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TEACHER WORKSHOPS-for Grades 4-12
Join us for a workshop WE ARE ALL AMERICANS that provides a backdrop to the special exhibition Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII and the Demise of Civil Liberties (https://thentheycame.org/). The exhibition examines a terrifying time in U.S. history when the federal government scapegoated and indefinitely detained 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, and draws parallels to tactics chillingly resurgent today. The workshops provide greater historical and cultural context to the exhibition and invites inquiry into this dark chapter in American history. What was the chronology that led to the decision to forcibly remove Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, from the West Coast? How did Japanese Americans respond to the violation of their civil liberties? And what, as a nation, have we learned that can help us address the present-day issues of immigration, racism, and mass incarceration? This workshop is similar to the February 2, 2019, San Jose Workshop. Funded in part by the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant, administered by the National Park Service.
Workshop participants will receive:
• A $50 honorarium for each workshop.
• Support for a class study trip to the exhibition Then They Came for Me at the Presidio
• Teacher curriculum, resources, and strategies for guiding student inquiry
• Continental breakfast and light lunch
Workshop Details
Then They Came for Me: The Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration 1947 to the Present (See page 2 for more info)
Location: Military Intelligence Service (MIS) Historical Learning Center 640 Mason St. The Presidio San Francisco, CA 94129
Speaker: Don Tamaki
Tour: MIS & Then They Came for Me
Date: April 27, 2019
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
We will send you info for free tours and bus support when you register.
For information email: grace@njahs.org