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On This Day: Executive Order 9066 and Japanese-American Internment

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Forced to leave, branded a security risk, held at gunpoint. It's hard to imagine this happened in the US. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, thousands of Japanese-Americans on the West Coast were forced in internment camps. Using video clips, class members explore this tragic history through personal narratives and a student-produced video about the constitutional questions surrounding the camps.

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Concepts

internment camps, japanese-american internment, the executive branch, world war ii, civil rights, japanese-american history, japanese-americans, propaganda, historians, american history

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

Analyze the propaganda techniques in the film and discuss why they did or did not work
Use video resources to discuss the importance of oral history

Classroom Considerations

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Pros

Footage editing allows for easy adaptation and further instruction
Videos include vintage footage and images that are engrossing for students

Cons

None

Common Core

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