Text Set: Japanese American Internment in the U.S.A.

Text Set: Japanese American Internment in the U.S.A.

GLE range: 6?8.9, adaptable for 9?12 Created by Ann-Marie Hallagan, 2018

Contents: 1. Resource Set & Sequence 2. Glossary 3. Student Accountability: Models of Rolling Knowledge Journal & Rolling Vocabulary 4. Blank templates for Rolling Knowledge Journal & Rolling Vocabulary

Resource Set & Sequence

Resource

Rationale for including it

Where to find it

(1) video Pearl Harbor

attack scene (Touchstone Pictures, 2001)

This short clip from the movie Pearl Harbor provides a strong visual depiction of the Japanese surprise attack and devastation of the Pearl Harbor naval base.

: video/offduty/movies/pearlharbor-movie-attackscene-1/1314914661001

(2)

This concise informational text details the

The Attack-On- surprise attack on Pearl Harbor which

Pearl-Harbor propelled the U.S. into World War II.

K12 Reader: m/worksheet/theattack-on-pearlharbor/view/

(3) Japanese American Relocation in the U.S. during WWII

This text provides an explanation of Executive Order 9066 requiring that Japanese Americans living along the West Coast be relocated to internment camps. Note: You must have a NewsELA account (free) to

access the article

NewsELA: d/govt-japaneserelocation-worldwar/id/26364/

(4) video The Japanese

Relocation

government newsreel (start around 3:30)

This government issued newsreel was created in 1942 to justify the relocation and of Japanese Americans. In response, students could discuss bias and how relocation, described as a positive experience, actually deprived American citizens of their civil rights.

YouTube: m/watch?v=esVege1S0 OE

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Resource (5) Life at the Manzanar Camp

(6) The Bracelet, by Yoshiko Uchida

(7) video Ted Talk: George Takei: Why I Love A Country That Once Betrayed Me

(8) From Wrong To Right: A U.S. Apology for Japanese Internment

Rationale for including it

Where to find it

This article describes what life was like at the Manzanar internment camp. Students will gain a better understanding of how challenging it was for Japanese Americans to live behind barbed wire in an isolated area with few amenities. Note: You must have a NewsELA account (free) to

access the article

NewsELA: d/govt-manzanarjapanese/id/26695/

This historical fiction narrative is about a young girl and her family being forced from their home in California to an internment camp. Although this text is geared toward a younger audience, students of all ages can relate to the themes of discrimination, segregation, and harsh living circumstances.

Glencoe: /sec/languagearts/ose/li terature/course1/docs/g 6u07.pdf , pg. 820?829

Actor and activist George Takei gives an inspirational and riveting presentation about being raised in an internment camp. Students will immediatley be drawn in to Takei's eloquent account of his internment experience. Option: Read along in the transcript while

watching the video

TED Talks: ks/george_takei_why_i_l ove_a_country_that_once _betrayed_me

This article provides information about the U.S. effort to apologize and make reparations for the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.

NPR: tions/codeswitch/2013/0 8/09/210138278/japanes e-internment-redress

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Glossary for Text Set: Japanese Internment

These are not necessarily the most important words, just the ones that might block comprehension.

Resources 1 & 2: The Attack on Pearl Harbor

Word alliance

allies Battleship Row

torpedo

Student-Friendly Definition

An agreement between two or more countries to cooperate together for a specific purpose.

Nations who work together and support each other.

The grouping of eight U.S. battleships at the port of Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i.

A bomb that is shaped like a tube and fired underwater.

Resource 3: Japanese American Relocation in the U.S. during WWII

Word desolate Executive Order

internment

remote to spy

Student-Friendly Definition

A place that is deserted, dreary and lifeless.

A rule or regulation issued by the president of the United States that has the full force of law.

Putting a person in a prison especially for political or military reasons.

Far away from other people, houses, cities, etc.

To secretly collect and report information on the activities of another country.

Resource 4: The Japanese Relocation government newsreel

Word aliens contingent dilligently epidemics

Student-Friendly Definition Non-citizens A group of people united by something in common With care and attention to doing something correctly Widespread occurrences of an infectious disease at a certain place and time

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espionage evacuation evacuees federal

impounded migration prologue rationale sabotage

Spying Forced removal or clearing out The people who are being removed in an evacuation To do with the national government; the highest level of government in this country Legally confiscated and held Movement of a large group from one place to another The part that comes before ? an introduction The reasons for something; a justification Damage done on purpose and in secret

Resource 5: Life at the Manzanar Camp

Word alien

barrack discrimination

sabotage to be drafted

Student-Friendly Definition

A person who was born in a different country and is not a citizen of the country in which he or she now lives.

A building typically used for housing soldiers.

The unfair treatment of people of a different race, gender or religion.

To destroy or damage something on purpose.

When the government selects a person for mandatory military service.

Resource 6: The Bracelet

Word

Student-Friendly Definition

alien

A person who is not a citizen in the country in which he lives.

bayonet

A long knife that is attached to the end of a rifle.

forsaken

Abandoned; not used

to intern

To keep a person in a certain location, usually a type of prison.

to wilt

To become weak or tired especially because of hot weather.

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Resource 7: Ted Talk: George Takei: Why I Love A Country That Once Betrayed Me

Word abrogated bayonets casualty civics desolate due process

fallible hysteria

ideals legacy prejudice proportionally summarily

Student-Friendly Definition Abolished, ended, done away with; a "casualty of ..." A spear that fits on the end of a rifle or similar firearm Death from a specific cause The study of citizenship and government Isolated, bleak, far away from everything else Rights guaranteed by law for fair treatment through the judicial system Capable of making mistakes Exaggerated emotion or excitement of a group of people; can lead people to stop thinking and act only on the group's feelings Standards to be aspired to Heritage, inheritance Pre-judgement In a way that corresponds in amount to something else Quickly, without time to prepare

Resource 8: From Wrong To Right: A U.S. Apology for Japanese Internment

Word civil rights / civil liberties incarcerated juxtaposition liquidate redress to compensate

Student-Friendly Definition The rights to receive equal treatment and be free from discrimination in housing, education, employment, etc. Imprisoned. Positioning one thing near another to compare them. To sell a business, property, etc. To correct something that is unfair or wrong. To give money as a payment for loss, suffering, or injury.

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