Resources
JACL Curriculum Guides & Resources
The Japanese American Experience: A Lesson in American History: JACL’s acclaimed curriculum guide containing a summary of the history of Japanese Americans, a chronology of important dates, a resource listing of books, videos and websites, learning activities for the classroom and an appendix with photos and copies of primary documents from the incarceration era.
The Journey from Gold Mountain: The Asian American Experience: JACL’s curriculum guide that covers the struggles and contributions of Asian Americans. This comprehensive guide contains a history of Asian American history beginning with the immigration of the Chinese in the mid-1800s, including the Japanese American incarceration during WWII through the 2000s. The guide contains information and learning activities suitable for creating classroom units on Asian American history.
Power of Words: Booklet explaining euphemisms surrounding the Japanese American incarceration.
An Unnoticed Struggle: A Concise History of Asian American Civil Rights Issues.
The Japanese American Incarceration: The Journey to Redress: By William Yoshino and John Tateishi, (Excerpted from an article in Human Rights from the Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, American Bar Association, Spring 2000)
Primary Documents
Outside Resources
Anti-Defamation League: 20th Anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988
A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans & the U.S. Constitution
Smithsonian Education: Letters from the Japanese American InternmentJapanese American National Museum
What It Means To Be An American: Lesson Plans on Race and the Media In Times of Crisis