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This Pearl Harbor and the Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II lesson plan also includes:
- Pearl Harbor & Executive Order 9066: Lesson Plan | And Then They Came for Us (.html)
- Pearl Harbor & Executive Order 9066 | And Then They Came for Us
- Gallery Walk Organizer (.pdf)
- Photograph of Burning and Damaged Ships at Pearl Harbor
- National Archives: "Day of Infamy" Speech
- National Archives: Executive Order 9066
- Photograph of Members of the Mochida Family Awaiting Evacuation
- National Archives: Japanese American Internment
- U.S. National Park Service: "Relocation Centers and Peak Populations" (.gif)
- "Three boys at Manzanar Internment Camp," 1943 (.jpg)
- Densho Encyclopedia: “View of Amache (Granada) concentration camp," 1944
- Densho Encyclopedia: “Memo from J. Edgar Hoover to the Attorney General...," Feb. 7, 1944
- National Archives: The U.S. Bill of Rights
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Balancing national security and civil liberties can be tricky. To appreciate the tension between these two concepts, class members investigate the Japanese attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor and President Franklin D. Roosevelt's response to the attacks. They view clips from the film, And Then They Came for Us, conduct a gallery walk where they analyze primary source documents and images to answer the essential question, "How does the government valance national security and civil liberties?"
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pearl harbor, internment camps, japanese-american internment, post world war ii, franklin d. roosevelt, the presidency of franklin d. roosevelt, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources, national security, the american civil liberties union, concentration camps, the bill of rights, american history, japanese history, japanese-american history
Instructional Ideas
- For additional information, have class members read Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston's A Farewell to Manzanar
- Use the lesson on December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day, or as part of a study of the attack on Pearl Harbor
Classroom Considerations
- A free account is required to view the film clip
- Plan for additional prep time to set up the six gallery walk stations
- A protocol must be in place to permit a safe, respectful discussion of the internment controversies
Pros
- The plan is richly detailed and includes step-by-step directions
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