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Enemy Aliens: The Internment of Jewish Refugees in Canada, 1940-43<\/a><\/strong>
\nThis rich online exhibit contains a wealth of information on the internment of Jewish refugees in Canada during World War II. Includes text, photographs, videos, eyewitness testimony, and primary source documents.<\/p>\n

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The Politics of Racism: The Uprooting of Japanese Canadians During the Second World War<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe Politics of Racism\u00a0is the first book to fully document the politics behind the 1942 expulsion order. There is an HTML version and ebook version.<\/p>\n

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Challenging Racist \u201cBritish Columbia\u201d<\/a><\/strong>
\nThis resource highlights the stories of resistance to colonialism and white supremacy. It is based on a comprehensive, historical account of \u201cBritish Columbia\u201d with a decolonial lens.<\/p>\n

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Speak Truth To Power \u2013 Equality and Redress<\/a><\/strong>
\nActivism of Arthur Miki, Canada\u2019s War Measures Act, ethnic segregation, the Japanese Canadian Redress Agreement, and subsequent government apologies.<\/p>\n

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Nikkei National Museum Collection<\/strong><\/a>
\nOnline collection database of photographs, documents, objects, and audio\/visual material relating to Japanese Canadian heritage.<\/p>\n

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SFU Japanese Canadian Oral History Collection<\/a><\/strong>
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SFU Digitized Newspapers: The New Canadian<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe newspaper is filled with news regarding the relocation, settlement, and economic conditions of the uprooted Japanese community, as well as its legal and political position, labour opportunities, and continued expressions of Japanese culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Heritage BC\u00a0Japanese\u00a0Canadian Map<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe map reflects nominated and provincially recognized historic places in British Columbia as identified through the Japanese Canadian Historic Places Recognition Project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Joy Kogawa: East of the Rockies<\/a><\/strong>
\nAn interactive narrative AR experience told from the perspective of a 17-year-old girl forced from her home and made to live in BC\u2019s Slocan Japanese internment camp during the Second World War.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Canadian\u00a0<\/strong>Encyclopedia: Japanese Canadians<\/b><\/a>
\nThis resource covers the history of migration, racism and exclusion, community development, political activism, Asian heritage in Canada, as well as the Asahi baseball team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Heritage Minute: Vancouver Asahi<\/a><\/strong>
\nA video resource about the dominant pre-war amateur baseball team \u2013 Vancouver Asahi baseball team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Omoi: Cultural Experiences videos<\/a><\/strong>
\nVideo series of Japanese Canadian community members sharing their experiences with Japanese culture. Includes accompanying activity. Suitable for all ages: recommended age 10+.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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JOURNEYS Education Kits<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe kits includes historical artefact replicas, primary and secondary source documents, and sample lesson plans suitable for students from grades 5 to 12.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Writing Wrongs \u2013 Japanese Canadian Protest Letters of the 1940s<\/a><\/strong>
\nThis exhibit tell the story of Japanese Canadians\u2019 struggle to protest and oppose the forced sales of property in the 1940s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Nikkei Stories of Powell Street and Steveston<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe Nikkei Stories Study Guide provides teachers with a rich resource adaptable to elementary and secondary classroom lessons on Human Rights, Canadian, and Immigrant History, Japanese Canadian History, Multiculturalism, Democracy in Canada, and Local Histories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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TAIKEN Series: Our Elders, Our Stories<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe Taiken series consists of four short videos of Japanese Canadian elders recounting their experiences, especially their memories of the internment period.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Canada's History: Japanese Canadian\u00a0Internment<\/a><\/strong>
\nStudents are introduced to the historical thinking concept through an examination of the Japanese Canadian internment. Students view the NFB film,\u00a0Minoru: a Memory of Exile<\/em>\u00a0and create a\u00a0bio-poem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Landscapes of Injustice: Secondary Teacher Resources<\/a><\/strong>
\nLessons presenting the history of Japanese Canadians from the early years of migration and settlement in British Columbia through the interment era and concluding with the Redress movement and the legacies of dispossession.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Landscapes of Injustice: Elementary Teacher Resources<\/a><\/strong>
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Landscapes of Injustice - The Dispossession of Japanese Canadians<\/a><\/strong>
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Japanese Canadian History<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe website and accompanying downloadable workbooks are a learning resource on the internment of Japanese Canadians from 1942 to 1949 and the attainment of redress in 1988.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Taiken: History Mystery Card Game<\/a><\/strong>
\nInteractive educational card game about surviving the Japanese Canadian internment. Ready-to-play sets are available or\u00a0you can download the files to print your own set.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Hastings Park 1942<\/a><\/strong>
\nThis website brings together personal reflections about being incarcerated in Hastings Park in 1942, along with historical photographs, archival materials, and artistic responses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Tashme Internment Camp<\/a><\/strong>
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Nikkei Tapestry: Japanese Canadians in Southern Alberta<\/a><\/strong>
\nThis resource explores the history of four generations of Japanese Canadians in southern Alberta: the Issei, Nisei, Sansei, and Yonsei.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Sedai: Oral History Catalogue - The Japanese Canadian Legacy Project<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe Sedai Project collects, documents, preserves and shares Japanese Canadians history through audio and video recordings<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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BiblioArchives \/ LibraryArchives<\/strong><\/a>
\nVisual resource of photos taken of Japanese Canadian during the Second World War.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Densho<\/a><\/strong>
\nCurriculum, short films and other teaching resources for teaching WWII incarceration history of Japanese Americans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Of Japanese Descent: An Interim Report (1945)<\/a><\/strong>
\nA government of Canada, Labour Dept. film depicting the conditions and life for Japanese Canadians in a variety of interment camps in 1944. Filmed in Tashme, Nakusp, Greenwood and Roseberry camps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Local Heroes: Tomekichi Homma<\/strong><\/a>
\nDocumentary style video about Tomekichi Homma made by students at a Richmond secondary school. Interview with Tomekichi's son covers his court challenge to the right to vote for Japanese Canadians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Grade: 5 + 6<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Time: 60 Minute lessons in the classroom with field study option<\/strong><\/p>\n

We focussed on core and curricular competencies to bring the big ideas and the content of the Japanese\u00a0Incarceration also known as the Internment to life. All books and lessons have been classroom tested.<\/p>\n

CORE COMPETENCIES:<\/strong> Communication, Creative and Critical thinking, Positive Personal and Cultural\u00a0Identity, Personal Awareness and Responsibility, and Social Responsibility<\/p>\n

SUBJECTS:<\/strong> Social Studies, English Language Arts<\/p>\n

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BIG IDEAS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Canada\u2019s policies and treatment of minority peoples have negative and positive legacies. (Social Studies 5)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Immigration and multiculturalism continue to shape Canadian society and identity. (Social Studies 5)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Systems of government vary in their respect for human rights and freedoms. (Social Studies 6)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Exploring text and story helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.\u00a0(English Language Arts 6)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Exploring and sharing multiple perspectives extends our thinking. (English Language Arts 6)<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Past discriminatory government policies and actions such as the Head Tax, the Komagatu Maru Incident,\u00a0residential schools and internments (Social Studies 5)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Human rights and responses to discrimination in Canadian society (Social Studies 5)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Global poverty and inequality issues including class structure and gender (Social Studies 6)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The history of the incarceration of Canadians of Japanese descent at Hastings Park in Vancouver and\u00a0(optional) field study guide<\/p>\n

CURRICULAR LINKS TO GRADE 10 SOCIAL STUDIES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Copied from the Ministry of Education curriculum guide)<\/p>\n

BIG IDEA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Political decision-making and societal change are influenced by interactions between, individuals, groups\u00a0and institutions.<\/p>\n

CURRICULAR COMPETENCIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Students are expected to be able to do the following:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to: ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and\u00a0communicate findings and decisions<\/p>\n

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Students are expected to know the following:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Injustice, oppression, and social change in the development of human rights<\/p>\n

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CURRICULAR LINKS TO GRADE 11\/12 SOCIAL JUSTICE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Copied from the Ministry of Education curriculum guide)<\/p>\n

BIG IDEAS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Social justice issues are interconnected.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The causes of social injustices are complex and have lasting impacts on society.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Social justice issues have both individual and systemic effects.<\/p>\n

CURRICULAR COMPETENCIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Students are expected to be able to do the following:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Use inquiry processes and skills to: ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate\u00a0findings and decisions<\/p>\n

\u2022 Assess and compare significance of people, events, and developments at particular times and places, and\u00a0examine what it reveals about social justice issues<\/p>\n

\u2022 Create and implement an action plan to address a particular social justice issue<\/p>\n

CONTENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Students are expected to know the following:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Past and present social injustices in Canada and the world, their possible causes, and their lasting impact\u00a0on individuals, groups, and society<\/p>\n

\u2022 Roles of governmental and non-governmental organizations in issues of social justice and injustice<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Curricular Links<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

CORE COMPETENCIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Communication, Creative and Critical thinking, Positive Personal and Cultural Identity, Personal Awareness\u00a0and Responsibility, and Social Responsibility<\/p>\n

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CURRICULAR LINKS TO GRADE 5 AND 6 SOCIAL STUDIES AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

BIG IDEAS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Canada\u2019s policies and treatment of minority peoples have negative and positive legacies. (Social Studies 5)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Immigration and multiculturalism continue to shape Canadian society and identity. (Social Studies 5)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Systems of government vary in their respect for human rights and freedoms. (Social Studies 6)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Exploring text and story helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.<\/p>\n

(English Language Arts 6)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Exploring and sharing multiple perspectives extends our thinking. (English Language Arts 6)<\/p>\n

CORE COMPETENCIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Use personal experience and knowledge to connect to text and develop understanding of self, community,\u00a0and world (English Language Arts 5)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Recognize and identify the role of personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, and perspectives in text\u00a0(English Language Arts 6)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Recognize how language constructs personal, social, and cultural identity (English Language Arts 5+6)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world. Respond to text in personal,\u00a0creative, and critical ways (English Language Arts 6)<\/p>\n

CONTENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Past discriminatory government policies and actions such as the Head Tax, the Komagatu Maru Incident,\u00a0residential schools and internments (Social Studies 5)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Human rights and responses to discrimination in Canadian society (Social Studies 5)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Global poverty and inequality issues including class structure and gender (Social Studies 6)<\/p>\n

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Curricular links to Grade 10 Social Studies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Copied from the Ministry of Education curriculum guide)<\/p>\n

BIG IDEA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Political decision-making and societal change are influenced by interactions between, individuals, groups\u00a0and institutions.<\/p>\n

CURRICULAR COMPETENCIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Students are expected to be able to do the following:<\/p>\n

Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to: ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and\u00a0communicate findings and decisions<\/p>\n

CONTENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Students are expected to know the following:<\/p>\n

Injustice, oppression, and social change in the development of human rights<\/p>\n

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Curricular links to Grade 11\/12 Social Justice<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

(Copied from the Ministry of Education curriculum guide)<\/p>\n

BIG IDEAS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Social justice issues are interconnected.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The causes of social injustices are complex and have lasting impacts on society.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Social justice issues have both individual and systemic effects.<\/p>\n

CURRICULAR COMPETENCIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Students are expected to be able to do the following:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Use inquiry processes and skills to: ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate\u00a0findings and decisions<\/p>\n

\u2022 Assess and compare significance of people, events, and developments at particular times and places, and\u00a0examine what it reveals about social justice issues<\/p>\n

\u2022 Create and implement an action plan to address a particular social justice issue<\/p>\n

CONTENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Students are expected to know the following:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Past and present social injustices in Canada and the world, their possible causes, and their lasting impact\u00a0on individuals, groups, and society<\/p>\n

\u2022 Roles of governmental and non-governmental organizations in issues of social justice and injustice<\/p>\n

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In this unit students will consider the idea of bias and the use of word choice in the construction of historical\u00a0accounts, as well as in the reporting of current events. The unit consists of three lessons that use the\u00a0experience of Canadians of Japanese descent during WWII as a case study for a larger discussion on bias,\u00a0discrimination and media literacy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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