Text Set: Japanese American Internment in the U.S.A. GLE Range: 6–8.9, Adaptable for 9–12 Created by Ann-Marie Hallagan, 2018
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Text Set: Japanese American Internment in the U.S.A. GLE range: 6–8.9, adaptable for 9–12 Created by Ann-Marie Hallagan, 2018 Contents: 1. Resource Set & Sequence 2. Glossary 3. Student Accountability: Models of Rolling Knowledge Journal & Rolling Vocabulary 4. Blank templates for Rolling Knowledge Journal & Rolling Vocabulary Resource Set & Sequence Resource Rationale for including it Where to find it (1) video This short clip from the movie Pearl Harbor Military.com: Pearl Harbor provides a strong visual depiction of the http://www.military.com/ attack scene Japanese surprise attack and devastation of video/off- (Touchstone the Pearl Harbor naval base. duty/movies/pearl- Pictures, 2001) harbor-movie-attack- scene-1/1314914661001 (2) This concise informational text details the K12 Reader: The Attack-On- surprise attack on Pearl Harbor which http://www.k12reader.co Pearl-Harbor propelled the U.S. into World War II. m/worksheet/the- attack-on-pearl- harbor/view/ (3) This text provides an explanation of NewsELA: Japanese Executive Order 9066 requiring that https://newsela.com/rea American Japanese Americans living along the West d/govt-japanese- Relocation in Coast be relocated to internment camps. relocation-world- the U.S. during Note: You must have a NewsELA account (free) to war/id/26364/ WWII access the article (4) video This government issued newsreel was YouTube: The Japanese created in 1942 to justify the relocation and https://www.youtube.co Relocation of Japanese Americans. m/watch?v=esVege1S0 government In response, students could discuss bias and OE newsreel how relocation, described as a positive (start around experience, actually deprived American 3:30) citizens of their civil rights. ELA C&I PD Center / https://www.sabes.org Japanese American Internment Text Set Resource Rationale for including it Where to find it (5) This article describes what life was like at the NewsELA: Life at the Manzanar internment camp. Students will https://newsela.com/rea Manzanar gain a better understanding of how d/govt-manzanar- Camp challenging it was for Japanese Americans japanese/id/26695/ to live behind barbed wire in an isolated area with few amenities. Note: You must have a NewsELA account (free) to access the article (6) This historical fiction narrative is about a Glencoe: The Bracelet, young girl and her family being forced from http://www.glencoe.com by Yoshiko their home in California to an internment /sec/languagearts/ose/li Uchida camp. Although this text is geared toward a terature/course1/docs/g younger audience, students of all ages can 6u07.pdf , pg. 820–829 relate to the themes of discrimination, segregation, and harsh living circumstances. (7) video Actor and activist George Takei gives an TED Talks: Ted Talk: inspirational and riveting presentation about https://www.ted.com/tal George Takei: being raised in an internment camp. ks/george_takei_why_i_l Why I Love A Students will immediatley be drawn in to ove_a_country_that_once Country That Takei’s eloquent account of his internment _betrayed_me Once Betrayed experience. Me Option: Read along in the transcript while watching the video (8) This article provides information about the NPR: From Wrong U.S. effort to apologize and make https://www.npr.org/sec To Right: A reparations for the incarceration of Japanese tions/codeswitch/2013/0 U.S. Apology Americans during WWII. 8/09/210138278/japanes for Japanese e-internment-redress Internment For more information on text sets, please see “About Text Sets” at www.sabes.org. ELA C&I PD Center / https://www.sabes.org Japanese American Internment Text Set Glossary for Text Set: Japanese Internment These are not necessarily the most important words, just the ones that might block comprehension. Resources 1 & 2: The Attack on Pearl Harbor Word Student-Friendly Definition alliance An agreement between two or more countries to cooperate together for a specific purpose. allies Nations who work together and support each other. Battleship Row The grouping of eight U.S. battleships at the port of Pearl Harbor, Hawai’i. torpedo A bomb that is shaped like a tube and fired underwater. Resource 3: Japanese American Relocation in the U.S. during WWII Word Student-Friendly Definition desolate A place that is deserted, dreary and lifeless. Executive Order A rule or regulation issued by the president of the United States that has the full force of law. internment Putting a person in a prison especially for political or military reasons. remote Far away from other people, houses, cities, etc. to spy To secretly collect and report information on the activities of another country. Resource 4: The Japanese Relocation government newsreel Word Student-Friendly Definition aliens Non-citizens contingent A group of people united by something in common dilligently With care and attention to doing something correctly epidemics Widespread occurrences of an infectious disease at a certain place and time ELA C&I PD Center / https://www.sabes.org Japanese American Internment Text Set espionage Spying evacuation Forced removal or clearing out evacuees The people who are being removed in an evacuation federal To do with the national government; the highest level of government in this country impounded Legally confiscated and held migration Movement of a large group from one place to another prologue The part that comes before – an introduction rationale The reasons for something; a justification sabotage Damage done on purpose and in secret Resource 5: Life at the Manzanar Camp Word Student-Friendly Definition alien A person who was born in a different country and is not a citizen of the country in which he or she now lives. barrack A building typically used for housing soldiers. discrimination The unfair treatment of people of a different race, gender or religion. sabotage To destroy or damage something on purpose. to be drafted When the government selects a person for mandatory military service. Resource 6: The Bracelet Word Student-Friendly Definition alien A person who is not a citizen in the country in which he lives. bayonet A long knife that is attached to the end of a rifle. forsaken Abandoned; not used to intern To keep a person in a certain location, usually a type of prison. to wilt To become weak or tired especially because of hot weather. ELA C&I PD Center / https://www.sabes.org Japanese American Internment Text Set Resource 7: Ted Talk: George Takei: Why I Love A Country That Once Betrayed Me Word Student-Friendly Definition abrogated Abolished, ended, done away with; a “casualty of …” bayonets A spear that fits on the end of a rifle or similar firearm casualty Death from a specific cause civics The study of citizenship and government desolate Isolated, bleak, far away from everything else due process Rights guaranteed by law for fair treatment through the judicial system fallible Capable of making mistakes hysteria Exaggerated emotion or excitement of a group of people; can lead people to stop thinking and act only on the group’s feelings ideals Standards to be aspired to legacy Heritage, inheritance prejudice Pre-judgement proportionally In a way that corresponds in amount to something else summarily Quickly, without time to prepare Resource 8: From Wrong To Right: A U.S. Apology for Japanese Internment Word Student-Friendly Definition civil rights / civil The rights to receive equal treatment and be free from liberties discrimination in housing, education, employment, etc. incarcerated Imprisoned. juxtaposition Positioning one thing near another to compare them. liquidate To sell a business, property, etc. redress To correct something that is unfair or wrong. to compensate To give money as a payment for loss, suffering, or injury. ELA C&I PD Center / https://www.sabes.org Japanese American Internment Text Set Student Accountability: Learning Worth Remembering ONE of the following activities should be completed and updated after reading each resource in the set: Rolling Knowledge OR Rolling Vocabulary. The purpose of these activities is to capture knowledge that builds from one resource to the next, and to provide a holistic snapshot of central ideas of the content covered in the text set. Both activities are shown here, with sample answers; as the teacher who will use this, choose one option for students to complete. In an effective Rolling Knowledge journal: • Knowledge collected demonstrates new knowledge about the text • Knowledge is not randomly selected – it makes sense and shows developing thoughts about the topic • Connections to previous readings are logical and not haphazard • Knowledge is paraphrased, not copied from the text In an effective Rolling Vocabulary journal: • Words selected exemplify the gist and big ideas of the text • Definitions adhere to the word’s meaning in context (not just looking it up in the dictionary) • Sentences are about the reading topic, not random ELA C&I PD Center / https://www.sabes.org Japanese American Internment Text Set Rolling Knowledge Journal for Japanese Internment—Model 1. Read or view each selection in the set, one at a time. 2. After you read each resource, stop and think what the big learning was. What did you learn that was new and important about the topic from this resource? Write, draw, or list what you learned from the text about the topic. 3. Write how this new resource added to what you learned from the previous resource(s). Title New/important learning about the How does this resource add to topic what I learned already? (1) video & This video and reading passage I had heard of Pearl Harbor, but (2) text introduces Japan’s attack on the U.S. never imagined what really The Attack naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawai’I, on happened when it was attacked in On Pearl December 7, 1941. World War Two. Harbor At that time, Japan was on a quest to dominate the South Pacific.