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K-12 Teachers’ Workshop—Legacy Voices: The World War II Japanese American Experience

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Workshops & Classes

Educators

K-12 Teachers’ Workshop—Legacy Voices: The World War II Japanese American Experience

About the Event

FREE for K-12 teachers

This unique professional development opportunity will explore the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II through local and national stories. The training will focus on national civil rights hero Fred T. Korematsu, the “assembly centers” of California, and the personal accounts of those affected by the incarceration experience.

The workshop will also include a tour of JANM and a packet of lesson plans and classroom resources for elementary, middle, and high school students.

Space is limited. Click here to make a reservation.

Sponsored by the Japanese American National Museum, the Los Angeles County Office of Education, the Fred T. Korematsu Institute, the San Joaquin County Office of Education, and the National Park Service’s Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program.

Saturday, Sep 19, 2015

9:00 AM PDT

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About the Event

FREE for K-12 teachers

This unique professional development opportunity will explore the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II through local and national stories. The training will focus on national civil rights hero Fred T. Korematsu, the “assembly centers” of California, and the personal accounts of those affected by the incarceration experience.

The workshop will also include a tour of JANM and a packet of lesson plans and classroom resources for elementary, middle, and high school students.

Space is limited. Click here to make a reservation.

Sponsored by the Japanese American National Museum, the Los Angeles County Office of Education, the Fred T. Korematsu Institute, the San Joaquin County Office of Education, and the National Park Service’s Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program.

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