Week 3: WWII Japanese Internment

We’re continuing our journey with WWII and this week we are learning more about the Japanese internment that happened in the United States. We will primarily be focusing on the letters that were shared with Miss Breed, a librarian.

Jump to…

• Monday
• Tuesday & Dear Miss Breed Intro
  • Before Class
  • In Class
    • First Letter due
• Thursday & Miss Breed Letters
  • Before Class
  • In Class
• Weekly Writing

Monday, September 11

• Weekly writing for Week 2 (WWII Communications & Special Collections Letters) due by midnight.
• Submit your post URL in Canvas.

Tuesday, September 12

Before Class

Read over the introduction to Dear Miss Breed. Use Hypothes.is to annotate & highlight. This is a PDF, so please review using Hypothes.is with a PDF before reading the introduction.

• Annotating PDFs with Hypothes.is 
• Read and annotate the introduction to Dear Miss Breed.

In Class

• Your Letter to your Future Self is due and should be handed in during class. Do not seal the envelope.
• Discussion of introduction and Japanese internment in the United States.
• Letter sign-up for Thursday from the JANM Clara Breed Collection.
• Reminder: be thinking about WWII paper and presentation.

Thursday, September 15

Before Class

• Read and review your letter from the letter sign-up.
• Be prepared to share some highlights/observations from your letter.

In Class

• Pointing exercise
• Sign-up for Last Letters from the Holocaust from the Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Weekly Writing

1. This weekly writing should focus on any reading/activity/exercise/etc that you found particularly interesting this week.
2. Weekly Writings will be due by Monday of each week.
3. Submit your post URL in Canvas.