Curriculum Materials

Lesson Plan: Students explore the roles of women during the Manhattan Project at Hanford, Los Alamos, and Oak Ridge.

Set of lessons intended to introduce students to basic nuclear chemistry concepts through lessons linked to the Manhattan Project.

Lesson Plan: Students learn about transportation methods used during the Manhattan Project to move materials around the globe and through the Hanford Site.

Lesson Plan: Students learn about waste produced at the Hanford Site during the Manhattan Project era and the current cleanup efforts happening today.

Lesson Plan: Students explore the changes that happen during transmutation and fission inside Hanford's B Reactor.

Lesson Plan: Students research, take sides, and debate the use of the atomic bombs.

This lesson series helps students explore the importance of Oak Ridge, Tennessee as an American World War II Heritage City. These lessons highlight the workers of Oak Ridge, with specific focus on contributions of women and African American workers, and the short- and long-term effects of the area having produced material for the atomic bombs dropped on Japan.

This lesson plan explores the history of World War II-era innovation and employment in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a major site of the Manhattan Project. It is part of a series about Oak Ridge, designated an American World War II Heritage City in 2022 by the Secretary of the Interior.

This lesson plan explores the history of African American life in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a major site of the Manhattan Project. It is part of a series about Oak Ridge, designated an American World War II Heritage City in 2022 by the Secretary of the Interior.

This lesson plan explores the impact of the atomic bomb on Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a major site of the Manhattan Project. It is part of a series about Oak Ridge, designated an American World War II Heritage City in 2022 by the Secretary of the Interior.

This lesson is part of a series teaching about the World War II home front. Oak Ridge, Tennessee is an American WWII Heritage City. It combines lesson themes from the three other lessons in the collection to summarize the city’s contributions and encourage connections to the overall US home front efforts.