Japanese-American Internment -- Constitutional or Unconstitutional
Theodore C. Clark
Introduction
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Objectives
Activities
Assessment 
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Introduction
This is a lesson to get students to understand what the Japanese-American internment was and whether or not it was constitutional or unconstitutional.  This is an issue that is still being argued today by historians and others.    They should also gain more experience in using the internet and the power point program.  Students will gain experience at presenting their findings to their classmates. Students should be able to come to their own conclusions as to the constitutionality of this issue.
Subject:  United States History
Topic: The Internment of Japanese Americans
Grade Level:  11
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Standards Addressed
11.7  Students analyze America's participation in World War II.
      5.  Discuss the constitutional issues and impact of events on the U.S. home front, including the internment of Japanese Americans......
 

Eleventh Grade
U.S. History:  Japanese-Americans Internment
 
 

 


Instructional Objectives
*  Students will learn the difficulty of judging the constitutionality of an issue.
*  Students will learn more about the Japanese-Americans internment.
*  Students will gain experience on using the internet.
*  Students will gain experience using power point. 

Student Activities
Students will take a pre-post quiz, in order to assess their learning.  Since the lesson is only a few days long, the quiz does not need to be extensive.  The pre-quiz will be followed by classroom instruction, to give them some background about the Japanese-Americans internment, including terms and other information necessary for their success.  Students will be grouped in pairs and given a worksheet to complete using the internet, and then they are to create a power point presentation, to be presented to the class, about some aspect of the Japanese-American internment.   This will be their culminating activity.  Once this is done they will then retake the quiz as a post-quiz, to give information as the extent of their learning.      Insert brief summaries of your introductory, enabling, and culminating activities. Insert links to online resources in your text and insert links to activities on your student lesson web site.
 

Introductory Activity
The pre-quiz and the classroom instruction will serve as an introduction to the Japanese-Americans internment.

Enabling Activity(ies)
Students will be paired up and given a worksheet to complete from the internet.  This will help them to gain the information for their next step.
Students will create a powerpoint program designed to show some aspect of the Japanese-Americans internment.  This will be of their own choosing. 
 


 Culminating Activity
Students will present their powerpoint program, to their classmates, as their culminating activity.

Assessment

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Results
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Web Resources & Supplementary Materials

Introductory Activity
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Enabling Activity
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Culminating Activity
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Final Presentation

School NameOroville High School
School Location  1535 Bridge Street, Oroville CA 95966
Your Name and e-mail address  Theodore C. Clark  - chicotheo@aol.com
Last Revised: 5-12-01