Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Concentration Camps v. Internment Camps

Define- Concentration Camp, Internment Camp

 Finish reading Our World Book pages- 554


Read WWII Magazine


WWII: Japanese Internment Camps- factual student documentary


On February 19, 1942, soon after the beginning of World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. The evacuation order commenced the round-up of 120,000 Americans of Japanese heritage to one of 10 internment camps—officially called "relocation centers"—in California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, and Arkansas.

George Takei in Japanese internment camp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUrpIFp7EMA - personal story



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