Welcome!

Sit wherever you would like.

Discuss with your tablemates what you
know about Japanese Internment
and
get out a piece of paper and pen/pencil.
 Every time you see one of these: Do what the text next to it says!

Internment Camps
By: Audrey Garvey, Jack Chavarria, East Hoelscher, Truman
Matheny, Alex Clark
Where is japan
Definitions
Internment: the state of being confined as a prisoner, especially for political or military
reasons.

Tuberculosis: an infectious bacterial disease characterized by the growth of nodules in

the tissues, especially the lungs.

Nisei: a person born in the US or Canada whose parents were immigrants from Japan.

Write down these definitions in your own words.

Background Information
Write down at least three facts.

The United States entered World War 2 when Japan bombed the American navy
fleet at Pearl Harbor
A month later, over 120,000 Americans with Japanese ancestry were moved into
internment camps
The health of many Japanese Americans was threatened mostly from disease and
poor living conditions
Background Information
Four Japanese prisoners were killed by guards stationed on the fences, and only
one guard was punished, but he was punished for the unauthorized use of
government property and had to pay a fine of one dollar
3,600 Japanese Americans located in the camps joined the 42nd regiment in the
U.S. army, but 650 of them died in action
Background Information
In 1945, they left the camps, but Japanese Americans still faced oppression and
some were even beaten and killed by fellow Americans
Event Number One: Pearl Harbor Bombings
BOMB DRILL RIGHT NOW!

Get under your desks!

Sit like this!

Clip Of Actual Bombing

Record two thoughts or facts for each event.

Event Number Two: Moving Into Internment Camps

Executive Order 9066

Franklin Roosevelt

10 days to move

Record two thoughts or facts for each event.

Poetry from Japanese Internment Camps
Camp Memories by Tojo Suyemoto Kawakami

I have dredged up

Hard fragments lost

I thought in years

Of whirlwind dust.

Exposed to light,

Silently rough

And broken shards

Confront belief.
Event Number Three: Supplies
Supply Card-
Send one person to stand in line for supplies.

One person in the class will become an American doctor.

Do you have enough supplies to go around?

Record two thoughts or facts for each event.

Event Number Four: Suggestion Box
As a group, write down two comments

on what could be improved at the camp.

We will collect your comments and take

them into account.

Record two thoughts or facts for each event.

Event Number Five: Freedom

You can go back to your desks now!

Reintegration to society was difficult

and many still faced oppression.

The final camp closed in 1945.

Record two thoughts or facts for each event.

What did we think?

Talk with your tables about your experiences.

Pick one person to share with the class.

Test Time!
Pull out your phones for Kahoot.

You can use your notes.

Kahoot Link
Thank You!

We hope you enjoyed our lesson!