Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Developing Writing Skills Through Japanese Folk Music

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students listen to Japanese folk songs to get inspired to create a writing piece about Japan.  In this writing instructional activity, students use primary and secondary sources to add information about Japan. 
Lesson Plan
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The Enemy that Never Was

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students write speeches explaining why Japanese Canadians were not a threat to Canada during World War 2. In this Japanese Canadians lesson plan, students learn about racism, and how the Japanese were targeted but not a threat during the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Enemy that Never Was

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct research and explain in a speech why Japanese Canadians were not a threat to Canada during the Second World War.
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Royal British Colombia Museum (Canada)

Japanese Shipwrecks in British Columbia Myths & Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
The Royal British Columbia Museum looks at the historical possibility of cultural exchanges between the Japanese and the First Nations Peoples in Canada's Northwest. The site also looks at the validity of stories of shipwrecks in the...
Handout
University of Washington

University of Washington Libraries: Japanese Canadian Internment

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise account of the evacuation of Japanese Canadians from Canada's West Coast. Of particular interest is a poster directed at all Japanese people.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Point Atkinson Lighthouse: Maintaining the Light

For Students 9th - 10th
The Point Atkinson Lighthouse,built to protect the shipping trade of a growing Vancouver, is profiled. This is the history of the lighthouse ..from early, isolated days to the lives of the keepers of the lighthouse and their families to...
Graphic
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Small Japanese Fishing Boats Being Towed Up the Fraser River

For Students 9th - 10th
An insightful look at how anti-Japanese sentiment affected Japanese Canadians living in British Columbia after WWI.