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Prisoner in One's Own Home

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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 additional information. Use copies of contemporary political posters (included) to deepen your lesson plan.

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central ideas, main ideas, japanese-americans, japanese-american history, internment camps, world war ii

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internment, central idea, Informational Text, japanese-americans, wwii, world war 2, ccss.ela-literacy.ri.11-12.2, english language arts
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategy
Collaborative Learning
Year
1999
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