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    This document provides a creative writing assignment asking students to write from the perspective of someone involved in the bombing of Hiroshima. Students are given options to take on the role of a Japanese citizen in Hiroshima, a Japanese-American interned during WWII, or an American soldier. They must write for an audience like the UN or Smithsonian and in a format like a letter or poster captions. The prompt asks students to discuss how Hiroshima should be remembered 70+ years later based on their assigned role and audience. Students are provided planning questions to consider important details, their character's perspective, their audience's perspective, and how to tailor their language to the format.

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    This document provides a creative writing assignment asking students to write from the perspective of someone involved in the bombing of Hiroshima. Students are given options to take on the role of a Japanese citizen in Hiroshima, a Japanese-American interned during WWII, or an American soldier. They must write for an audience like the UN or Smithsonian and in a format like a letter or poster captions. The prompt asks students to discuss how Hiroshima should be remembered 70+ years later based on their assigned role and audience. Students are provided planning questions to consider important details, their character's perspective, their audience's perspective, and how to tailor their language to the format.

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    Atomic Bomb Raft Assignment

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    This document provides a creative writing assignment asking students to write from the perspective of someone involved in the bombing of Hiroshima. Students are given options to take on the role of a Japanese citizen in Hiroshima, a Japanese-American interned during WWII, or an American soldier. They must write for an audience like the UN or Smithsonian and in a format like a letter or poster captions. The prompt asks students to discuss how Hiroshima should be remembered 70+ years later based on their assigned role and audience. Students are provided planning questions to consider important details, their character's perspective, their audience's perspective, and how to tailor their language to the format.

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    Creative Writing Assignment: How Should Hiroshima Be Remembered?

    PICK ONE LINE

    DIRECTIONS: Choose from the RAFT (Role, Audience, Format, and Topic) options below to plan and create a
    written product that demonstrates your understanding of the dropping of the atomic bomb and end of World War II.
    ROLE
    Pretend to be.
    A Japanese citizen who
    lived in Hiroshima
    during the bombing

    AUDIENCE
    Writing to
    A United Nations
    committee on designing
    a memorial in Hiroshima

    A Japanese citizen who


    lived in Hiroshima
    during the bombing

    The Smithsonian
    Institution, which needs
    to write a plaque for
    the Enola Gay exhibit
    (plane that dropped the
    atomic bomb)

    A Japanese-American
    who was interned
    during World War II

    A United Nations
    committee on designing
    a World War II
    memorial in Hiroshima

    An American soldier
    whose unit would have
    had to invade Japan
    (without the bomb)

    The Smithsonian
    Institution, which needs
    to write a plaque for the
    Enola Gay exhibit (plane
    that dropped the atomic
    bomb)

    TOPIC
    Writing about
    How should the bombing of
    Hiroshima and Nagasaki be
    remembered? How should World
    War II be remembered 70+ years
    later?

    FORMAT
    In the form of

    How should the bombing of


    Hiroshima and Nagasaki be
    remembered? How should World
    War II be remembered 70+ years
    later?

    A letter (3/4
    page
    minimum)
    A
    poster/drawing
    of how the
    memorial
    should look,
    with at least a
    paragraphs
    worth of
    captions

    How should the bombing of


    Hiroshima and Nagasaki be
    remembered? How should World
    War II be remembered 70+ years
    later?
    How should the bombing of
    Hiroshima and Nagasaki be
    remembered? How should World
    War II be remembered 70+ years
    later?

    RAFT Planning
    Step 1: Pick your role, audience, format, and topic from the options listed on the assignment sheet.
    Step 2: Answer the questions below
    Topic:
    What are important details about the
    event [including the time BEFORE
    and AFTER it]?
    Use your reading, A New Age

    Role:
    What does your role think about the
    topic and WHY? (Do they support it,
    oppose it, etc.) Use your graphic
    organizer from the Legacy of the
    Bomb handout!
    What details can you include to make
    it clear to your reader that youre
    writing from this role?
    Audience:
    What does your audience think about
    the topic and WHY? (Do they
    support it, oppose it, etc.) Use your
    graphic organizer from the
    Legacy of the Bomb handout!
    Thus, how would your role sound
    when addressing their audience?
    What details can you include to make
    it clear to your reader that youre
    writing to this particular audience?
    Format:
    What type of language should you use
    for the format (formal, informal, etc.)

    Step 3: Use your answers from number 2 to guide your writing in the assigned format on a lined piece of paper.

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