New York US History Workshop: Japanese American Incarceration During WWII
About this event:
Single Session
Our single professional learning sessions are designed to easily fit into your day. Typically one hour or less, these sessions explore timely and relevant topics including teaching strategies, current events, and more.
Instructor-Led
This professional learning event will be led by Facing History staff. When you register, you will receive instructions for how to attend the event.
This event qualifies for CTLE (New York).
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In this workshop, you will:
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Explore the use of primary source documents through a C3-style inquiry to learn about the history of Japanese American incarceration during WWII.
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Get access to a range of US history resources and units aligned to the C3 inquiry format. Preview Facing History’s US History Curriculum Collection.
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Become part of the Facing History educator network, with access to a rich slate of educator resources, including downloadable unit and lesson plans, study guides, and multimedia resources.
Join this one-day workshop for New York-area educators to discover tools and strategies to engage your students’ hearts, minds, and consciences in a C3-style inquiry focused on Japanese American incarceration during WWII. You’ll come away from this workshop prepared to implement Japanese American Incarceration in WWII: A US History Inquiry. By analyzing the conditions that led to the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans, your students will gain from this inquiry a historical understanding of a period of prejudice and persecution, not just toward Japanese Americans but toward all people of Asian descent in the United States.
Recommended for social studies and humanities middle and high school teachers.
This event will be hosted in-person at New York Historical.
Address: 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024
Certificate of Completion
New York educators will be eligible for up to 6 CTLE hours after completion of this event.
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