Santa Anita Assembly Camp
Internment Camps Americans Scared Executive Order 9066 Japanese spies Traitors Executive Order 9066 FDR signs February 19, 1942 Army can force Japanese into camps Japanese Americans Only bring what they could carry Less than 1 week to sell everything
Japanese Lives Forced to give up lives Property Ask someone to take care of If nobody could, had to sell Not a lot of time, did not get fair value Restart lives in camps After camps, forced to restart life again
Eating, Work, & Guards Mess halls and bathroom Work Overcrowded Not clean Work Things to help in camp War-related materials (only citizens) Inmate-Keeper Relations Big fight: guards take books and plates Japanese get upset, protests Turns violent Military comes
Entertainment "Japanita Jive" Sports Other activities Softball/baseball Sumo and Judo Basketball, badminton and golf Other activities Boy Scout troops PTA Newspapers and books
Schooling No formal education system (concerns) Taught by volunteer inmate teachers City/county schools send textbooks Mass graduation Classes held in large hall, teachers had to shout
Writing Assignment Write a short paragraph that describes how you think it would be like to live in an internment camp as a Japanese American. Talk about the feelings you have about the camp, the positives and negatives of the camp and whether or not you think it is fair.