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Japanese Internment during WWII |
Japanese Internment during WWII
Web Resources
UW Japanese American Exhibit and Access Project: provides enhanced access to the UW Libraries holdings on the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Included in the project is a virtual exhibit focusing on the Puyallup assembly center, Camp Harmony.
http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/harmony/default.htmTeacher’s Guide for Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki
http://www.leeandlow.com/pdfs/baseball.pdfDensho is a Japanese term meaning "to pass on to the next generation," or to leave a legacy. This website documents the personal stories of Japanese Americans who, during World War II, were incarcerated by the United States government solely because of their ancestry. http://www.densho.org/
Exploring the Japanese Internment through Film and the Internet http://www.jainternment.org/
Hamilton Library Resources
After the Silence – video in HIMS Library
"Based on the personal story of Dr. Frank Kitamoto of Bainbridge Island, Washington, where the first of 110,000 West Coast Japanese Americans were forced from their homes. The past comes to life as Frank, who spent 3-1/2 years of his childhood in a United States internment camp during WWII, and five students from his island community develop archival prints in the high school darkroom. Together Frank and the students discuss the need to safeguard constitutional rights for all."Fiction Titles:
Coerr, Eleanor. Mieko and the Fifth Treasure.
Staying with her grandparents after the atomic bomb has been dropped on Nagasaki, ten-year-old Mieko feels that the happiness in her heart has departed forever and she will no longer be able to produce a beautiful drawing.Irwin, Hadly. Kim/Kimi.
Despite a warm relationship with her mother, stepfather, and half brother,
sixteen-year-old Kim feels the need to find answers about the Japanese American father she never knew.Mochizuki, Ken. Baseball Saved Us.
Mochizuki, Ken. Beacon Hill Boys.
Salisbury, Graham. Under the Blood-Red Sun.
Tomikazu Nakaji's biggest concerns are baseball, homework, and a local
bully, until life with his Japanese family in Hawaii changes drastically after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941.Savin, Marcia. The Moon Bridge.
The friendship between San Francisco girls Mitzi Fujimoto and Ruthie Fox is changed when World War II begins and Mitzi and her family are forced to go into an internment camp.Uchida, Yoshiko. A Jar of Dreams.
Eleven-year-old Rinko grows up in a closely-knit Japanese American family in California during the Depression, a time of great prejudice.Watkins, Yoko. So Far From the Bamboo Grove.
A fictionalized autobiography in which eleven-year-old Yoko escapes from Korea to Japan with her mother and sister at the end of World War II.Yep, Laurence. Hiroshima.
Describes the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, particularly as it affects Sachi, who becomes one of the Hiroshima Maidens.Biography:
Coerr, Eleanor. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.
A young Hiroshima victim makes more than 600 paper cranes in hopes of becoming well again.Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki. Farewell to Manzanar.
The author’s experiences at the Manzanar Internment Camp during World War II.Uchida, Yoshiko. The Invisible Thread.
The friendship between San Francisco girls Mitzi Fujimoto and Ruthie Fox is changed when World War II begins and Mitzi and her family are forced to go into an internment camp.Nonfiction:
Brimner, Larry. Voices from the Camps.
Japanese Americans tell of their experiences during the evacuation to
internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor.Fremon, David K. Japanese-American Internment in American History.
Includes personal accounts to describe the period in American history when Japanese Americans were detained in internment camps; also, discusses the issues and controversy surrounding the decision.The Unforgettable Day.
Contains survivors' testimonies on the A-bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their lives following these events.Yancey, Diane. Life in a Japanese American Internment Camp.
Discusses the course of Japanese immigration into the United States, events leading to the relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II, and the conditions they faced in the internment camps.
