Recommended resources and other materials:
As a supplement to our Education Packs, you can download our Added Value Unit as a PDF here:
This unit contains research questions on Nuclear Weapons, Pressure Groups and NATO, as well as a list of recommended websites.
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Recommended resources:
 Moral Issues  – The moral issues surrounding the use of Weapons of Mass Destruction. The Geneva Convention, religious and moral arguments against nuclear weapons. Website links for religious and non-religious groups. [N.B. see our latest module Morality, Ethics and the Bomb’ for more up-to-date material] |
 Nuclear Weapons and the Environment – Environmental damage from the manufacture, testing and disposal of nuclear weapons. Also: Uranium mining and processing; Chernobyl; Trident submarines on the Clyde; Atmospheric tests; Disposal of waste; Depleted Uranium. [N.B. see our latest module Environment – ‘Nuclear Winter’ for more up-to-date material] |
 NATO Q & A – A resource that offers answers to the most important questions about the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). |
 Cuban Missile Crisis – A summary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the moment when the United States and the Soviet Union came closest to a full scale nuclear war, and Scotland’s role in it. |
 Who Represents Me? – A short and practical exercise meant to familiarise pupils with the role of their elected representatives (MSPs, MPs, MEPs and Cllrs). |
 Glossary – A five page list that offers brief definitions of terms relating to nuclear weapons. |
 Human CND Symbol – A short exercise which invites pupils to work with radii and angles and stimulates their imagination |
 Poetry – An exercise that invites pupils to analyse two poems about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster. It focuses on understanding, structure and form and invites students to create their own poems. |
Further research and other materials:
 INES Nuclear Event Scale – The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES), a worldwide tool for communicating to the public in a consistent way the safety significance of nuclear and radiological events. Published by the International Atomic Energy Agency  . |
 Why Britain Should Stop Deploying Trident – Trident, a first strike weapon; UK’s Trident is not truly independent; upgrading of Trident; turning Trident into a mini-nuclear weapon; making Trident more usable and increasing global instability. Published by Greenpeace . |
 Nuclear Britain Map – A map of the UK, showing sites related to the manufacture, storage and deployment of nuclear weapons. Published by CND UK . |
 Trident Costs Placard – A blank template placard . Published by CND UK . |
 Civil Defence, Protect and Survive (UK, 1966 and 1980) – Several UK Government pamphlets, from 1966 to 1980, relating to nuclear war. Including ‘Civil Defence – why we need it’, ‘Protective Structures for Civilian Populations’ and ‘Protect and Survive’. Compiled by Nigel B. Cook . |
 UKWMO Protecting by Warning (UK, 1979) – A publication about the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO) which was to supply information on nuclear bursts and fall-out over the United Kingdom. Compiled into electronic form by George Coney . |
 Civil Defence (UK, 1981) – Civil Defence, why we need it. A message from the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Scotland. Compiled into electronic form by George Coney . |
 Protect and Survive (UK, 1980) – How to make your home and family as safe as possible under nuclear attack. Compiled into electronic form by George Coney .
The public information film ‘Protect & Survive – Casualties’ can be found on our DVD under ‘extras’, and other films from the ‘Protect and Survive’ series can be found via the Internet Archive |
Video resources:
 Nevada Atomic Test (USA, 1953) – Soldiers exposed to radiation as part of the ‘Operation Desert Rock’ atomic tests in Nevada. (MPEG4 video, 8m30s). Public domain film from the Prelinger Archive – view online here . |
 About Fallout (USA, 1955) – Public information film from the U.S. Department of Defense (MPEG4 video, 8m20s). Public domain film from the Prelinger Archive – view online here . |
On our DVD Video extras you can also find the following:
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