Curated OER
Dorothea Lange and the Relocation of Japaneses Americans
Students analyze Dorothea Lange's photographs about Japanese American relocation. In this art and history lesson, students analyze a photograph about the relocation of Japanese Americans. Students discuss the impact of governmental...
Curated OER
Lesson #3: Internet Map Activity
Learners label assembly centers and relocation camps on a given map of the United States in order to create a better understanding of the relocation experience of Japanese-American citizens and the distance that families had to move and...
Digital History
Digital History: Explorations: Japanese American Internment
Comprehensive interactive learning module explores Japanese-American Internment during World War II and includes links to primary source documents, photographs, personal accounts, and numerous other outside resources.
US National Archives
Our Documents: Executive Order: Resulting in the Relocation of Japanese
Summarizes the background behind this order that moved people of Japanese ancestry to relocation centers in 1942. Provides a link to an image of the original document and a copy of the text.
Other
University of California: Jarda: Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives
Digital gateway to numerous archives of primary source material on the Japanese American internment during World War II.
Other
The History Teacher: Incarceration of the Japanese Americans
A historical article in which a well known historian argues that given today's current political climate, what happened to the Japanese Americans in World War 2 could happen again.
The Atlantic Monthly Group
In Focus: World War Ii: Intermnent of Japanese Americans
Haunting photographs of Japanese-Americans as they were rounded up and placed in internment camps in the western United States not long after Pearl Harbor. The photographs all have captions which add context to the pictures as well as...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Themepark: Liberty: Japanese American Internment
Find a large collection of internet resources organized around Japanese-American internment. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.
Library of Congress
Loc: Born Free and Equal
Compete digitized copy of Ansel Adam's book about Manzanar.
PBS
Pbs: Children of the Camps: The Documentary
Companion website for PBS documentary that tells the stories of six Japanese Americans who were interned as children during World War II.
Other
Children of the Camps: Internment History
An overview of the history of people of Japanese ancestry who were confined to internment camps during World War II. There is a timeline of events and links to original documents.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to Farewell to Manzanar [Pdf]
Background, chapter-by-chapter summary, post-reading suggestions and a bibliography make this 4 page .pdf a valuable teacher guide.
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.
McGraw Hill
"Picture Bride" by Yoshiko Uchida
This is a brief synopsis of Yoshiko Uchida's "Picture Bride." You can also find links to related books and study guides.