Historian in Residence
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Japanese Internment
Ms. Turnbull's Unit on The Internment of Japanese and Japanese Americans during World War II can be as long or as short as you need it to be. But, we recommend the full day tens.

Activity

Review/Assessment

Day 1
Japanese Immigration to Seattle

Choose Role in Family

Family Portrait/Tableau
Day 2
Japanese Settlement in Seattle		 Events with Sound and Movement (Japanese Folkdance - Tanko Bushi)

Journal Entry: My Family
Day 3
Pearl Harbor		 Re-enact Pearl Harbor Attack

Journal Entry: Fear and Confusion
Day 4
Relocation Order		 Group Process: What to Pack?

Role play: Leaving for Camps
Day 5
Arrival at Camp		 Simulate Living Quarters

Journal Entry: Life at Camp, First Impressions
Day 6
Creating a Home
 All in the Family: solving a question of Loyalty dilemmas as a group Journal Entry: Sensory Poem
Day 7
Starting Over: Release
 Sign up for Presentations

Journal Entry: Adjusting to Outside Life
Day 8
Reflection and Catch Up

Japanese Inspired Art for Cover of journals

Extra entries, portraits, etc. to add to journals
Day 9
Reader's Theatre		 Practice Sharing Stories Family Portraits for Introduction
Day 10
Presentation		 Presentation and Tea Party
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Historian in Residence © 2010 Mary Anne Christy