Document Analysis: "Japanese Cheap Labor"
- Article - "Japanese Cheap Labor" San Francisco Chronicle, March 2, 1905.
- Student Handout Analyzing Point of View
Political Cartoon Analysis: Dr. Seuss Goes to War
- Waiting for the Signal From Home - political cartoon by Dr. Seuss
- Student Handout for Analyzing Political Cartoon
Primary Sources: Photos and Documents on Japanese American Exclusion
- Eight Documents on the Exclusion of Japanese Americans
- Student Worksheet
- Japanese American Internment - PowerPoint
Video Analysis: Two Views of the Camps
- US Government video from 1943: Japanese Relocation
- Internees speak out in Unfinished Business video: Chapters 6 and 7
- Criteria Note Taking Sheet
- Top Hat Organizer
- Relocation Camps or Prison Camps? - Argumentative Paragraph
Fred Korematsu: "Don't Be Afraid to Speak Up"
- Several short biographys are available in the Fred Korematsu Teacher's Guide " Don't Be Afraid to Speak Up:
- Biography Timeline and Viewing Guide Student Worksheet
- Of Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs: The Fred Korematsu Story - Video
- Fred Korematsu: All American Hero - Comic Book
Research Websites
Densho - Densho's mission is to preserve testimonies of Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated during World War II.
Densho Encyclopedia - This is an on-line multimedia encyclopedia containing hundreds of articles about the incarceration experience.
Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education - This website is dedicated to the memory of Fred Korematsu, who defied the incarceration order and challenged the legality of Japanese American internment. The Institute's online Curriculum Materials and Fred Korematsu Teacher's Guide " Don't Be Afraid to Speak Up are excellent source of lessons.
Personal Justice Denied - This is an on-line version of the report by The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians published in 1982.