HISTORICAL OVERVIEW (highlights); First immigrants from Asia arrived during the California gold rush. The American agricultural industry recruited Japanese laborers to work in the sugar cane fields of Hawaii. Outbreak of war. A confidential report to the President and the Secretary of State which certified that Japanese Americans possessed an extraordinary degree of loyalty to the United States. Executive Order 9066...used for the purpose of removing and incarcerating the Japanese Americans. War Department announced that Japanese American volunteers would be accepted for combat duty in Europe. 33,000 Japanese Americans served in Armed Forces during WWII. 6,000 of them in the Pacific Theater. Supreme Court ruling. Japanese Americans were free to return to their homes on the west coast effective Jan.,1945. The last mass detention camp did not close until Oct. 1946 and the last special internment camp did not close until 1952. President Gerald R. Ford rescinded Executive Order 9066 on Feb. 19, 1976 – exactly 34 years after its promulgation. A grave injustice was done to both Citizens and permanent Resident Aliens of Japanese ancestry by the evacuation. Gerald R. Ford). Apology by George Bush, Oct. 1990. Six photocopies. IMPORTANT DATES; The early period, 1841 – 1898. Immigration and Anti – Japanese activities, 1900 – 1937. WWII and imprisonment of Japanese Aliens and Citizens, 1939 – 1965. Campaign for Redress, 1970 – 1996. BOOK AND AUDIO-VISUAL LISTS; Elementary (Kindergarten through Sixth Grade). Intermediate (Sixth through Eighth Grade. Secondary (Seventh through Twelfth Grade). Reference CURRICULLUM GUIDES; Elementary, Intermediate and Secondary. Resources for informational material on the internment; Japanese American Citizens League. Curriculum and Supplemental classroom materials. Permanent Museum Exhibits. Resource Agencies. REGIONAL RESOURCES; Northern California/Western Nevada/Pacific. Central California. Pacific Southwest. East Coast. Midwest. Pacific Northwest. Intermountain. LEARNING ACTIVITIES: ELEMENTARY; Writing exercise, Discussion, Reading by Teacher – Discussion. Lesson 2; Constructing a “People” poster. Lesson 3; Task cards. Lesson 4; “The Bracelet”, book by Yoshiko Uchida. Lesson 5; Baseball Saved Us; To better understand the Japanese American internment and the prejudice faced by internees before and after WWII. INTERMEDIATE AND SECONDARY; Lesson 1; Exclusion orders. Lesson 2; Prejudice and discrimination. Lesson 3; Camps and the Constitution. Lesson 4; War hysteria. APPENDIX; Glossary. Japanese American Journey: The Story of a People – The calm is broken, Days of fear, The Government orders, Homes with barbed wire fences, Again to move, A sad time of adjustment, Life must continue, In spite of everything, The broken promise, The return, The fight for justice. Bill of Rights. Summary of Constitutional Rights Violated. Executive Order 9066. Poster; Instructions to all Persons of Japanese Ancestry. The Ten Permanent Relocation Centers. The American Promise, a proclamation (Pres. Gerald R. Ford)