Japanese American Internment Camps

by Lisa Hayman

Introduction · Activities · Rubric · Conclusion · Teacher's Guide

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Introduction

As citizens of a country we assume certain basic rights. However in times of war these are often ignored.

This activity provides the opportunity to investigate the American treatment of their countrymen during WWI.

WIthin your table teams develop a definition of what a citizens is and what rights they have.

Web Activities

Images of Pearl Harbour

1. What do you already know about the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

2. Share this knowledge with the students in your table group.

3. What information can you gain on the bombing of Pearl Harbour from these images? Create a newspaper headline.

Pearl Harbor

1. List a range of reasons to explain why the Japanese bombed Pear Harbor.

Japanese Launch

1. Role - play - Japanese Pilot, Amercian Sailor, Hawaiian citizen.

2. From one of these perspectives write a journal entry outlining the events of December 7th 1941.

Relocation of Japanese American

1. Consider why the American government made the decision to place people of Japanese heritage into Internment Camps.

2. Discuss: What rights do we assume we have as citizens of a country?

3. Consider the events of recent years - eg Sept 11 what was the response to the Muslim community? How did people/governments react?

Conclusion

History is a study of the past but it also links strongly to our present and future. Do recent world events indicate that we have learnt to place a higher value on the rights of citizens?

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