- Mountains and Perspectives
  - Personal view of mountains
    - Magnificent and grand
  - Unit four: A View of Mountains
    - Tasks for the class
      - Reading
      - Structural analysis
      - Reading and exploring
      - Assignment
    - Learning goals
      - Describe, scan, think critically
- Introduction to Photographers
  - Guessing game about photographers
    - Capture beauty and cruelty
    - Turn moments into eternity
  - Yosuke Yamahata
    - Japanese photographer
    - Known for Nagasaki photos after bombing
    - Historical context
      - Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings
      - 1945, World War II
      - Nuclear bombs used twice
- Brainstorming on Bombings
  - Key facts
    - Where: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    - Who: Americans
    - When: 1945
    - Why: Force Japan’s surrender
    - Results: Japan's surrender
  - Controversial issue
    - Effectiveness of atomic bombs
    - Ethical debate on ending the war
- Descriptive Writing Techniques
  - Writer’s description of Yamahata’s pictures
    - Vivid sensory details
      - Hearing, sight, smell, taste, touch
    - Specific language
      - Precise adjectives, nouns, verbs
    - Figurative language
      - Simile, metaphor
    - Organized structure
      - Chronological or spatial order
- Paragraph Analysis
  - Paragraph one
    - Description of pictures
      - Twisting horse
      - Charred corpse
      - Heap of something once human
      - Girl smiling unearthly
  - Paragraph two
    - Significance of Yamahata’s pictures
      - Comparison between Hiroshima and Nagasaki
        - Hiroshima as first ruined city
        - Nagasaki in shadow of Hiroshima
      - Exhaustion of imagination
        - Stumble meaning unsteady steps
        - Vocabulary expansion: stagger, waddle, toddle
- Reflection on Nuclear Threats
  - Series of nuclear events
    - Hiroshima, Nagasaki, potential future bombs
    - Nuclear arms race
      - United States vs Soviet Union
      - Global proliferation
  - Current statistics
    - Devastating power of atomic bombs
    - Call for action
- Class Assignments
  - Learn more about Nuclear Security Summit
  - Group work on solutions
  - Write descriptive essay
    - Observation-based
    - Example: pretty girl, handsome boy, etc.
- Final Thoughts
  - Prevent repetition of tragedy
  - Make the world a better place through collective will