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Life in the Japanese Internment Camps. Clark Comstock Martinez Middle School. Centerpieces. This project is a supplement to the novel Thin Wood Walls. The photos taken at the Manzanar War Relocation Camp by Ansel Adams serve as the primary sources. Ansel Adams . Who is this for?.
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Life in the Japanese Internment Camps Clark Comstock Martinez Middle School
Centerpieces • This project is a supplement to the novel Thin Wood Walls. • The photos taken at the Manzanar War Relocation Camp by Ansel Adams serve as the primary sources. • Ansel Adams
Who is this for? • This project is intended for 7th and 8th grade students.
Subject Areas • This project integrates social studies into the language arts classrooms. • This project utilizes technology in a number of ways.
Objectives • Students will look at several photographs and respond to them. • Students will use what they know about internment camps from a variety of sources to write at least one haiku and two other poems of their choice. They will also write one group poem. • Students will compose a letter to the editor to clearly state an opinion, demonstrate knowledge of a topic, and persuade readers.
Activity Products • Photograph response journal • At least three poems, including one haiku • Letter to the editor