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This Executive Order 9066 Lesson Plan is suitable for 6th - 8th Grade. Students examine Executive Order 9066 and build awareness of Japanese-American wartime experience and the suspension of their civil rights as U.S. citizens.
This lesson may be used on December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day. In this lesson, students learn about the Japanese attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941, as well as the response to the attacks by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. With a partner, students will do a gallery walk with primary source documents and analyze each document ...
Description. The lesson will explain how a President can issue Executive Orders, which have the binding force of law upon federal agencies, but do not require approval of the United States Congress. Executive Orders are subject to judicial review and interpretation. Furthermore, the lesson will evaluate the differences between integration and ...
Lesson Abstract. The students will read background material on civil rights movement relating to the armed services. They will analyze and discuss Executive Order 9981 and learn how the blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodward affected President Truman. After reading and class discussion, the students will express their thoughts in a writing activity.
REMEMBRANCE: How does non-violent direct action function as a response to injustice? Students review case study examples of responses to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II and use Dr. King’s Six Steps of Nonviolent Direct Action. Topics Covered: Japanese American incarceration. Non-violent direct action. Cause and effect.
nomination of political appointees, and the executive cabinet/executive agencies. 2) Present students with Executive Order # 13190 a nd discuss what exactly an Executive Order is, and its parts. a) Discuss the highlighted portions of the EO and their correlation with the five parts of an executive order: i) Green: Heading ii) Blue: Title
After reading information about Executive Order #9066, class members assume the voice of an 18 year-old Japanese-American born in California and placed in an internment camp. Individuals then craft a letter to President Roosevelt...
