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Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Optional
This lesson illuminates some of the ways in which Japanese Canadians resisted systemic racism in the form of incarceration, internment, uprooting, loss of home and property, and numerous other injustices, during and after World War II. The lesson package provides background information to prepare teachers before discussing with students the Canadian government’s incarceration of Japanese Canadians.
- Big Ideas:
- Internment
- Subject:
- Social Studies, Language Arts, Social Justice
- Lesson Components:
- 11
- Languages:
- French, English
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Grades: 10, 11, 12240 Minutes
Students investigate the change in government policy from custodial trusteeship to forced sale of Japanese Canadians’ property, a change that came as a shock to most Japanese Canadians at the time and created immense hardships and legacies that have continued to the present day.
- Big Ideas:
- Historical & Contemporary Injustices
- Subject:
- Social Studies, Law
- Lesson Components:
- 6
- Languages:
- English
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Grades: 10, 11, 12180 Minutes
Students confront the human impacts of uprooting, internment, dispossession, displacement, and deportation. The federal government sold Japanese Canadians’ homes, businesses, and personal property and forced families to use the proceeds to support themselves during the internment.
- Big Ideas:
- Internment
- Subject:
- Social Studies, Social Justice
- Lesson Components:
- 7
- Languages:
- English
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Grades: 10, 11, 12180 Minutes
One of the most common primary sources is the photograph. It is among the first representations of a topic that students find when they conduct an online search. Many photos of the Japanese-Canadian internment camps show smiling faces. These lessons give students the context and tools with which to understand the social and cultural contexts behind those smiles and to better understand the realities of internment and the unjust actions of the federal government in the 1940’s.
- Big Ideas:
- Different Perspectives & Ideas
- Subject:
- Social Studies, Language Arts
- Lesson Components:
- 9
- Languages:
- French, English
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Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 960 Minutes
Racism can permeate all elements of society. We are most familiar with the institutional, systemic, and societal forms of racism, particularly when we are looking at the past. But geography and spaces can also be impacted by racism. Looking at Vancouver’s Powell Street neighbourhood, students explore the ways in which racism impacts home, neighbourhood, and community.
- Big Ideas:
- Historical & Contemporary Injustices
- Subject:
- Social Studies
- Lesson Components:
- 5
- Languages:
- French, English
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Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 960 Minutes
What factors contribute to a sense of community? How do music and dance contribute to the building of culture and community? This lesson looks at Japanese music, dance, and other cultural traditions, and how identity, values, and stories can be passed from generation to generation through expressive arts like music and dance.
- Big Ideas:
- Different Perspectives & Ideas
- Subject:
- Social Studies, Language Arts, Art
- Lesson Components:
- 4
- Languages:
- French, English