Thursday, May 9, 2013

Japanese Internment & Justice

Video: http://goo.gl/bpQFI

Essential Questions: 
1)What does the word "internment" mean?
-Interment means to confine someone during war. 
2)Why were Japanese-Americans interned in Manzanar?
-Japanese-Americans were the enemies after Pearl Harbor was bombed because they were half Japanese. 100,000 Japanese-Americans were told to leave their home.
3)Why were Japanese internment policies wrong?
-Japanese interment policies were wrong because families lost homes, jobs, businesses, freedom, etc during the period of time they were held captive. 

Internment. (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__hspjzfC024/TRl_wP8rXpI/AAAAAAAACZs/dcVIRVT5BmA/s1600/internment-camps-for-muslims.jpg)
Manzanar. (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/ManzanarWatchTowerReplica.jpg/220px-ManzanarWatchTowerReplica.jpg)

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