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Flawed Democracies, Human Rights

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create drawing that tell a story about a young girl's life in an internment camp. In this internment camp lesson plan, students hear stories and analyze photographs of internment camps and then create their own drawings.
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Fear, Civil Rights and Personal Freedoms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars write and perform a one-act play. They present constitutional, personal and cultural issues of the internment camps of the 1940's. They research and present a historical examine internernment camps.
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Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Here’s the overview for a series of lessons about the Japanese American internment introduced by the resource entitled “A Fence Away From Freedom.” Included are the link to the Smithsonian website on which the lessons are based, a list...
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Flawed Democracies, Human Rights

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the bombing of Pearl Harbor.  In this U.S. History lesson, students discover the Japanese internment camps and why our government chose to relocate the Japanese.  Students examine photographs from the era...
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Japanese-Americans of World War II

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II and Roosevelt's Executive Order. They listen to an audio file of the Fifth Amendment before holding a mock trial about the policy of internment of...
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Wartime and the Bill of Rights: The Korematsu Case

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the balance between civil liberties and protection. In this national security lesson, students explore the Korematsu case which references the Japanese internment camps of World War II. High schoolers draw...
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WWII Position Paper

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
There are some historical events that may warrant greater reflection and more in-depth analysis, and the decision to intern Japanese-Americans in the United States during World War II, as well as to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and...
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The Art and Writing of Estelle Ishigo, Heart Mountain Internment Camp, 1942-1945

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students view images of the Heart Mountain Internment Camp created by Estelle Ishigo. They discuss the time and place portrayed in the images and create a timeline recording events related to the internment of Japanese Americans.
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The Constitution on Trial: The Internment of the Japanese During World War II

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze primary source documents during the Second World War. Students recall statements of Japanese-Americans who were placed into internment camps during the war.
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The Homefront: America and WWII

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the experiences of various groups of Americans at home during WWII, highlighting race, gender, and ethnicity. They improve their ability to analyze and interpret historical documents and images.
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The Internment of Japanese-Americans During World War II

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders research the daily life of Japanese-Americans in internment camps during World War II and write radio documentaries using what they learn.
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The Myth of Voluntary Internment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the Alien Enemies Act and Executive Order 9095. They explore both the financial and emotional ramifications of having a parent arrested or interned. They research what daily life was like in U.S. Internment camps during...
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Japanese Internment Camps in the USA-Crossword

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Japanese Internment Camps activity, students complete a 9 word crossword puzzle, using clues about the camps in the US. Link to additional activities included.
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Why Were the Japanese Interned During World War II?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders analyze sources to determine why Japanese-Americans were placed in internment camps during World War II. They discuss the fact that individual rights are sometimes taken by institutions because of fear and paranoia. They...
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Japanese Internment Camps in the USA

For Students 5th - 6th
In this worksheet about Japanese Internment camps, students read a 9 paragraph passage about the camps, locations, and a personal account. Link to additional activities included.
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Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Relocation Camp Experience of Estelle Ishigo

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students are introduced to the concept of Japanese relocation and internment. Through class discussion and case study, students trace the internment experience of artist Estelle Ishigo. They explain the conditions she experienced before,...
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Leaving Things Behind

For Students 10th
In this World War II worksheet, 10th graders read about life in a Japanese internment camp.  Students give personal response and opinions in 5 short answer questions.
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Building Background Knowledge: The Internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII, Part 1

For Teachers 8th Standards
It is all in the details. Scholars read The Life of Miné Okubo and pay special attention to details that reveal Okubo's character. Completing their Understanding Miné: Character Traits graphic organizers and recalling the descriptions...
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Executive Order 9066: Japanese-American Internment

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars analyze conditions under which sections of United States Constitution are superceded, research history of Native Americans, African Americans, and Japanese Americans, and debate policy of reparations for various minority...
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Journey to Topaz: KWHL Strategy

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Japanese Internment and World war II are the focus of a KWHL strategy used to scaffold for a reading of Journey to Topaz,  Yoshiko Uchida's story of 11-year-old Yuki Sakane and her family. Complete directions for the activity...
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Are We Americans Again? A Portrait of Japanese American Internment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students study letters and images of the Japanese American Interment during World War II. They discuss the issues presented.
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Japaneses Internment: Lesson 1 of 4: Chronological Events Leading to Internment

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine facts about history of the Asians experience in America and identify patterns of Asian immigration in the United States. Students develop reasons specific Asian ethnic groups migrated to the United States and predict...
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Asian Americans and U.S.-Asia Relations:

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders research the events that led to the Japanese American internment. They write a list of things that they take for granted that the Japanese Americans didn't have while they were interned.
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International Student's Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this International Student's Day worksheet, learners complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking...

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