Utah Education Network
Uen: Japanese Internment
Learn how various environmental and cultural changes impacted the treatment of Japanese Americans in Utah.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Prisoners at Home: Everyday Life in Japanese Internment Camps
This exhibition tells stories of everyday lives in Japanese Internment camps during World War II.
History Link
Bertha Pitts Campbell: An Oral History
From the Washington State Oral History Project comes this captivating interview with Bertha Pitts Campbell, an African American woman and early Seattle civil rights worker. Campbell talks about the discrimination and segregation she...
History Link
History Link: Korean Americans in King County
Fascinating history of Korean Americans in the Seattle/King County area. Includes the basics of Korean history and some short biographies of prominent Korean Americans.
History Link
History Link: Travel Through Time and Culture
An interesting site with a K-6 Social Studies and Technology Curriculum based on field trips and site visits around the Seattle/Tacoma area.
Library of Congress
Loc: Japanese American Internment
What was the World War II experience like for the thousands of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast? The activities in this instructional activity are designed to provide a window into the war years. Using primary sources,...
Library of Congress
Loc: Born Free and Equal
Compete digitized copy of Ansel Adam's book about Manzanar.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: A Biography of America: World War Ii 1941 1945
Interactive feature deals with the morality of total war, and its effects on those who fought, died, and survived it, focusing on Japanese Americans living on the West Coast. Was the wartime internment of Japanese Americans appropriate?...
The History Cat
The History Cat: Japanese Internment
Discover why in 1942 the Japanese Americans living in California were moved away from the coast and its vital military installations and put into relocation camps.
Other
Fred T. Korematsu Institute: Korematsu v United States
Here's a biography of civil rights activist, Fred Korematsu, who protested his arrest and conviction in 1942 for his refusal to report to an internment camp for Japanese Americans. Find about his lifelong fight to clear his name and for...
PBS
Pbs: Independent Lens: Conscience and the Constitution
Would you accept being drafted into military service if your family was being held in an internment camp? That was the question on many a Japanese American's mind during World War 2. Explore the stories of those who resisted service and...
History Link
History Link: World War Ii Home Front of Puget Sound
Fascinating article recounts the vast contributions of the Puget Sound area to the war effort of World War II. Though this area was small and relatively underdeveloped, the natural resources and established businesses allowed many...
iCivics
I Civics: Korematsu v. United States (1944)
This mini-lesson covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that determined the government acted constitutionally when it detained people of Japanese ancestry inside internment camps during World War II. Students learn what...
History Link
Japanese Americans in Seattle
Abridged history of the Japanese American population in the Seattle area.
Other
Discover Nikkei: Japanese Migration to the United States
A brief overview of the history of Japanese migration to the United States, from 1885 to the present, that also describes the reactions of Americans to Japanese immigrants. Details are presented on the issue of racism and how it led to...
EL Education
El Education: Honor for All: Japanese American Experience
These booklets (sample provided) were created by 7th grade students at the Harmon Middle School, in Aurora, Ohio as part of a case study of Japanese internment within a broader study of World War II. Students, singly or in pairs,...
PBS
Pacific Link: Immigration From Japan
An article about Japanese migration to the United States, from the 1880s through World War II, including reference to Japanese picture brides and Angel Island.