Education Program
“JACL’s Education Program goals are to tell our story and to educate and reach teachers, students, and communities.”
-Carol Kawamoto, National Education Committee (NEC) Chair
Education | Teacher Workshops | Power of Words | JACSC & Historic Preservation | Resources
The JACL is committed to the goal of educating our membership and the public at-large about the Japanese American historical experience and the lesson that the World War II incarceration holds for the future conduct of our government related to our Constitutional liberties.
Teacher Training Workshops
We organize workshops for educators all over the country to learn about the WWII Japanese American incarceration and the historic contributions of Asian Americans. We incorporate lessons on racial bias today including post 9/11 discrimination to Muslim Americans and stopping AAPI hate now.
Curriculum Guides
JACL’s acclaimed Curriculum Guides contains a summary of the history of Japanese Americans, a chronology of important dates, a resource listing of books, videos, and websites, learning activities for the classroom, and an appendix with photos and copies of primary documents from the incarceration era. Free PDF downloads…
Power of Words
The Power of Words is an educational campaign to understand language euphemisms used to describe the Japanese American World War II experience and the preferred terminology that more accurately describes the dire realities of the experience. Free PDF Download.
JACSC Education Conference
The Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium (JACSC) aims to bring together practitioners in preservation, education, and advocacy related to the Japanese American experience. JACL is the JACS advocacy leader and fiscal sponsor. The JACSC Education Conference includes sessions and inspiring conversations with JACSC’s national community of thought leaders and experts. The event is free for all.
Pacific Citizen and Digital Archives
Another way JACL captures the history of the Japanese American community is through the Pacific Citizen Digital Archives where you can read our newspaper from its founding in 1929 up through issues from a few months ago.
JACL Film Project
"Our League of Dreams" is a groundbreaking, educational documentary that will chronicle JACL's history from 1929, to difficult wartime decision, Redress, and stopping AAPI hate today. Help us fund this important project.
Stop AAPI Hate
Today, anti-Asian sentiment continues to be directed at individuals and groups within the Asian American community. JACL works to eradicate the use of negative stereotypes and misperceptions of AAPIs, and monitors and combats hate crimes and hate incidents.
Centennial Education Fund
Celebrate our 100 year anniversary and help us envision the next 100 years of civil rights in America! By investing in JACL’s Centennial Education Fund, you solidify our leadership position in telling the story of the WWII incarceration. Help us secure the future such that the lessons from this tragic chapter of U.S. history will always be remembered.
Resources
Our Resources are the backbone of our education programming. We've worked with educators and other organizations to create guides and curriculum that can be used in a wide variety of classrooms and lessons. Our resources have even been used by Members of Congress, the media, and top universities in using the correct language and terminology when discussing the history of the Japanese American incarceration experience.