Canada’s Involvement in the Second World War – 5.3 Propaganda & Japanese Internment

Propaganda The National Film Board (NFB) turned out hundreds of documentaries and short films which were shown all over Canada Posters and radio messages were everywhere as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4497GEGOO g

Propaganda The next slide shows some examples of Allied propaganda posters from the Second World War.

Analyzing Propaganda Posters Analyze the next four propaganda posters from WW2 and complete worksheet 5.3 Canadian History – Analyzing Propaganda Posters Take 5 – 7 minutes to analyze each poster & complete questions Ensure your name is written on it and submit when completed. Due TODAY!!!!

Japanese Canadians After Japan attacked Pearl harbor in 1941, Canadians feared an attack on Canada’s West Coast, either by naval shelling or an actual invasion. Anti- Japanese feeling grew quickly.

Japanese Canadians Some people feared that Japanese Canadians would help the invaders, although there was no evidence to cast doubt upon the loyalty of Japanese Canadians The fear of espionage (spying) within the country led to the arrest, with no legal basis, of 38 Japanese Canadians

Japanese Internment In February 1942, the government announced that people of Japanese ancestry living near to the coast of British Columbia would be moved inland. Approximately 16,000 of the 21,000 evacuated Japanese Canadians were Canadian

Japanese Internment Japanese Canadian businesses & homes were seized with little or no restitution & people were sent to internment camps. Japanese Canadians continued to be denied the right to vote until 1949.

Japanese Internment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljpb21QDPq c

Other Minority Groups Until 1942 the government ignored employers’ restrictions on hiring Blacks. After protests from Black university students & a campaign by the press & the Canadian Jewish Congress, this practiced ended. Prejudice was also evident with regard to refugees.

Other Minority Groups Canada made it difficult for Jewish refugees to enter Canada before the war. As news of concentration & death camps began to reach Canada, there was no change in government policy or in the attitudes of the immigrant branch. Many of the immigrants who managed to immigrate to Canada were placed in internment camps

Textbook Questions Begin working on “Treatment of Minority Groups in Canada” (use textbook pages 234-237) Write your name on it & submit when completed. Due next class....Monday, Period 5.