Instructional Video5:45
TED-Ed

Ugly History: Japanese American Incarceration Camps

6th - 12th Standards
When Aki Kurose was 16 years old, her family was forced to relocate from their home in Seattle with other Japanese Americans. The government feared that despite their loyalty to the United States, they were operating on behalf of...
Instructional Video10:38
C-SPAN

On This Day: Executive Order 9066 and Japanese-American Internment

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Forced to leave, branded a security risk, held at gunpoint. It's hard to imagine this happened in the US. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, thousands of Japanese-Americans on the West Coast were forced in internment camps. Using video...
Instructional Video5:08
National WWII Museum

United but Unequal

7th - 12th
Minority groups were treated differently during WWII. Images and newsreel footage show the experiences of African-Americans, Native Americans, Japanese-Americans, and other ethnic minority groups during the war.