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=Here are some other ideas for further exploitation of Lesson 1 or the students in advanced class.= =(1) Translation of //Imagine//= =(2) Discussion: Do we need religion?= =Ask St the following question.= ="Some religious people don't like the line "Imagine there 's no countries...nothing to kill or die for and no religion too" in //Imagine//= =In the song, John Lennon thinks we don't need religion. However, some people do need religion to live for.= =No war is great. No country may be great. What about "No religion"?= =(3) Tell Hiroshima story= =Have students orally report the atomic bombing in Hiroshima (and Nagasaki)= =Ss who spent a year in high school in the US often talks about their experience of being asked or invited to talk about Hiroshima in history class.= =Ss should be empowered with the stories of Hiroshima so that they can work as grass-root peace ambassador in foreign countries in the future.= =Have them go to [|the Hiroshima Peace Museum], explore the site in English and report what they have found in their own words.= =(4) Hiroshima debate: Was it necessary to drop the atomic bomb in Hiroshima?= =The Japanese sentiment "We are the first victim of atomic bombs. Remember that." can be often refuted by American statement "We dropped the bombs to stop the fascist Japan.= =Otherwise, we would have lost more lives both in Japan and the US. "= =To develop critical thinking and having Ss look at the topic from the both sides of the Pacific can be a good lesson even in a simple form.= =For teachers' reference, go to .[|the debate site]=