Japanese Internment

Japanese Internment Google Slides

Japanese Interment Lesson (with all documents + worksheet)

Document A: Government Newsreel

Document B-E

Document B: Munson Report

Document C: "Americans in Concentration Camps" The Crisis, September 1942

Document D: Korematsu v. United States, December 18, 1944

Document E: The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, Personal Justice Denied, February 24, 1983

Round 1

1. Watch Document A: Government Newsreel and fill out:

Hypothesis 1: Why were Japanese Americans interned during World War II?

Round 2

1. Read Document B: Munson Report & Document C: "Americans in Concentration Camps" The Crisis, September 1942 and fill out:

Hypothesis 2: Why were Japanese Americans interned during World War II?

Round 3

1. Read Document D: Korematsu v. United States, December 18, 1944 & Document E: The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, Personal Justice Denied, February 24, 1983 and fill out:

Final Hypothesis: Why were Japanese Americans interned during World War II?