![Japanese Incarceration Monument](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_hero_article_460_361_1x/public/2023-11/JapaneseIncarcerationMonument1.jpg?h=91ceaae5&itok=4xhklK63)
Monuments to Japanese American Incarceration
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One 50-min class periodSubject
- Civics & Citizenship
- History
- Social Studies
Grade
6–12Language
English — USPublished
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In this lesson, students will work with partners to explore different monuments to Japanese American incarceration during World War II, or what has historically been referred to as “internment.” Students will consider the monuments’ design, emotional impact, and purpose. They will also draw connections to George Takei’s young adult memoir They Called Us Enemy.
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