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Changing Perspectives on the Japanese Internment Experiment

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Students discover the characteristics of Japanese internment during World War II. They discuss racist policies and use the internet to gather information to write their own version of history. They write essays from different points of view.

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9th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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