1. Why were Japanese Americans interned during World War II?
Japanese Internment
Why were Japanese Americans interned during World War II?

2. Japanese Internment Timeline
Let’s look over the major events!

3. Government Newsreel (1942)
Japanese Internment
This newsreel was made by the government sometime in the middle of 1942 to explain the government’s reasons and strategies for interning Japanese Americans. This was before the television was widespread, and long before personal computers and the Internet
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Create your first hypothesis answering the question: Why were Japanese Americans interned during World War II?

4. Share! Share your hypothesis answering the essential question
Discussion
What were some of the reasons for the internment offered in the newsreel?
How does the newsreel portray internment? Is it positive or negative?
Who do you think the audience for this newsreel?

5. Documents B & C
Read Documents B (Munson Report) and C (Crisis Article)
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Change your hypothesis, if necessary, using the new information you have

6. Share! Share your hypothesis answering the essential question
Discussion
Has anyone’s hypothesis changed? Why or why not?
Do you find these documents more or less trustworthy than the government newsreel? Why or why not?
Why is the date of the Munson report important?

7. Documents D & E
Read Documents D (Korematsu v. US) and E (Personal Justice Denied)
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8. Create a new hypothesis using all the information you’ve read today.
Final Hypothesis
Create a new hypothesis using all the information you’ve read today.

9. Share! Share your final hypothesis answering the essential question
Discussion
What evidence from the documents support your hypothesis?
Which of these documents do you think has a better explanation of Japanese internment? Why?