PPT-Watch and Wonder: Revisiting Japanese-American Internment

Video Clip httpbitly2u9Od9W Compelling Question What was it like to be a GermanAmerican in Ohio during WWI Activity Providing Deeper Context with Newspaper Analysis Instructions. 1. ) Just . 10 weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the War Department to designate “military areas” as “exclusion zones” where citizens could be forcibly removed. It was carefully worded and made no specific reference to Japanese-Americans, but the intention of the order became clear when military officials were announced that all Japanese-Americans on the West Coast would be relocated to internment camps for the duration of the war. . Hajdasz. . JFK Middle School. . Utica City School District. . Khajdasz@uticaschools.org. Japanese-American Internment. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, many Americans questioned the loyalty of Japanese Americans, fearing they may act as spies or help Japan invade the U.S.. In your opinion, was the internment of Japanese-Americans justified? Why or why not?. Did President Roosevelt break the law? Explain.. Do you feel that the Japanese-Americans were victims of Racism?. World War II. From Isolation to War. - Congress further prevented international involvement by passing a series of . Neutrality Acts. . - The 1st Neutrality Act prevented the US from providing weapons to nations at war.. S. Todd. CHC 2DI. Treatment of Japanese Canadians. Prejudice. -an . anfavourable. attitude formed without fairly examining the facts. Discrimination. -an unfair difference in the treatment of people. America’s Humiliation: Japanese Internment Camps. Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration (May 3, 1942). Freedom. Responsibility, and Justice. Page 181-182. Civilian Exclusion Order No. 5. 3.24.17. Timeline. Review the major events of Japanese-American internment & . talk with . your row. :. What do you know about Japanese-American internment?. What surprises you about the timeline?. Background. In the hours immediately following December 7, 1941, President Roosevelt signed Presidential Proclamations 2525, 2526, and 2527 under the authority of the Alien Enemies Act. . http://www.internmentarchives.com/specialreports/smithsonian/smithsonian10.php. US History II. Breen & Gatens. Warm Up. You will be answering the question, “. Why were . Japanese Americans . interned during World War II. ?”. What does internment mean? -. the . state of being confined as a prisoner, especially for political or military . Japanese-Americans . during WWII. FDR orders the relocation of people of Japanese descent from the west coast to temporary camps in the interior of the country for national security. .. Over 120,000 people were imprisoned . Are racial stereotypes essential for our protection, or an example of our ignorance? . Japanese American Internment. Background Details. Executive Order 9066. Issued by FDR in February 1942. Relocated nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans – 62% of whom were American citizens. Americans in. WWII. Primary Source Analysis. in·tern·ment.  . n. .. . 1. . The act of interning or confining, especially in wartime.. 2. . The state of being interned; confinement. Public notices were posted announcing that all Japanese Americans – even those with as little as 1/16th Japanese blood – had 48 hours to sell their property and possessions and gather at assembly points. . Americans in. WWII. Primary Source Analysis. in·tern·ment.  . n. .. . 1. . The act of interning or confining, especially in wartime.. 2. . The state of being interned; confinement. Public notices were posted announcing that all Japanese Americans – even those with as little as 1/16th Japanese blood – had 48 hours to sell their property and possessions and gather at assembly points. . Do Now – Review Answer on ½ sheet of paper 1. In what ways did World War I influence the American policy of isolationism during the 1930s? 2. Explain the purpose of the Neutrality Acts. From Isolation to wartime