Uprooted from their home, Seven-year-old Jeanne Wakatsuki and her family were sent to live at Manzanar internment camp with ten thousand other Japanese Americans in 1942.
Topic
- Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance Apply Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance filter
- Civil Rights Movement Apply Civil Rights Movement filter
- Democracy & Civic Engagement Apply Democracy & Civic Engagement filter
- Genocide & Mass Violence Apply Genocide & Mass Violence filter
- Global Immigration Apply Global Immigration filter
- Holocaust Apply Holocaust filter
- Remove Justice & Human Rights filter Justice & Human Rights
- Legacy Apply Legacy filter
- Perpetrators and Mass Murder Apply Perpetrators and Mass Murder filter
- Remove Race in US History filter Race in US History
Subject
Resource Type
Current Filters:
field_term_topic
Teaching Idea
Race in US History
Justice & Human Rights
Bearing Witness to Japanese American Incarceration
Use these activities and resources on Japanese American incarceration during World War II to introduce students to this history while exploring questions about American identity, racism, and citizenship.
Blog
Race in US History
Justice & Human Rights
Bearing Witness: The Death of George Floyd
On May 25, 2020, a black Minnesota man, George Floyd, was killed after a white police officer suffocated him while a group of officers looked on.
Teaching Idea
Race in US History
Justice & Human Rights
Indigenous Rights and Controversy over Hawaii’s Maunakea Telescope
Provide students with historical context for understanding the protests against the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea and help them explore the reasons why many Native Hawaiians oppose its construction.
Blog
Race in US History
Justice & Human Rights
On George Floyd
We have all seen the images of fires burning in my hometown of Minneapolis. Pain and outrage have overflowed in protests resulting from the police killing of George Floyd on Monday of this week. Officer Derek Chauvin, who kept his knee on Floyd's neck, despite his outcry that he couldn't breathe and that they were going to kill him, has now been taken into custody, charged with murder and manslaughter.
On-Demand Webinar
Race in US History
Justice & Human Rights
Race and Equity in the Jewish Educational Context
Learn about the historical roots of race and equity and explore ways of starting conversations about race and equity in Jewish educational settings.
Featured Collection
Justice & Human Rights
Race in US History
Teaching Farewell To Manzanar
Explore classroom resources that support your teaching of Jeanne Wakatsuki's memoir about the forced relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Gallery
Democracy & Civic Engagement,
Global Immigration,
Justice & Human Rights,
Race in US History
The 2018-2019 School Year in Review
This gallery highlights five key issues we have been following in the news during the 2018–2019 school year.
Page
Race in US History
Justice & Human Rights
The Basic Thing We Must Do Is to Stop Generalizing about People
Learn more about how Eleanor Roosevelt developed and shared her position on basic human rights.
Teaching Idea
Race in US History
Democracy & Civic Engagement
Justice & Human Rights
The Debate over Reparations for Racial Injustice
With reparations in the news, this Teaching Idea helps students define the term, learn what forms reparations can take, and consider what reparations should be offered for slavery and other racist policies.
Search Our Global Collection
Everything you need to get started teaching your students about racism, antisemitism and prejudice.