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Japanese American National Museum: Dear Miss. Breed: Letters From Camp
Peruse this collection of letters, recordings, and home movies of several Japanese Americans from their internment following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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Historical Soc. Of Penn: Japanese American Experience
The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies has a site devoted to the history of the Japanese American, the continuing traditions, the legacy of internment and more.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Themepark: Liberty: Japanese American Internment
Find a large collection of internet resources organized around Japanese-American internment. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Japanese American Internment
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, fear of Japanese-Americans irrationally increased, resulting in Roosevelt's executive order that created internment camps for American citizens. Read about the camps, the life in the camps, and...
Digital History
Digital History: World War Ii and Japanese American Relocation [Pdf]
This lesson plan is from a unit that covers the period from the Second World War up to the Cold War. It looks at Japanese aggression in China and Indochina prior to and during World War II, the quandary in the United States of whether or...
University of Washington
Uw Libraries: Japanese American Exhibit and Access Project
This site offers an in-depth look at the plight of Japanese Americans during World War II who were forced into American style concentration, or internment, camps to wait out the war.
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University of California: Jarda: Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives
Digital gateway to numerous archives of primary source material on the Japanese American internment during World War II.
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Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
The Densho Project is a digital archive of oral history interviews, historical photographs and related documents that captures, shares and preserves the experiences of Japanese Americans before, during and after World War II.
Library of Congress
Loc: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Welcome to the official site of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month with the May 2010 theme being ' lighting the past, present, and future.' Explore the varied links to the Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America's...
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442nd Regimental Combat Team Historical Society:wwii Japanese American Soldiers
Travel the history of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team through these primary documents preserved from WWII. Topics include the activation and origin of the team, and battle history, honors and tributes.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Daniel K. Inouye
Biography of senator and Medal of Honor recipient, Daniel Inouye a Japanese-American serving in World War II who made many longstanding contributions to American government and political life.
University of Washington
University of Washington: Camp Harmony Exhibit
In the spring of 1942, just months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, more than 100,000 residents of Japanese ancestry were forcefully evicted by the army from their homes in Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona and Alaska, and sent...
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University of Arkansas at Little Rock: Life Interrupted
The history of Japanese Americans during World War II. Includes videos, pictures, and maps.
PBS
Pbs: The War: At Home
From the extensive PBS site accompanying Ken Burns' The War, read about America at home during World War II. Read about war mobilization, censorship, how families dealt with the war, and the abrogation of civil rights as Japanese...
Other
Discover Nikkei: Japanese Migration to Chile
A short account tracing the migration of Japanese to Chile starting in the early 1900s, what they did there and how they were treated.
PBS
Pbs: Children of the Camps: The Documentary
Companion website for PBS documentary that tells the stories of six Japanese Americans who were interned as children during World War II.
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Fred T. Korematsu Institute: Korematsu v United States
Here's a biography of civil rights activist, Fred Korematsu, who protested his arrest and conviction in 1942 for his refusal to report to an internment camp for Japanese Americans. Find about his lifelong fight to clear his name and for...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Forgetting the Constitution
Read the story of a young Japanese-American girl whose family was sent to an internment camp after Pearl Harbor.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Hyper War: u.s. Army Wwii: Fall of Philippines: Final Japanese Offensive
A description of the final Japanese offensive on the American and Filipino troops holding the Bataan Peninsula during early WWII. This is a very in-depth account of this attack with no detail left untold.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Japan, Pearl Harbor and War
Overview of Japanese expansion in the Pacific, attack on Pearl Harbor and U.S. entry into World War II.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Manzanar National Historic Site
A virtual tour of the Japanese internment camp at Manzanar. Presents the camp as it exists today and provides a map of where different facilities were located.
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National Center for the Preservation of Democracy: Fighting for Democracy
"We, the people" did not always include all citizens of the United States. Meet seven people from across the United States during World War II, all with different ethnic backgrounds, and discover the struggles they had in the land of the...
Washington State University
Washington State University: Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Project
A collection of primary documents dealing with the ethnic groups found in the Columbia River Basin.
University of Washington
Digital Collections: Society and Culture Collection
The Social Issues Collection is an image database of the Western United States and the Pacific Northwest region. The collection covers a variety of political and social topics, from women's issues, government, labor organizations such as...
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