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Lesson III: Crisis, Pearl Harbor, Internment

For Teachers 9th - 11th
The third in a series of lessons introduced by “A Fence Away From Freedom,” uses the Smithsonian website, “A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution” and focuses on the section of the presentation devoted to the...
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Letters from the Japanese American Internment

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students examine letters of Japanese-American children during internment in World War II. They discover what it was like in the camps and how they were treated once they were released. They also view photographs of the camps.
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Letters from the Japanese American Internment

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students delve into primary research. In this Japanese Internment lesson plan, students make deductions about life in an internment camp by reading and comparing letters written to Clara Breed. Along the way, they consider the advantages...
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Introduction to Japanese Internment

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students discover details about Japanese Internment. In this World War II lesson, students analyze images and documents related to the movement of Japanese-Americans to West coast internment camps in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attacks....
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The Bill of Rights And Japanese Internment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the Bill of Rights. They interpret how the American Government violated these rights with regard to Japanese Americans during World War II. They write down the violations of the Bill of Rights during Japanese ...
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The War: Japanese Americans and Internment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the experiences of Japanese-Americans at the beginning of World War II in America. After watching an excerpt from "The War", they answer reflection questions about the Japanese being put into internment camps. In groups,...
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World War II: Concentration Camps and Refugees

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners explore the experiences of the people in the concentration camps at liberation during World War II. Students read an article on the Liberation of Belsen Concentration Camp and D-Day and report to the class.
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Camping Crossword

For Students 4th - 6th
In this camping crossword worksheet, learners use a set of 10 clues and a word box to complete a crossword puzzle. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Are We Americans Again? A Portrait of Japanese American Internment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study American citizens, specifically Estelle Ishigo, who were forced to live in relocation centers during World War II. Using primary sources, students describe the internees' experiences during and after internment. They...
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Prisoner in One's Own Home

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Examine the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. After reading an article from the New York Times and exploring the author's word choice, young readers find the central idea in the text and work on researching...
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Japanese-American Relocation

For Teachers 11th
Consider the causes and effects that led to the internment and relocation of Japanese Americans during WWII. Learners read the story "Baseball Saved Us" and selected chapters from Farewell to Manzanar. Then, they view a slide-show, and...
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Camp Expedition

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars select an animal to research that lives in the camp environment. Students spend time using books and the Internet to research their animals, including size and appearance. Young scholars create a mural to depict the...
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Japanese-American Internment during World War II

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students write an in-class essay on whether they agree/disagree with Lippmann's article concerning Japanese-American internment
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A Look at Exclusion Through Improvisation

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Building a realistic understanding of the trials Jews suffered during WWII isn't always easy. This plan employs student constructed dramatic freeze frame scenes to help build a deeper understanding of Jewish Ghettos, concentration camps,...
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Camping

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this camping worksheet, students review and discuss forty key terms associated with the sport camping and circle each one in a word search puzzle.
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Camping picture

For Students K - 2nd
For this camping worksheet, students color the picture of tents and a bench and trace and write the word "Camping". Students trace, write, and color 1 time each.    
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Boy Scout Merit Badge: Camping

For Students 8th
In this boy scout merit badge:  camping worksheet, 8th graders research the topic with the websites listed, answer 10 detailed questions about first aid, menu planning, preparations, types of tents, packs and sleeping bags then...
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Japanese Internment During World War II

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify, describe and discuss the reasons why Japanese-Americans were placed in internment camps and what life was like at these camps. Then they write an unsent letter to a family member on the East Coast describing their...
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Japanese-American Internment/Relocation Camps

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create poetry and verse, using all 5 senses to paint a visual image of life in a Japanese-American internment camp.
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Woman Power!!! Mathematics Camp

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore mathematics by researching stereotypes. For this gender bias lesson, students participate in discussions where they identify traditional careers according to their own gender. Female students attend summer camp and...
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Spelling by Picture - Camping

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling by picture (camping theme) worksheet, students finish spelling words using pictures to identify them. In this fill in the blank worksheet, students spell eight words.
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Boot Camp Fitness Program

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read a CNNfyi.com article about boot camp workouts and define how it is different than other workouts. They research different workout types.
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WWII: Detained

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Imagine being forced against your will behind barbed wire for doing nothing but being yourself. Scholars investigate the impact Japanese-American internment camps had during World War II. Through video and archival evidence, they create...
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Building Background Knowledge: The Internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII, Part 4

For Teachers 8th Standards
Learners use a Analyzing Mediums handout to detail the advantages and disadvantages of communicating with mediums such as artwork, photographs, and political cartoons in the Japanese-American Internment during World War II primary...

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