Section: Bonus Unit: Japanese-American Internment | Mr. Zepezauer's 8th Grade Social Studies

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Section outline

- Select activity Compelling Question: Should freedom be sacrificed ...
  
  Compelling Question: Should freedom be sacrificed in the name of national security?
- Select activity The Densho Encyclopedia
  
  The Densho Encyclopedia URL
- Select activity Internment Camps Timeline
  
  Internment Camps Timeline URL
- Select activity Video: George Takei on memories of WW2 as a Japanese-American
  
  Video: George Takei on memories of WW2 as a Japanese-American URL
- Select activity Video: George Takei on why I love a country that once betrayed me
  
  Video: George Takei on why I love a country that once betrayed me URL
- Select activity Video: What Were The Japanese Internment Camps?
  
  Video: What Were The Japanese Internment Camps? URL
- Select activity Video: Lessons Learned: Japanese-American Internment During WWII
  
  Video: Lessons Learned: Japanese-American Internment During WWII URL
- Select activity Article: World War II/Japanese Internment
  
  Article: World War II/Japanese Internment URL
- Select activity Article: Japanese Internment Camps
  
  Article: Japanese Internment Camps URL
- Select activity Supporting Question #1:How were divisions over Jap...
  
  Supporting Question #1:
  How were divisions over Japanese American exclusion & internment reflected in the 1944 SCOTUS case Korematsu v. United States?
- Select activity Video: Korematsu vs United States Explained : US History Review
  
  Video: Korematsu vs United States Explained : US History Review URL
- Select activity Article: Korematsu vs. United States
  
  Article: Korematsu vs. United States URL
- Select activity Article: Famous Dissents
  
  Article: Famous Dissents URL
- Select activity Video: Fred Korematsu Day
  
  Video: Fred Korematsu Day URL
- Select activity Video: Sonia Sotomayor on Korematsu vs. US
  
  Video: Sonia Sotomayor on Korematsu vs. US URL
- Select activity Video: Robert Jackson's Dissent on Korematsu vs United States
  
  Video: Robert Jackson's Dissent on Korematsu vs United States URL
- Select activity Source A: Lippman and DeWitt
  
  Source A: Lippman and DeWitt File
- Select activity Source B: Cartoon and Editorial
  
  Source B: Cartoon and Editorial File
- Select activity Source C; Francis Biddle & J. Edgar Hoover
  
  Source C; Francis Biddle & J. Edgar Hoover File
- Select activity Source D: Dorothea Lange Photographs
  
  Source D: Dorothea Lange Photographs File
- Select activity Source E: Executive Order 9066
  
  Source E: Executive Order 9066 File
- Select activity Source F: Supreme Court Opinions
  
  Source F: Supreme Court Opinions File
- Select activity Source G: Relevant Sections of the Constitution
  
  Source G: Relevant Sections of the Constitution File
- Select activity Supporting Question #2:How did internment disrupt ...
  
  Supporting Question #2:
  How did internment disrupt Japanese Americans’ lives?
- Select activity Video: Life in a Japanese-American Internment Camp
  
  Video: Life in a Japanese-American Internment Camp URL
- Select activity Video: This Was Life for Japanese-Americans During WWII
  
  Video: This Was Life for Japanese-Americans During WWII URL
- Select activity Video: Watch Muslim kids read letters from Japanese internment camp survivors
  
  Video: Watch Muslim kids read letters from Japanese internment camp survivors URL
- Select activity Internment History: Health Impact
  
  Internment History: Health Impact URL
- Select activity 75 Years Later, Japanese Recall
  
  75 Years Later, Japanese Recall URL
- Select activity Source A: Toku Machida Shimomura, diary entries
  
  Source A: Toku Machida Shimomura, diary entries File
- Select activity Source B: Dorothea Lange, photograph of a Japanese American–owned business I Am an American, 1942
  
  Source B: Dorothea Lange, photograph of a Japanese American–owned business I Am an American, 1942 File
- Select activity Source C: Image banks: Three online collections
  
  Source C: Image banks: Three online collections File
- Select activity Supporting Question #3:What were the arguments in ...
  
  Supporting Question #3:
  What were the arguments in favor of and against the 1988 Civil Liberties Act and reparations payments to Japanese Americans?
- Select activity Video: Civil Liberties Act of 1988
  
  Video: Civil Liberties Act of 1988 URL
- Select activity Article: Civil Liberties Act of 1988
  
  Article: Civil Liberties Act of 1988 URL
- Select activity Source A: Congressional Debate
  
  Source A: Congressional Debate File
- Select activity Source B: 1988 Legislation
  
  Source B: 1988 Legislation File
- Select activity Source C; Presidential Apologies
  
  Source C; Presidential Apologies File
- Select activity Video: President Reagan on the Civil Liberties Act, 1988
  
  Video: President Reagan on the Civil Liberties Act, 1988 URL
- Select activity Video: Norm Mineta on witnessing the signing
  
  Video: Norm Mineta on witnessing the signing URL
- Select activity Video: Feelings about Receiving Reparations
  
  Video: Feelings about Receiving Reparations URL
- Select activity Article: Should Reparations be Paid? (scroll down)
  
  Article: Should Reparations be Paid? (scroll down) URL

Section outline

Compelling Question: Should freedom be sacrificed in the name of national security?

Supporting Question #1: How were divisions over Japanese American exclusion & internment reflected in the 1944 SCOTUS case Korematsu v. United States?

Supporting Question #2: How did internment disrupt Japanese Americans’ lives?

Supporting Question #3: What were the arguments in favor of and against the 1988 Civil Liberties Act and reparations payments to Japanese Americans?

Supporting Question #1:
How were divisions over Japanese American exclusion & internment reflected in the 1944 SCOTUS case Korematsu v. United States?

Supporting Question #2:
How did internment disrupt Japanese Americans’ lives?

Supporting Question #3:
What were the arguments in favor of and against the 1988 Civil Liberties Act and reparations payments to Japanese Americans?