Resources

JACL Curriculum Guides & Resources

  • The Japanese American Experience: A Lesson in American History: JACL’s acclaimed curriculum guide containing 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.

  • The Journey from Gold Mountain: The Asian American Experience: JACL’s curriculum guide that covers the struggles and contributions of Asian Americans.  This comprehensive guide contains a history of Asian American history beginning with the immigration of the Chinese in the mid-1800s, including the Japanese American incarceration during WWII through the 2000s.  The guide contains information and learning activities suitable for creating classroom units on Asian American history.

  • Power of Words: Booklet explaining euphemisms surrounding the Japanese American incarceration.

  • An Unnoticed Struggle: A Concise History of Asian American Civil Rights Issues.

  • The Japanese American Incarceration: The Journey to Redress: By William Yoshino and John Tateishi, (Excerpted from an article in Human Rights from the Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, American Bar Association, Spring 2000)

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Outside Resources