during
WWII.
Venn Diagram
Survey twenty people
on whether they
believe it was good
we dropped the
atomic bomb.
Conduct Survey
Compare novel to
Sadako and the
Thousand Paper
Cranes by Eleanor
Corr.
Picture Book Activity
Examine the
reasons leading
into the bomb
decision.
Concept Map
Sanders, BYU, 2010
Creative
Thinking
Imagine you are in a
situation similar to
the dropping of the
atomic bomb.
Critical
Thinking
Decide how you
feel about these
statements.
Anticipation Guide
Problematic Situation
What would it be like
to experience fear of
something
unexplainable?
Guided Imagery
Critique the
reliability of John
Hersey’s narration
of events.
Group Debate
Create a visual
representation about
your opinion on
atomic warfare.
Poster/ Artwork
Judge the place of
patriotism within
morality.
Compose a poem
about one of the
survivors.
Biopoem
Debate United
State’s response to
Japan after the
bomb.
Short Essay
Fishbowl Discussion