Abstract: During World War II, and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a naval base in Oahu, Hawaii, Americans became frightened that the Japanese might also bomb the western coast of the United States. They felt that the Japanese Americans living on the Pacific Coast were a threat. In order to protect the United State from sabotage, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, an order that permitted the military to evacuate and incarcerate 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry, most of whom were U.S. citizens or legal permanent resident aliens. Of those, a majority were children, infants, and young adults not yet of voting age.
This unit will allow students to consider the rights and responsibilities granted by the Constitution, and the conflict that arises when fear and panic are present among the people. Students will research, fill in graphic organizers and select from a variety of literary or visual activities.
Graphic organizers for the unit include the following:
·Graphic Organizer 1 for Collecting Data
·Graphic Organizer 2 for Collecting Data
·Graphic Organizer 3 for Collecting Data
·Introduction to the Japanese Internment
·Task for the Japanese Internment
·“I Dream a World” by Langston Hughes
·“The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus
·Doing It Differently chart
·A Comparison chart
·Question/Answer chart
·Journal Writing Organizer
·Emotions Felt Chart
·Vocabulary to be Learned
·Rubric
·Preamble to the Constitution
·Blank United States map
·Web links
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Like most of you reading this profile, I am a lover of children, a care-giver, and a dedicated teacher. I spent 32 years in the classroom before retiring several years ago. During my tenure as a teacher in the elementary grades, I was on a myriad of writing committees, including those that developed the benchmarks for the district. As a literacy coach, I was able to present at both local and state levels at both the Reading and Math conferences. I co-authored a book, Beyond Book Buddies, by Corwin Press. I have also written for the internet and been a critical reader for both Scott Foresman and Corwin Press. As a teacher I wrote and received many grants at both the state and local level. During these last years, I have been writing units of study for my daughter who teaches in Texas. She has been able to use and adapt them for her Special Ed students of high school age, a task for all teachers using units and lessons of study written by others. The method of teaching should be the decision of the teacher and should meet the needs of the students he/she teaches.
