Japanese Internment

Historic Events

High Int
Teens & Adults

In this lesson, students read about a historic period in US, Canadian, and Japanese history during World War II. They learn and practice new vocabulary and discuss whether or not something like this could happen today.

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Focus

topic-based
4-skills
history
social justice
Japan
Canada
US
World War II
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

colony
generation
discrimination
loyal
spy
interior
abandon
temporary
internment
barbed-wire
resettlement
compensation
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane