Intro activity: Watch this video and write down ideas you learn on the graphic organizer.
Task: Look at the documents below. Answer the questions that follow each document. When you are through, move to the independent writing task.
Document 1
Guiding Questions: 1. What was Executive Order 9066? 2. Why do you suppose President Roosevelt signed an order to forcibly remove people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast?
Document 2
Guiding Questions: 3. What impact did forced evacuation have on Teresa Takayoshi and her family? 4. Why were Ms. Takayoshi and her husband forced to sell their business and car for practically nothing?
Document 3
Guiding questions: 5. What conditions did detainees face in the camps? 6. Could detainees have taken any action to protest their situation? Why or why not?
Formative Assessment: Please complete the Independent Task when you are through with your research.