Recommended Reading for Students and Teaching Resources
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Early Elementary: K-2 Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki Told by a Japanese American boy, this story shows how baseball made life in the internment camps more bearable for many Japanese Americans. This first-person narrative candidly exposes the hardships that Japanese Americans experienced before, during, and after internment. ●Age Group: Early Elementary: K-3 ●Book Type : Fiction So Far From the Sea by Eva BuntingA young girl and her family visit her grandfather's grave at Manzanar War Relocation Camp to say good-bye one last time. Color and black-and-white illustrations bring to life the story of the internment of Japanese Americans. ●Age Group: Early Elementary: K-3 ●Book Type: Fiction
The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida Emi, a young Japanese American, realizes that although she is forced to leave her home and school, she will always have the memories of her friends in her heart. ●Age Group: Early Elementary: K-3 ●Book Type: Fiction Book List information retrieved from:
http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/homePage.do Retrieved from: http://americanhistory.si.edu/ourstory/pdf/internment/Internment_Book_List.pdf (Click on PDF file below to view booklist.)
Additional Information & Teaching Resourceshttp://americanhistory.si.edu/ourstory/activities/internment/more.html http://americanhistory.si.edu/ourstory/activities/internment/ http://americanhistory.si.edu/ourstory/pdf/internment/internment_suitcase.pdf http://caamedia.org/jainternment http://www.seattleschools.org/schools/hamilton/Library/special/intern.htm
History retold: WWII feature films http://victory1945.rt.com/films/?gclid=CKTB3rDtuKgCFZIH2godYjTndw Click on the YouTube video to see a clip of the movie, American Pastime. Powerful story about the dramatic impact WWII had in the home-front as Japanese American families were uprooted from their every day lives and placed into internment camps in Western US in the early 1940's. Faced with a country that now doubted their loyalty and struggling with their new situation, they turn to baseball as a way to handle their plight and find the strength to stand up for themselves becoming a true symbol of honor and pride. MPAA Rating: NOTRATED © T&C Ventures, Ltd. |
Late Elementary: 3-5, Middle & High School
A Child in Prison Camp by Shizuye Takashima When Shizuye Takashima was eleven years old, her entire world changed forever. As a Japanese-Canadian in 1941, she was among thousands of people forced from their homes and sent to live in internment camps in the Canadian Rockies. Although none had been convicted of any crimes, they were considered the enemy because the country was at war with Japan. In this true story of sadness and joy, the author recalls her life in the days leading up to her family's forced movement to the camp, her fear, anger, and frustration as the war drags on, and surprising joys in the camp. A Fence Away From Freedom: Japanese Americans and World War II by Ellen Levine Japanese Americans reflect on their years spent in internment camps as children or young adults. They discuss the process of being forced from their homes, and their ability to make the prisons more livable despite oppressive conditions. ●Age Groups: Middle School, High School, Adult ●Book Type: Nonfiction
The Children of Topaz: The Story of a Japanese American Internment Camp by Michael O. Tunnel & George W. Chilcoat The diary entries of children from one particular class in an internment camp in Topaz, Utah, reveal what daily life was like for students. The entries are placed in historical context, and are accompanied by many photographs illustrating the experiences of these students and other Japanese Americans. ●Age Groups: Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School, High School ●Book Type: Nonfiction
The Invisible Thread by Yoshiko Uchida Children's author Yoshiko Uchida describes growing up in Berkeley, California, as a Nisei, a second-generation Japanese American, and her family's internment in a Nevada concentration camp during World War II. ●Age Groups: Late Elementary: 3-5 & Middle School ●Book Type: Autobiography The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559 Mirror Lake Internment Campby Barry Denenberg Twelve-year-old Ben Uchida and his family are imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp after the bombing on Pearl Harbor. Ben records his experiences, both heartbreaking and humorous, in his journal. ●Age Groups: Late Elementary: 3-5 & Middle School ●Book Type: Historical
Fiction
Under The Blood-Red Sun by Graham Salisbury Tomi was born in Hawaii. His grandfather and parents were born in Japan, and came to America to escape poverty. World War II seems far away from Tomi and his friends, who are too busy playing ball on their eighth-grade team, the Rats. But then Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese, and the United States declares war on Japan. Japanese men are rounded up, and Tomi's father and grandfather are arrested. It's a terrifying time to be Japanese in America. But one thing doesn't change: the loyalty of Tomi's buddies, the Rats ●Age Groups: Late Elementary: 3-5 & Middle School ●Book Type: Historical
Fiction
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