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Explore the detentions during the Holocaust and Japanese internment, examining the responsible parties, events, government roles, public involvement, locations, reasons for detention, accommodations, and treatment of detainees. Discover similarities and differences between the two.
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DO NOW • Take a piece of paper and fold it in half. • In each half write: • Who • What • When • Where • Why • How • Leave enough space to write in responses!
Half #1: The Holocaust Who: Who were the people responsible for detaining others? Who were the people that were detained? What: What events led to the detainment of people? What was the role of the government? What role did the public play? When: When did these events take place? Where: Where did these internments take place? Where were the detained people taken from? Why: Why were people detained? Why were people released? How: Describe the accommodations of those detained. How were detainees treated by their captors?
Japanese Internment • HUGE discrimination against Japanese in America • Small minority (only 127,000) & 2/3 born in the US • Hostility grew after Pearl Harbor • Executive Order 9066 • Establish military zones on the West Coast to remove “aliens” from those zones • War Relocation Authority • Relocation happened quickly • Lost businesses, homes • Camps on desolate areas • Lived in wooden barracks, shared facilities “uncomfortably close to concentration camps”
Japanese Internment • Video • Read articles and think about the Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How
Half #2: Japanese Internment Who: Who were the people responsible for detaining others? Who were the people that were detained? What: What events led to the detainment of people? What was the role of the government? What role did the public play? When: When did these events take place? Where: Where did these internments take place? Where were the detained people taken from? Why: Why were people detained? Why were people released? How: Describe the accommodations of those detained. How were detainees treated by their captors?
How are they Similar & Different? • Who? • What? • When? • Where? • Why? • How?