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Why Teach Japanese American WWII History?
Last month, we launched Teaching World War II Japanese American Incarceration with Primary Sources—a free, online course for educators.
Tsuguo “Ike” Ikeda: Talking About Democracy in a Camp Classroom
Tsuguo “Ike” Ikeda was a high school student at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. In this clip, he remembers how he and his camp classmates reacted when their teacher brought…
Freshly Minted Videos – Watch on YouTube
For our latest teacher resource CD (available on request) we produced short videos to illustrate key points of Japanese American history. Teachers have been asking us for a summary video…
Back to School!
This week for the first time, I got to see how Densho’s teaching materials are used in the classroom. It was an eye-opening experience. Our education consultant, Sarah Loudon, and…
Teachers on Board
On Saturday we held the first of two meetings with a dozen (plus a few) teachers who will help Densho test our civil liberties curriculum units in their classrooms this…