United States History II Name: _______________________________Japanese Internment Stations Date: _______________________________

DIRECTIONS: Go to the five stations around the classroom and complete each task. Links to all station materials are on our class

website (mrsbowlesclasses.weebly.com)

STATION 1 DIRECTIONS: Look at the following political cartoons and use frames to both describe and analyze each. Your analysis should explain what the cartoon is suggesting about Japanese Internment.

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STATION 2 DIRECTIONS: Answer the following prompt in ONE FULL PARAGRAPH with descriptions of at least two of the paintings as evidence. (use THEAEA).

PROMPT: How did Japanese in the internment camps attempt to maintain a sense of normalcy amidst great difficulty?

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STATION 3 DIRECTIONS: Use the Santa Anita Racetrack Assembly Center Timeline on line to answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. What was the purpose of the Santa Anita Assembly Center? What were the living conditions? 

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2. Why were Japanese and Japanese Americans the only ones force to move from the military zones created with Executive Order 9066?

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3. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, how quickly were Japanese and Japanese Americans moved to assembly centers? 

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4. What were some of the restrictions placed on the detainees?

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5. Why did riots break out at the Santa Anita Assembly Center? 

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6. What was the purpose of Public Law 503? Why couldn't the government wait until the internment camps were completed before removing all Japanese people from these areas? 

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7. How did Executive Order 9066 pave the way for the forcible internment of Japanese and Japanese Americans along the West Coast?

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STATION 4 DIRECTIONS: Read the two points of view of Japanese internment and answer the following questions. You should have ONE quote from either point of view in each of your answers.

1. Summarize the 1st point of view. Be sure to include who the speaker is, what the speaker believes and why he believes it. __________________________________________________________________________________________________

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2. Summarize the 2nd point of view. Be sure to include who the speaker is, what the speaker believes and why he believes

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3. Explain your own opinion about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Was the internment justified?

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STATION 5 DIRECTIONS: Watch the first 14 minutes of the documentary and complete the following chart. You should write down 2—3 important facts about each of the topics in the first column.

TOPIC IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Government power during time of peace vs. time of war

Investigation of the attack on Pearl Harbor

History of Japanese in America

Arguments for and against removal of Japanese from the West

Executive Order 9066 and Public Law 503

Process of evacuation and Temporary Assembly Centers

Life at internment camps "relocation centers"