Ethnic Studies · Week 8 · Histories and Movements in California
Japanese American Incarceration
Examining Executive Order 9066, the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, and the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, and reflecting on how people endured injustice and how a nation later apologized.
- Students will
- Students explain Executive Order 9066 and the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, weigh the arguments made at the time against later findings, and describe how a nation later apologized.
- SEL skill
- Choose a healthy way to stay steady when learning difficult history
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-management by naming healthy ways to handle stress and strong feelings when studying difficult history.
- Content focus
- Japanese American incarceration
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-management
Self-management means handling your emotions, thoughts, and actions so you can stay focused and reach your goals. More self-management activities
What you get
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Standards
- ESMC.History and Movement: California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum theme, History and Movement
- ESMC.Systems of Power: California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum theme, Systems of Power
- CA HSS Analysis Skill: HI3 Interpret past events in the context in which they unfolded rather than solely by present day norms and values. (Historical Interpretation)
- C3 Framework (national): D2.His.14.9-12 Analyze multiple and complex causes and effects of events in the past.
- Literacy in history: RH.9-10.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
More self-management activities for Ethnic Studies
- Many Ways to Belong Self-managementExamining how people hold several identities at once and practicing calm responses when someone makes an assumption about who you are.
- Students Who Changed What Colleges Teach Self-managementTracing how student activists at San Francisco State in 1968 and 1969 pushed for the first College of Ethnic Studies and how its supporters and critics debated it.
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