Japanese American Incarceration Education Resources

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JapaneseAmerican Incarceration Education Resources

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Collin Makamson

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JapaneseAmericanIncarcerationEducationResources

TheMuseumhighlightseducationalresourcesforteachersandstudents thatcanbeusedtoexploreJapaneseAmericanincarceration

February19,2021

Topimage:BillManboatHeartMountainRelocationCenter,Wyoming,1943 CourtesyofTakaoBillManboand EricL Muller

IntheweeksandmonthsfollowingtheDecember7,1941attackonPearl HarborbytheforcesoftheEmpireofJapan fearandsuspicionconcerning whenandwherethenextattackonAm anduncontainedthroughouttheUnit thoselivingontheUSWestCoast,ath ‘where’:‘who'wouldattackusnext,as andCaliforniabegantoviewmembers mistrust.AtthebeginningofWorldW

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JapaneseandJapaneseAmericanancestrylivingintheUnitedStates,112,000of themresidedontheUSWestCoast

Frompoliticiansandprivatecitizensalike,racialanxietymultipliedwith questionsrangingfromdualloyalty—whetherJapaneseAmericanssupport theiradoptedhomelandortheirculturalhome—tooutrightaccusationsof activesnetworksofh-columnists,spies,andsaboteursthatcouldbelurking andworkingagainsttheUnitedStatesunforeseen

AsJapan’ssuccessionofmilitaryvictoriesinGuam,Malaya,andthePhilippines continuedthroughoutthebeginningof1942,America’sxationsonand delusionsaboutitsJapaneseAmericanneighbors,businesspartners,and schoolmatescrescendoed,reachingthehighestoceintheland.Bowingto pressureandjusticationbasedentirelyalongraciallines,PresidentFranklin Roosevelt,onFebruary19,1942,issuedExecutiveOrder9066,whichdirected theWarDepartmenttotransformvastswathesoftheUSWestCoastinto militaryareasfromwhichanyonecouldbeexcludedforessentiallyanyreason ByMayof1942,Washington,Oregon,andCalifornia’spopulationsofJapanese andJapaneseAmericancitizensandresidents—thetruetargetof9066—would begone:forcedtoleavetheirhomesandmostoftheirpossessionsbehindtobe transportedandincarceratedatoneof10incarcerationcentersdeepwithinthe Americaninterior,deniedanyappealandalldueprocessoflaw However, despitethesestokingoffearandracialprejudice,noneoftheseindividualsof JapaneseorJapaneseAmericanancestrywereeverconvictedofanycrime. Indeed,manyofthemwouldgoontoservetheircountryevenaertheirtrue allegiancehadbeenconsideredsosuspectthattheyhadbeenplacedbehind barbedwire

andCalifornia,haverecognizedFebruary19—thedayExecutiveOrder9066 wasissued—asaDayofRemembrance OnandaroundFebruary19,members oftheJapaneseAmericancommunitycometogethertoobserve,remember, andreectonthegreatwrongthatwasdonetothemandtheirrelativesandthe resilienceanddeterminationtheydisplayedintheyearsofanddecades followingWorldWarII.

OnthisDayofRemembrance,TheNationalWWIIMuseumwishestohighlight Museumeducationalresourcesformiddleandhighschoolteachersand studentsthatcanbeusedonFebruary19andthroughouttheyeartolearn moreabouttheeventsandaermathofJapaneseAmericanincarceration Thesematerials,manyofthemdrawnfromtheMuseum’s“FromTheCollection ToTheClassroom”curriculumseriesandDistanceLearningVideoArchive,are allavailablefreetodownloadortoviewwithyourstudents

Tobeginthediscussionortointroducethetopic,havestudentsreadthe overviewessayJapaneseIncarceration..Thisessay,fromtheMuseum’sHome Frontcurriculumvolume,summarizesthemoodoffearandatmosphereof racistpanicthatsweptacrosstheUnitedStatesandUSWestCoastfollowing theattackonPearlHarbor ThisessaycanbecomplementedbyTheHomeFront Glossarytohelpbetterexplainthedenitionofsomekeytermssuchas ‘ExecutiveOrder,’‘Incarceration,’and‘DueProcess’Forthistopic,havestudents concentrateonhowsuchamassiveanddrasticviolationofcivilrightscould occurandhowJapaneseAmericanincarcerationunfoldedsoquickly.

Foranexplorationofwhatlifewaslike barbedwireoftheincarcerationcente multimediavideoLifeInTheCampswh andinterviewsegmentsfromJapanes incarceratedduringWorldWarII.Get

WalterImahara

AmericansindividualsincarceratedduringWorldWarIIbyintroducingyour studentstotheoralhistorytestimonyofWalterImahara,anativeofFlorin, California,who,alongwithhisfamily,wasforcedtoleavehishomeandbe transportedtotheJeromeIncarcerationCenterinsoutheasternArkansas To deepenunderstandingoftheimpactofincarcerationonyoungpeoplelike WalterImahara,studentscanbrowsethe1944RohwerCenterYearbookandread anarticleaboutthishighschoolandthelivesofitsJapaneseAmericanstudent bodyheldentirelybehindbarbedwire

1944RohwerCenterYearbookcover,courtesyofww2yearbooksorg

StudentscanattempttoplacethemselvesintheshoesofyoungJapanese Americansfacedwiththecomplexquestionofwhetherornottoservethe countrythathasincarceratedthemandtheirfamilies Forthisquestion,have studentsviewandvoteusingTheHomeFrontWhatWouldYouDo?Scenario: JapaneseInternmentmultimediavideowhichasksiftheywouldghtforthe UnitedStatesduringWorldWarIIiftheirownliveshadbeenturnedupside downashadthelivesofhundredsofthousandsofJapaneseAmericans

Finally,tolearnmoreabouttheJapaneseAmericanmilitaryunitsand individualswhodidghtfortheUnitedStatesanddistinguishedthemselvesin serviceduringWorldWarII,studentscanreadabouttheheroicsoffuture SenatorDanielInouyeaswellasmembersofthe100thInfantryBattalionand 442ndRegimentalCombatTeam.

Moreoverviewessays,teachingaids,lessonplans,oralhistories,andsummary videostohelpkeepthestoryofWorldWarIIaliveforcurrentandfuture studentscanbefoundatww2classroo Media&EducationCenter,teachersca experiencesduringWorldWarIIwitht anAmerican!’JapaneseAmericanIntern NationalWWIIMuseumsolemnlyjoin inthisyear’sDayofRemembranceand

JoinTheNationalWWIIMuseumat11a.m.CSTonFebruary19,2021for "Setsuko'sSecret:HeartMountainandtheLegacyoftheJapaneseAmerican Incarceration, "aconversationwithShirleyAnnHiguchi,JD,ChairoftheHeart MountainWyomingFoundation,andRobCitino,PhD

Toviewthesemultimediavideos,pleaseloginorregisteranaccounton ww2classroomorgtoreceiveaccesstoessaysandlessonplansalongwith photographs,historicdocuments,audiorecordings,maps,videos,oralhistories, andothervaluableteachingaidsfromTheNationalWWIIMuseum.

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CONTRIBUTOR CollinMakamson

AssistantDirectorofEducationforCurriculum,CollinMakamsonholdsaMAinHistoryfrom theUniversityofSouthernMississippiandhas

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CommemoratingFilipino AmericanHistoryMonth

TheHolocaustwasNaziGermany’sdeliberate, organized,state-sponsoredpersecutionand genocideofEuropeanJews Duringthewar,the Naziregimeandtheircollaborators systematicallymurderedoversixmillionJewish people.

In2009,theUSCongressdesignatedOctober asFilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth,a monthlongcommemorationandappreciation fortheFilipinoexperiencethroughout Americanhistorystretchingasfarbackas1587

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JapaneseAmerican Incarceration:TheCampsand CoercedLabor

TheInstitutefortheStudyofWarand Democracy’sDr StephHinnershitzdiscusses excerptsfromherbookontheanniversaryo ExecutiveOrder9066

Opentoday9:00am -5:00pm 945MagazineStreet,NewOrleans,LA70130 info@nationalww2museumorg 504-528-1944

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