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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Japanese American internment"”.
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Japanese American Internment: A Great Injustice
The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II (WWII) is a period in American history that is generally not given due attention. The purpose of this essay is to research and gain understanding of how such an incident could take place, what internees had to go through, and the impact it …
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Japanese American Internment: A Tragedy of War
<p>Japanese American internment in the United States during World War II affected thousands of lives for generations yet it remains hidden in historical memory. The study of Japanese American internment provides a historical catalyst for research and introspection about democracy, citizenship, and …
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An Analysis of Modified Material Culture from Amache: Investigating the Landscape of Japanese American Internment
… function. Archaeological research at the Japanese American internment camp in Granada, Colorado, called Amache, has recently uncovered artifacts featuring evidence of modification. Previous studies at internment camps have failed to include a comprehensive analysis of these artifacts; …
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An Ambitious Social Experiment: Education in Japanese-American Internment Camps, 1942-1945 by Christopher Su.
… government had detained her because of her Japanese ancestry. Between 1942 and 1945, the United States government removed more than 110,000 individuals of Japanese ancestry residing on the west coast to remote relocation centers located in the barren mountainous states of the American west. …
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A cascade of failures: the U.S. Army and the Japanese-American internment decision in World War II
The Second World War internment of the West Coast Issei and Nisei remains a tragic moment in American history. It has long been viewed by historians as a singular act of mass social and political pressure to remove a racially constructed social group from the area, but it was carried out by the …
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The Role of Amache Family Objects in the Japanese American Internment Experience: Examined Through Object Biography and Object Agency
<p>This project investigates the meaning of Japanese American families' personal possessions associated with internment through the concepts of object biography and object agency. It uses material culture analysis to help anthropologists understand the Japanese American internment experience, …
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The Perseverance of Play: An Archaeological Analysis of Residential Blocks with Preschools at the Amache National Historic Site
… to expand on the understanding of experiences of Japanese American children, specifically preschool-aged children, within the Amache National Historic Site, a WWII Japanese American internment facility located in Granada, Colorado. Through archaeological methods, GIS analysis, oral histories, and …
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A History of Transplants: A Study of Entryway Gardens at Amache
… research shows that during the period of Japanese American internment gardening became a popular activity for the interned. Primarily approached historically, little work has been conducted to archaeologically analyze the efforts of landscaping by former internees. Gardening activity can …
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Common Ground: Uniting Archaeology and Secondary Social Studies Curricula
… and cultural resources from the World War II Japanese American internment camp, Amache, I created a new supplementary curriculum that focused on the experience of Japanese and Japanese Americans during that era. This thesis presents that curriculum and an accompanying case study that …
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Brewing Behind Barbed Wire: An Archaeology of Saké at Amache
<p>After the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, approximately 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry living on the west coast of the United States were forcibly removed from their home communities. These people were designated as "evacuees" by the U.S. Government and were …
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The Enduring Communities Project of Japanese American Experiences in New Mexico during World War II and Beyond: A Teachers Journey in Creating Meaningful Curriculum for the Secondary Social Studies Classroom
In 2006, the Japanese American National Museum funded a three year curriculum development project entitled Enduring Communities: Japanese Americans in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Utah. As a member of the team of teachers from New Mexico, I used this experience to study my process of …
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Whose Community Museum Is It? Collaboration Strategies and Identity Affirmation in the Amache Museum
… in preserving Amache history. It represents Japanese American as well as American history and is owned and maintained by the Amache Preservation Society (APS), which is comprised of local Granada High School students. By approaching the Amache Museum as a community museum and noticing its …