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Japanese Americans and WW II
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Visual ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students learn about the experiences of Japanese Americans who were relocated from their homes to detai...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Giving Voice to History
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Theatre, History-Social Science and 3 additional..In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students come to understand a somber period in American history. During World War II the U.S. governmen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0"Fly Girls": Women Aviators in World War II -Thinkfinity Collection
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson from EDSITEment, students explore the contributions of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) during World War...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0A More Perfect Union: Japanese-Americans and the U.S. Constitution - Overview
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: U.S. Constitution, United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis printable version of "A More Perfect Union," an online exhibition from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Histor...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Japanese-Americans and the U.S. Constitution: Topic 1 - Immigration
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: U.S. Constitution, United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyIn this section of "A More Perfect Union," an online exhibition from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, stud...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Japanese-Americans and the U.S. Constitution: Topic 3 - Internment
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: U.S. Constitution, United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyIn this section of "A More Perfect Union," an online exhibition from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, stud...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Japanese-Americans and the U.S. Constitution: Topic 4 - Loyalty
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: U.S. Constitution, United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyIn this section of "A More Perfect Union," an online exhibition from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, stud...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Becoming Aware of the Japanese American Internment Camp Experience
Grades: 2 to 6Subjects: U.S. Constitution, United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyWhat would it have felt like to be forced to move into an internment camp during World War II? This lesson, from the Smithsonia...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Japanese American Exclusion Orders During World War II
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: U.S. Constitution, United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyWhen Japanese Americans were ordered to move to internment camps during World War II, they were forced to sell most of their pos...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Immigration and Migration, United States, Principles of Democracy, California, World War IIIn 1943, Ansel Adams (1902-1984), America's most well-known photographer, documented the Manzanar War Relocation Center in Calif...Contributor: Library of CongressViews: 0Favorites: 0Ancestors in the Americas
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Immigration and Migration, United States History, History-Social ScienceAncestors in the Americas is a companion website for the PBS series by the same name and explores the history and stories of Asi...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0The War Relocation Camps of World War II: When Fear Was Stronger than Justice
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: The Civil Rights Movement, United States History, History-Social Science, World War II, World HistoryThe War Relocation Camps of World War II: When Fear Was Stronger than Justice examines the causes and effects of President Frank...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceA More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution tells the story that began during World War II, when nearly 1...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0American Memory: The Learning Page Lesson Plans - Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Sociology, Psychology, History-Social Science, American Democracy, ElectivesWhat was the World War II experience like for the thousands of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast? The activities in th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0National Woman's Party and the Enfranchisement of Black Women, 1919-1924
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis resource, from the Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender at the State University of New York at Binghamton, f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis activity, from History Matters, The U.S. Survey Course on the Web, project, is designed to deepen the understanding of the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0American Memory: The Learning Page Features - Women Pioneers
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Music, Types of Media, American Democracy, History & Culture and 3 additional..This Feature Presentation explores the stories of women who have forged ahead to make a better life for themselves, their fami...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Posters from the WPA: World War II
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, United States History, History-Social Science, American Democracy, Visual ArtsThis page is part of a Library of Congress site featuring a collection of WPA posters created during the New Deal era. The poste...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Documents and Photographs Related to Japanese Relocation During World War II
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, American Democracy, Writing StrategiesThis lesson relates to the First , Fourth , and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. The Fourth Amendment upholds the right of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Documents and Photographs Related to Japanese Relocation During World War II
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis lesson, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, relates to the First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments to...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0