EXCEUS 112 - Japanese American Camp Arts and Crafts of WWII-Workshop for Teachers

Course Description

Using award-winning place-based historic inquiry and specially crafted art box kits, school classroom teachers in grade levels 3-8 will explore the significance of art and writing to people of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Join your colleagues for a standards based open-ended Japanese American history inquiry and hands-on art activities that promote self-actualization. We ask, ¿What does the art produced by Japanese Americans during their incarceration reveal about the impact of this experience on their lives as individuals and family members? What is the legacy of these experiences? How do their experiences relate to the struggle for civil and human rights?¿ Teachers will receive 4th -5h grade history lessons and camp art box kits. The history lessons focus on the multiple causes that led President Franklin D. Roosevelt to sign Executive Order 9066. This executive order set the stage for the mass removal of Japanese Americans from the West Coast during World War II and their incarceration in ten War Relocation camps in desolate areas. Teachers will also collaborate to learn about incarcerees¿ living situation and how art helped build resilience.