Module 4 Introduction

Module 4 Introduction

Lessons from Japanese American Internment

Open Ended

How would you feel if you were arrested and detained (and could not go back home) for a crime someone who looked like you committed?

What would be your thoughts, feelings, and actions, as you are being detained?

Open Ended

What are your thoughts regarding these TRUE Stories?

Multiple Choice

Based on the statement below, what does the word deprive mean?

The Americans wanted to deprive the Japanese-American people of their basic rights.

• Allow them their full rights as Japanese-Americans.

• Refuse to give the Japanese-Americans their basic rights as citizens.

Multiple Choice

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution allows for a citizen to have a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury?

• 2nd Amendment

• 10th Amendment

• 6th Amendment

Multiple Choice

Internment means________?

• the release of someone that has been accused of a crime.

• the execution of someone that has committed war crimes.

• the imprisonment of people, or groups of people without being charged for a crime.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following words is a synonym for internment?

• liberation

• acquittal

• concentration camp

• confinement

Poll

Are you looking forward to learning more about Japanese internment based on today's lesson?

• Yes

• No

• Neutral