Japanese Internment Camps
Students will discover what it was like to live in internment camps through reading personal accounts of those who lived during that time.
Lesson Created By: Raney Stogner
Essential Question
What were the effects of discrimination on Japanese Americans as a result of American Internment Camps?
Grade(s):
- 5
- 7
Subject(s):
Recommended Technology:
Chromebook
Other Instructional Materials or Notes:
Read aloud: The Bracelet
Textbook: page about Japanese internment camps
Video: Japanese Internment Camps
Hyperdoc: Their Stories
Lesson Progression
1. Read the story, "The Bracelet" as an introductory hook. Have students make inferences about how the characters feel and why they responded in certain ways to certain situations.
2. Read in your textbook about internment camps and why America felt we should have them after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
3. Watch Youtube video (lesson resources)
4. Use "Their Stories" hyperdoc to have students discover personal accounts of multiple Japanese that lived in that time period.
Their Stories - Hyperdoc
View ResourceYoutube Video
View ResourceStandards
- 5-4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of American economic challenges in the 1920s and 1930s and world conflict in the 1940s.
- USHC-7 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the impact of World War II on the United States and the nation’s subsequent role in the world.