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Educator Spotlight: Christian-Joseph Macahilig
Christian-Joseph Macahilig is an Outreach Coordinator with the UCLA Asian American Studies Center’s Foundations and Futures AAPI digital textbook project. He holds a B.A. in History and Adolescent Education Certification…
Teaching Digital Literacy With Densho: Navigating Truth in the Era of Disinformation
Educators today face an urgent challenge when it comes to helping students navigate rampant misinformation and disinformation, alongside a broader erosion of public trust in history and journalism. Densho is…
Teaching Difficult Histories with Care: What Educators Can Learn from Densho’s Archival Approach
October is American Archives Month, which means it’s a fitting time to explore how educators and students can use Densho’s archive to teach and learn about Japanese American wartime incarceration….
10 Little-Known Facts About the Crystal City Family Internment Camp
Guest post by Rob Buscher Located in South Texas about 80 miles southwest of San Antonio and 40 miles east of the Mexican border, Crystal City Family Internment Camp opened…
An Educator’s Guide to Searching the Densho Digital Repository
October is American Archives Month, which means it’s a perfect time to highlight how educators and students can use Densho’s archive to teach and learn about Japanese American wartime incarceration….
Ask a Historian: Did Every Camp Have a Fence?
The imagery of barbed wire fences, guard towers, and armed sentries is nearly ubiquitous in popular retellings of the story of Japanese American WWII incarceration. But did you know that…
A Minidoka Descendant Speaks Out to Say Our History Won’t Be Erased
On August 23, people across the country came together for a day of action to Protect Every Park, standing united against attempts to erase marginalized histories like Japanese American WWII…
Educator Spotlight: Jaci Jones
Jaci Jones (she/her) is a Professional Learning Specialist at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, PA. She holds a B.S. in Secondary Education (Social Studies) from Penn State University and…
Densho Updates
Introducing the Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films
Last month Densho, in partnership with Internet Archive, launched the Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films—an unprecedented online collection of more than 100 films, spanning 80 years of footage,…
Naomi Ostwald Kawamura: Building Community and Connection that Transcends Borders
In early March, I had the opportunity to be part of the 2024 Japanese American Leadership Delegation (JALD), a program jointly supported by the US-Japan Council and Japan’s Ministry of…
Highlights from Densho’s 2023 Virtual Fundraiser: Our Voices Will Not Be Silenced
Thank you to everyone who tuned in on October 5 for Densho’s 2023 virtual fundraiser, Our Voices Will Not Be Silenced!