Japanese American Relocation and Evaculation

• Children of the camps.org
  
  • History Related historical documents, a timeline, list of internment camps and the impact on Japanese Americans
  • Resources Related Web links, organizations and books
• Conscience and the Constitution PBS program explores the stories of Japanese Americans who refused to be drafted into WWII while they and their families were being held in concentration camps. Includes pictures, video interviews, and original documents
• Densho Archive
• Heart Mountain Relocation Center and the Japanese American Experience history, photographs, documents
• Japanese American Exhibit and Access Project
  UW virtual exhibit focusing on the Puyallup assembly center, Camp Harmony
• Japanese-Americans Internment Camps During World War II
  • Topaz - history and photographs
  • Tule Lake - photographs of work, living conditions, education, buildings
• Japanese American National Museum - Hirasaki National Resource Center
  http://www.janm.org/nrc/index.php
• Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive (JARDA) http://jarda.cdlib.org/ - can search by subject or keyword for photographs
• Japanese Relocation during World War II documents and photographs from the National Archives (NARA)
• Life Interrupted Camp Rohwer and Camp Jerome in Arkansas during WWII in partnership between the University of Arkansas and the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. A beautiful interface (Flash) leads to a variety of resources for teachers, students, and others with an interest in History and/or Cultural Studies. Includes an interactive timeline, photos, VR panoramas.
• A More Perfect Union (Smithsonian)
  This site explores a period of U.S. history when racial prejudice and fear upset the delicate balance between the rights of a citizen versus the power of the state. Focusing on the experiences of Japanese Americans who were placed in detention camps during World War II, this exhibit is a case study in decision-making and citizen action under the U.S. Constitution.
• No Forwarding Address Required - Smithsonian online exhibit of letters of Miss Breed received from Japanese Americans at camp.
• Rabbit in the Moon PBS Walk in the shoes of a child who was interned and see what that would do to your life. See photos and watch interviews
• Suffering under a great injustice: Ansel Adams photographs of Japanese American Internment at Manzanar (Library of Congresss)
• War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement
  http://www.oac.cdlib.org/dynaweb/ead/calher/jvac/@Generic__BookView
  http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/background.htm
  
• You Decide: Was the Japanese American Internment Appropriate? (Annenberb/CPB Biography of America)

Lesson Plan from Smithsonian -Letters from the Japanese Internment
http://educate.si.edu/lessons/internment/start.html

Teaching with Historic Places - War Relocation Camps of World War II: when fear was stronger than justice
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/89manzanar/89manzanar.htm