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Info Ukes: Internment of Ukrainians in Canada 1914 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
The Internment of Ukrainians in Canada and Ukrainians used as forced labourers is a glitch in Canada's Human Rights records. InfoUkes provides an indepth study of the internment with video, audio, and photographical evidence.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Picturing Japanese American Internment: Dorothea Lange

For Students 9th - 10th
This media gallery explores the government-issued Japanese American internment that occurred during World War II using two videos from the American Masters film Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning. Dorothea Lange, a documentary...
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Calisphere: University of California Libraries

University of California: Calisphere: Wwii 1939 45: Japanese American Internment

For Students 9th - 10th
Original photos, art work and primary source documents portray life inside a Japanese internment camp in the United States during World War II.
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Japanese American Internment

For Teachers 8th
A comprehensive learning module on the WWII internment of Japanese Americans that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and primary source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students learn...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Japanese American Internment in World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore Japanese American internment during World War II.
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Prisoners at Home: Everyday Life in Japanese Internment Camps

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition tells stories of everyday lives in Japanese Internment camps during World War II.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Life in Japanese American Internment Camp

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Information about life in an internment camp. Includes related activities and links to books and other websites on Japanese American internment.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Japanese Internment

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, an action that resulted from Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066. The constitutionality of the order was challenged all the way to the Supreme Court by Fred...
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Children of the Camps: Internment History

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the history of people of Japanese ancestry who were confined to internment camps during World War II. There is a timeline of events and links to original documents.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Japanese American Internment

For Students 5th - 8th
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, fear of Japanese-Americans irrationally increased, resulting in Roosevelt's executive order that created internment camps for American citizens. Read about the camps, the life in the camps, and...
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Japanese American National Museum: Dear Miss. Breed: Letters From Camp

For Students 9th - 10th
Peruse this collection of letters, recordings, and home movies of several Japanese Americans from their internment following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Constitution on Trial: Internment of Japanese in Wwii

For Teachers 11th
For this lesson, 11th graders look at what happened to the Japanese who were living in the United States during World War II and examine their experiences of internment. They will also consider the constitutionality of removing some...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: The Tragedy of Japanese Internment

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A glimpse into an embarrassing time in American history when Japanese American citizens became enemies in their own country. How were they treated? Where were they sent? How were their lives impacted?...
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University of Alberta

Alberta Law Foundation: German Internment During the First and Second World Wars

For Students 9th - 10th
The history of German internment camps established in Canada during the world wars is profiled! Why were they created? What did Canadians fear? How did Canadians of German descent feel? This is a very informative article.
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Digital History

Digital History: Explorations: Japanese American Internment

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive interactive learning module explores Japanese-American Internment during World War II and includes links to primary source documents, photographs, personal accounts, and numerous other outside resources.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Themepark: Liberty: Japanese American Internment

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a large collection of internet resources organized around Japanese-American internment. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Confirming the Termination of Japanese Internment

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the speech "Confirming the Termination of Japanese Internment" by President Gerald R. Ford, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: Japanese Internment

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Unfounded fears that Japanese American citizens might sabotage the war effort led Franklin Delano Roosevelt to order that all Americans of Japanese descent be forced into internment camps.
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Read Works: Ilsa and the International Camp

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a story about a girl named Itzel who meets new friends from all over the world when she attends International Camp. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Photographs of Japanese American Internment at Manzanar

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides vivid photographs taken by Ansel Adams at the Manzanar Relocation Camp for Japanese-Americans.
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University of Washington

Wcca Operations Manual: Interior Security Regulations for Internment Centers

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a list of rules that Japanese internees were forced to comply with while detained during World War II at Camp Harmony.
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Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Japanese Internment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson delving into the reasoning behind interning the Japanese-Americans following the Pearl Harbor attack. Students will explore primary source documents to draw their conclusions.
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Museum of the City of San Francisco

Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: Internment of Japanese Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers 1942 San Francisco News articles covering the internment of San Francisco's Japanese population.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Japanese American Internment

For Teachers 5th - 8th
What was the World War II experience like for the thousands of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast? The activities in this instructional activity are designed to provide a window into the war years. Using primary sources,...

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