[WSCSS] Free Teacher Resource CD From Densho

[Tom Ikeda]

Dear Washington State Social Studies Teachers,

 

On a first-come, first-served basis, Densho is providing a free CD-ROM
titled "Civil Liberties Curriculum." This resource contains four classroom
units and primary source materials that were designed to align with OSPI's
Classroom Based Assessment (CBA) models. The titles and short descriptions
of the classroom units are below.

 

Constitutional Issues: Civil Liberties, Individuals, and the Common Good

High School Civics - 3 weeks

Explores the essential question, "How can the United States balance the
rights of individuals with the common good?"

 

Dig Deep: Media and the Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War
II

High School History - 3 weeks

Analyzes media and the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War
II. 

 

Checks and Balances: Japanese American Incarceration

Middle School - 3 days

Examines decisions the three branches of government made relating to the
mass removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

 

You Decide: Were Japanese Americans a Threat?

Elementary School - 3 days

Explores the complex decisions that individuals, local governments, and
national governments must face in a democracy.

 

The units on Constitutional Issues and Dig Deep utilize oral histories,
historical photographs and period newspapers from Densho's rich archive.
These primary sources are included on the CD-ROM.

 

You may request this teacher resource CD-ROM by sending email to
curriculum at densho.org. 

 

Please include your name, mailing address and the number of CD-ROMs you
would like. This CD-ROM was created with the support of the Washington Civil
Liberties Public Education Program and 4Culture Lodging Tax Revenues.

 

Tom Ikeda

Executive Director

Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project

www.densho.org

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