History in Action

Ms. Castro's 8th grade  class visited the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.  They were learning about Executive Order  #9066 & Japanese Internment Camps.  Students toured the museum with docents that actually experienced living in the internment camps. They also received a lesson in Origami.

In 1942, the United States government ordered more than 110,000 men, women, and children to leave their homes and detained them in remote, military-style camps. Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned during World War II.

LINK for further information : http://www.nps.gov/manz/index.htm

Japanese-Americans boarding trains to internment camps, California, 1942