Mrs. Navejar

Tuesday, June 1st

Godot Paper Review structure

Farewell to Manzanar Review PowerPoint Discuss chapters 1-5 Impressions Overall objective

Learn about Japanese internment Primary vs. secondary sources

Wednesday, June 2

Review reading guide Reading Group

Chapters 6, 7, 8 Handout

Guantanamo Information Reflection

Look for examples in the book where there were abuses of the Geneva Conventions of 1929 and examples where the American Government followed the Conventions.

What do you think?

Guantanamo Information/Japanese Internment Geneva Conventions Handout 1949

Geneva convention of 1929 International Red Cross

Did the US Government break the 1929 Geneva Convention?

NYTimes Stats Government Site Human Rights Watch Video on Guantanamo Bay

Did the United States break the Geneva Convention?

Thursday, June 3rd Read up to Act II

Review Review World War II

Attack on Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor US Gov Propaganda Film

Review the interrogation techniques of the American Military Japanese internment Current Military practice

Guantanamo Bay Geneva Conventions Reflection

Look for examples in the book where there were abuses of the Geneva Convention1s of 1929 and examples where the American Government followed the Conventions.

What do you think?

Friday, June 4th Reflection

Look for examples in the book where there were abuses of the Geneva Conventions of 1929 and examples where the American Government followed the Conventions.

What do you think? Read the “Incarcerating the Japanese American” article Anti-Japanese Cartoons

Rising sun Popeye vs the Japanese What affect do the anti-Japanese cartoons have on the American psyche? Children? What do you think about the use of cartoons as a medium to deliver this message? What affect do you think this had on Japanese-American children?

Research Articles Military thought, action, attitudes before Pearl Harbor

The class will be divided into two groups- each group will receive an article Review together- be prepared to discuss

Homework Read three chapters of the book Finish reading research articles

FBI Agents Allege Abuse of Detainees at Guantanamo Bay By Dan Eggen and R. Jeffrey Smith

Washington Post Staff WritersTuesday, December 21, 2004; Page A01

Detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were shackled to the floor in fetal positions for more than 24 hours at a time, left without food and water, and allowed to defecate on themselves, an FBI agent who said he witnessed such abuse reported in a memo to supervisors, according to documents released yesterday.In memos over a two-year period that ended in August, FBI agents and officials also said that they witnessed the use of growling dogs at Guantanamo Bay to intimidate detainees -- contrary to previous statements by senior Defense Department officials -- and that one detainee was wrapped in an Israeli flag and bombarded with loud music in an apparent attempt to soften his resistance to interrogation.In addition, several agents contended that military interrogators impersonated FBI agents, suggesting that the ruse was aimed in part at avoiding blame for any subsequent public allegations of abuse, according to memos between FBI officials.

Japanese Internment

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/99/fear/gallery.html

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/internment/

Pearl Harbor’s Impact on the Japanese

Anti-Japanese sentiments have existed in the United States for several decades prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

On December 7, 1941, the United States naval base Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan, resulting in the U.S. entry into WWII.

During that time, more than 119,000 people of Japanese ancestry, two-thirds of them American citizens, were living in California, Washington, and Oregon.

(www.usatoday.com/.../contenttemplate14.htm)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order No. 9066 in February of 1942.

Executive Order No. 9066 empowered the U.S. Army to designate areas from which "any or all persons may be excluded."

The attack of Pearl Harbor shocked the American public, resulting in widespread hysteria and paranoia.

Those of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast were to be relocated.

Internment refers to the forced imprisonment and relocation of a group of people.

Internment Fear of disloyalty on the part of any

Issei or Nisei was common among many Americans.

Issei: those born in Japan, regarded by the U.S. government as ineligible for U.S. citizenship.

Nisei: those born to Japan parents, thus U.S. citizens.

1/3 of the population of Hawaii was comprised of those of Japanese descent, thus many of them were not interned, however the islands were placed under martial law.

Video Clip“Days of Waiting” 1:30 minQuestions to consider: Describe life in a relocation camp.

How is that life different from your own?

Describe the differing points of view held by the elderly and the young.

http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/images/photodb/23-0307a.gifHousing in a Japanese Relocation camp 

http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/images/photodb/23-0306a.gifJapanese near trains during Relocation 

Internment Japanese assets were frozen after

the attack on Pearl Harbor, making it difficult for many Japanese Americans to move from the West Coast.

March 2, 1942Gen. John L. DeWitt issues Public Proclamation No. 1 which creates Military Areas Nos. 1 and 2. Military Area No. 1 includes the western portion of California, Oregon and Washington, and part of Arizona. Military Area No. 2 includes the rest of these states. The proclamation also hints that people might be excluded from Military Area No. 1.(http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/timeline.html)

http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/japan/map4.jpg

Japanese Internment Camp Locations

March 18, 1942The president signs Executive Order 9102 establishing the War Relocation Authority (WRA) with Milton Eisenhower as director. It is allocated $5.5 million.(http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/timeline.html)

March 21, 1942The first advance groups of Japanese American "volunteers" arrive at Manzanar, CA. The WRA would take over on June 1 and transform it into a "relocation center."(http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/timeline.html)

March 24, 1942The first Civilian Exclusion Order issued by the Army is issued for the Bainbridge Island area near Seattle. The forty-five families there are given one week to prepare. By the end of October, 108 exclusion orders would be issued, and all Japanese Americans in Military Area No. 1 and the California portion of No. 2 would be incarcerated.(http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/timeline.html)

(www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/od9066ph.html)

War Relocation Authority(WRA) Centers

Life in Internment Camps

"In the detention centers, families lived in substandard housing, had inadequate nutrition and health care, and had their livelihoods destroyed: many continued to suffer psychologically long after their release" - "Personal Justice Denied: Report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians"

(http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/index.html)

(www.trumanlibrary.org/.../20-2311a.htm)

"In desert camps, the evacuees met severe extremes of temperature. In winter it reached 35 degrees below zero, and summer brought temperatures as high as 115 degrees. Rattlesnakes and desert wildlife added danger to discomfort."- Personal Justice Denied: Report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.(http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/camps.html)

(http://www.nps.gov/manz/hrs/hrst.htm)

Life in Manzanar

Photos taken by Ansel Adams (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage)

In 1988, Congress implemented the Civil Liberties Act, apologizing on behalf of the nation for the "grave injustice" done to persons of Japanese ancestry. Congress declared that the internments had been "motivated largely by racial prejudice, wartime hysteria, and a failure of political leadership" and authorized $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who had suffered injustices during World War II.

(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aamhtml/aamabout.html)

Ansel Adam’s Manzanar

A photoessay documenting a Japanese-American Internment

camp during WWII

Legal note: Mr. Adams placed no restrictions on the use of his Manzanar photos.

Tom Kobayashi, who was arrested for curfew violation in Washington State and took his case to the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court upheld his conviction. In 1998, however, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for standing up for his rights and the rights of all Japanese Americans.

Private Margaret Fukuoka, Women’s Army Corps

In a strange twist of fate, Nisei were held in camps, but allowed to serve their country in the armed forces.

At some camps, reading material was hard to find. Also, children often disregarded their parents, whose authority was worn down by having government people telling everyone what to do all the time.

The quality of schooling depended on the camp. At some, students had nearlythe same kind they would have had at home. But for others, school was a haphazardaffair, ill attended by both students and teachers with few materials available to both.

Once settled in, the government allowed the camps to be administered by the Internees. Many worked to help provide food and services to their camps. Still, Soldiers were always present and, in the first year, the internees were not allowedTo leave for any reason.

Whenever possible, internees could practice the same trades they would have if they had been free. This practice helped camp life run more smoothly and provided much needed services to all the internees. The internees were not paid nearly what they would have been outside the camp.

Although Buddhist priests were taken prisoner before the mass internment, peoplein the camps were allowed to worship as they pleased. Some of those taken prisoner were allowed to join their families at internment camps later on.

Internees attend services at a Catholic church on Manzanar.

As much as possible, internees were encouraged to make life “normal”. Here, Internees are singing in a choir.

If you woke up one winter morning in Manzanar, here is what you might see. Youwould probably be living with your family in one of the buildings shown here.

As seen in this photo, sporting events drew big crowds at Manzanar.

Girls play volleyball at Manzanar. Notice their curly hair. Most had tohave permanents in order to look more “American” and less “Japanese.”Besides, very long, straight hair was NOT the style in the 1940’s.

Sewing was a popular activity at Manzanar.

The internees ran their own stores in the camps. Here, a mother is buying toys for her children.

A mother and her two daughters pose outside of a camp barrack. Usually, the barracks were divided so that each family had its own room or set of rooms. The family areas were crowded and families often had to separate to make space.Older boys went to the bachelor barracks, for example.

Non Fiction/ Autobiography

Farewell to Manzanar

by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

Farewell to Manzanar is the true story of a Japanese-American family's confinement in an internment camp during World War II. Jeanne Wakatsuki- Houston was 7 years old when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and created the hysteria that forced 110,000 Japanese Americans from their homes. She remembers the stress of camp life—the stripping away of dignity and privacy, the withering of parental authority, and the divisive pressure to sign loyalty oaths. She also recalls what she took away from Manzanar after it closed—an odd sense of shame and a fierce determination to be accepted as American.

Objectives – Summarize in your note bookAcademic StandardContent StandardPerformance StandardI’m learning: ________I will know I learned because I can: ___I want to know: _____I want to know more about: _____

Learning Strategies

When I don’t understand something I should: ________

I don’t understand the terms or language used in class. I should: ____

I feel like I’m falling behind. I should: ___I’m distracted. I should: _____I’m bored. I should: ___I’m sleepy. I should: _____

Community of Learners

We respect each other because… It’s not fun being laughed at. It’s not fun being ignored when I’m/you’re talking. We’re here to learn, grow, and interact with our peers. It’s not

fun sitting in class for over an hour when someone is acting foolish.

Non-negotiables No sleeping or resting your head No moving around the class without permission Don’t arrive late. Other people might hang out in the hallways,

but you can and will not. Don’t stand by the door waiting for the bell to ring. No swearing.

Today’s Lesson and Strategy

Model

Guided Practice

Assessment

Independent Practice

Differentiated Instruction for grade, skill and language differences

Reflect on what you learned

Review the learning objective. Did you meet the objective? Yes or no. If yes, how do you know you met the objective? If no, how do you know you did not meet the

objective? What do you want to learn more about this

subject? What can Mrs. Navejar do to make this lesson

more interesting?