1. Mind’s On – Terms Review
Simply Define the term you’ve been given, and hopefully a volunteer will give us the Significance!
Juno Beach
Appeasement
POW
Battle of Britain
Isolationism
Dec. 8, 1941
Dec. 7, 1941

2. Mind’s On - Discuss
It is 1941 – What do we know/think we know about Japanese Canadians living in Canada?
What do we know/think we know about the attack on Pearl Harbour?
How might these events be related?

3. The Japanese Canadian Experience in WW2

4. Background
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.

5. Pearl Harbour
Japan attacks Pearl Harbour (Hawaii) on Dec in a surprise attack
This draws the US into WW2

6. 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

7. Anti Japanese Propaganda

11. 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

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

13. Mind’s On – The Ethical Dimension
Quick Discuss - Partner
What was Canada’s justification for putting Japanese-Canadians in internment camps?
This happened 75 years ago. Should Canada have a responsibility to survivors and/or the descendants of the Japanese-Canadian internment camps? Ideas?

14. Picture Response
Task: 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.

15. Picture 1

16. Picture 2

17. Picture 3

18. Picture 4

19. Minoru – NFB Film
The film linked to the picture below tells the story of how a child named Minoru lived through internment and the impact it had on him for the rest of his life

20. New Denver – Then…

21. …and Now

22. 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.
How many people were actually charged with spying or disloyalty?
When did the apology come and which Prime Minister gave it?
How would the settlement help survivors?
How would the settlement help their descendants?
How would the settlement benefit other Canadians?
How would 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?

23. 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?