1. Native Americans and WWII BUT before that...Main Idea work on the Japanese Internment Camps handout

2. Step One:  Get into groups of 3 at one of the Main Idea Pyramid posters and take out your handout on Japanese Internment  As a group review over the material you read for homework  There is no written Thesis, but what do you think our thesis for this article would be?

3. Step Two:  Everyone has the SAME Main Ideas in the same order.  Teacher will handout out the various Supporting Details that are mixed up to each group.  As a group lay the SD’s out and decide what Main Idea they fall under, using the ticky-tacky stuff.  You will have about 10-15 minutes to decide where they go.

4. Step Three:  The teacher will tell everyone to move to the next Poster. As a group go there and look at what other people came up with.  Does it look like yours?  After about 2 minutes the teacher will signal again, everyone must go to a different poster and see the info

5. Step Four:  Go back to your original poster/group  As a group look over your SD’s and decide if you want to keep them or move them (4 minutes)  Teacher will give each group a sticky note and as a group write an analysis  Connect the three Main Ideas  Use Historical Context to help explain evidence  What insight did the article give you on the topic?

6. Step Five:  Put your group members names on it and put them on MS. Dalle-Valle’s desk.  Class discussion on the article…  Now move onto notes on Native Americans in WWII…  (Fill out your chart on WWII impacts on Society)

7. WWII Impacts on Society Chart African Americans WomenMexican Americans Native Americans Japanese Americans

8. Pearl Harbor Attack  It seemed to awaken the “warrior” spirit in many Native Americans: thousands went into the armed forces or worked in war production  40% more Native Americans voluntarily enlisted than had been drafted

9. Ready for War  The Iroqouis, Navajo and other tribes were eager to go and many stood for hours to sign their draft cards while others carried their own rifles.  Nearly all of the able-bodied Chippewas at Grand Portage Reservation enlisted.1942,  1942, nearly 99% of all eligible NA had registered for the draft.

10. NA Women  Several hundred Native American women served in the WACS (Women’s Army Corps), WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service) and Army Nurse Corps.

11. “Chiefs”  It was a huge show of loyalty to fight the “white man’s war” and overcome many years of disappointment and resentment.  Many recruits were “affectionately” called Chiefs  Native Americans understood the concept of defending your land and fighting for liberty, life, and the pursuit of happiness.

12. Native American Language  Nazi spies posing as anthropologists visited reservations to subvert some NA tribes and learn their language  Nazi agitators tried to persuade NA’s not to sign up for the draft.  Navajo Language was an important key to victory in the Pacific. The Japanese could never crack the code. The Comanche also had code talkers.The Comanche also had code talkers.

13. Patriotism  NA tribes saw the Axis powers as a threat  Chippewa, Iroquois, and Sioux declared war on the Axis  They bought Victory Bonds, rationed and migrated out of Reservations to work in the War Industries jobs (about 40,000 left)  Women took over traditional male duties on the reservation