Becoming Aware of the Japanese American Internment Camp Experience

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Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Becoming Aware of the Japanese American Internment Camp Experience
This lesson will help students become aware of, and sensitive to, the Japanese American internment camp experience. By creating a list of things that are important and familiar to them and then choosing what they will take and leave behind, students will develop a sense of empathy by simulating situ…