This document provides background information on Executive Order 9066, which allowed for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. It discusses how after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt issued the order in 1942 allowing for the exclusion and removal of over 120,000 Japanese Americans from the Pacific coast. Students are then assigned several tasks related to the order, including watching a video, reading the primary document, writing a letter from the perspective of a Japanese American in an internment camp, and posting a blog arguing the pros or cons of the order with a response to another student's blog.

1. Farewell to Manzanar
byJeanne Wakatsuki Houston
• Standards:
• ELA7R1
• ELA7W2 (d)

2. Essential Questions
• When is it justified to take away a
person’s freedoms when they have not
committed a crime?
.
• How do we balance the good of society
with the rights of individuals?

3. Introduction
Soon after the attack on Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7,
1941, President Roosevelt declared
war on Japan. The United States now
entered World War II. On February
19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed
Executive Order 9066, which allowed
military leaders to exclude people
from declared military areas. This
began the removal of approximately
120,000 Japanese-Americans from
the Pacific Coast. Was this a military
necessity?

4. Your job today!!!
1. View two videos and answer the
questions assigned.
2. Read the document Executive Order
9066 and complete a task (letter).
3. Write a blog on the index card
provided and post it on the board under
either pro or con. You will then need to
respond to one blog listed on the board.

5. Your first job!!!
• Watch the video and answer the questions on
your paper. You may need to view the video more
than once to get the full impact.

6. Executive Order 9066 Video
Click Here
Click on the video and watch it as many times
as needed to understand its full impact. Then
turn to the next page.

7. Executive Order 9066
• Click on the link below where you will find
the document. Read the document and
answer the questions on your paper.
• http://lettichblog.edublogs.org/files/2008/11/pc

8. Your job!!!
• Scenario: It is 1942. You are an 18 year-old Japanese-
American who has been removed from home and placed
in an internment camp. You were born in California and
are therefore a legal resident and citizen of the United
States.
1. Write a letter to President Roosevelt that includes the
following points:
• Explain your view of Executive Order #9066.
• Describe how your life has been changed by this order.
• Tell what you would do during this war if you were not
restricted to the internment camp.

9. Your final task!!!
• Answer the essential questions in
paragraph form. You will need to take a
position either PRO or CON and supply
support and evidence for your opinion.
Write your answer on the index card
provided and post it on the bulletin board
in the classroom.

10. To do…
• Remember… you have to post one
response to another person’s posted
blog. You will need to write your
response and post it. Label it response
and check off your name.