The assignment: Create a one-page editorial section concerning the internment of Japanese Americans in 1941. Decide whether your paper will be one of those produced inside the camps, or a regional paper. Research editorials, articles of the time, and political cartoons. Then provide a rough draft for approval, and a final draft that includes:
Name of the newspaper
Date
One original cartoon or related illustration
One editorial (with headline)
One article (with headline)
Two Letters to the Editor presenting opposing viewpoints
The articles must answer the questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why?
Spelling and neatness count
Resources:
Letters from the camp (Smithsonian)
When Fear Was Stronger Than Justice (National Park Service)
War Relocation Authority Photographs (California Digital Archive)
Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives (University of California)
Japanese American Exhibit and Access Project /JARDA (University of Washington libraries)
Children of the Camps (PBS)
Thanks to the 2004 Core Knowledge National Conference for ideas leading to this approach.
