1. Minds On – Next Steps
War in Europe is over. What next for the soldiers, the citizens, and the ruined cities? Did you think about it? What do you suppose is next in the rest of the world?

2. Mind’s On – Picture Response
Task: With a small group, respond to the pictures on your sheet with the ‘two look’ model we sometimes use. At ‘first look’ just write down what you see. With the ‘second look’ write down what you think about it and any questions you might have.

3. Picture 1

4. Picture 2

5. Picture 3

6. Picture 4

7. The Japanese Canadian Experience in WW2

8. At the start of World War II, approximately 23,000 people of Japanese descent lived in Canada, mostly in British Columbia.
75% held Canadian citizenship and over 13,000 were Japanese-Canadians (they were born in Canada).
Most Japanese-Canadians were hard workers, owned land, and paid taxes.

9. Pearl Harbour
Japan attacks Pearl Harbour (Hawaii) on Dec in a surprise attack
The damage was extensive and took out most of the US force stationed there
This draws the US into WW2

10. Canada’s Response Canada declared war on Japan shortly after
The Japanese were unfairly suspected of being spies as many were fisherman
Once again Canada invokes the War Measures Act
The property of the Japanese-Canadians (land, business etc.) were confiscated by the government and sold and the proceeds were used to pay for their internment

11. Anti Japanese Propaganda

15. Internment Camps
The War Measures Act is once again brought in, stripping citizens of their rights to justify internment
By the end of 1942 more than 22,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry were taken to the camps

16. Conditions were poor, men were forced into labour
Those unwilling to live in internment camps faced the possibility of deportation to Japan

17. Quick Discuss - Partner
The Ethical Dimension
Quick Discuss - Partner
What was Canada’s justification for putting Japanese-Canadians in internment camps?
This happened 75 years ago. Does Canada have a responsibility to survivors and/or the descendants of the Japanese-Canadian internment camps? Ideas?
Yes No

18. Minoru - Documentary

19. Then and Now

22. OPCVL: Class Sample Task
We will analyze two sources using this model, one as a class and one on your own.
Steps
Get the CSI textbooks!
Turn to pg. 93. As a class we’ll analyze Evidence 4.39 using the chart below.
On your own or with a partner choose any other piece of Evidence in this chapter and analyze it on this sheet.

23. CSI Evidence 4.39 (pg. 93)
“Canadian defences on the west coast were indeed weak. The RCN ships in the Pacific were too few and too lightly armed; the RCAF lacked airfields, aircraft, and well-trained crews or anti-aircraft guns to protect them. West-coast commanders thought the RCN could possibly counter an attack by merchant raider or with small surface or submarine vessels, but they knew their forces could not cope with the attacks by larger vessels or airborne raids.” Source: Patricia Roy, JL Granatstein, Masako Lino, Hiroko Takamura, Mutual Hostages: Canadians and Japanese During the Second World War, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1992

24. Canada’s Response- Textbooks
Get a Creating Canada textbook and read the information about Canada’s response on pg. 319 and answer the following questions in your notes (in full sentences). Use specific things from the textbook in your answers.
When did the apology come and which Prime Minister gave it?
What were the key features of the settlement/apology?
How might the settlement help survivors?
How might the settlement help their descendants?
How might the settlement benefit other Canadians?
How might the apology and settlement help Canada’s reputation?
Do you agree with Brian Mulroney in his statement about facing up to historical facts? Why or why not?

25. Wrap Up – What’s the Lesson?
With the person beside you and then as a class discuss the following question:
What can we learn about the treatment of other cultures in the present based on events of the past such as this?