Teacher’s Guide
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Japanese American Internment During World War II Teacher's Guide (PDF, 3.1 MB)
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Primary Sources
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Naval dispatch announcing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941
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(311 KB)President Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan
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(319 KB)Los Angeles, California. A store in Little Tokyo
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(170 KB)Japanese Independent congregational church...
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(367 KB)Japanese residents at Civil Control station for registration
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(282 KB)Evacuees of Japanese descent being inoculated
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(169 KB)Residents of Japanese ancestry awaiting the bus
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(1.3 MB)Japanese-American camp, war emergency relocation...
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(556 KB)Nyssa, Oregon. FSA mobile camp
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(1.5 MB)Roy Takeno reading paper in front of office
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(1.4 MB)Nurse Aiko Hamaguchi and patient Toyoko Ioki, Manzanar
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(1.3 MB)Sumiko Shigematsu, foreman of power sewing machine girls, Manzanar
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(269 KB)Japanese-American camp, war emergency evacuation, Tule Lake
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(366 KB)Rupert, Idaho. Japanese-Americans taking down their flag
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(122 KB)Administering the oath to four AJA volunteers
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(2.2 MB)Herbert Kondo, an AJA volunteer, with his father and mother
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