WARS: "Bringing history to life: sharing our stories" presentation

We emphasize the value of story. Invite local speakers, or check out the virtual speakers who can come to your library and classroom from the Holocaust Story Project of Sonoma County speakers and Japanese American Citizens League.   

• to find other sources in this guide related to these subjects check HERE

BOOKS.  BOOKS. BOOKS. BOOKS:

• Holocaust book list & resources  by TeachingBooks.com

• Japanese American Internment book list and resources by TeachingBooks.com

• WWII Holocaust Book List curated by Laurie Prothro. 

WEBSITES, WEBSITES. WEBSITES:
Library of Congress:   start here to learn about Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS)
                                       Join the TPS NETWORK

Online resources on the French Resistance

Lesson plans for Jewish heritage Month

PBS Learning Media: 

US Holocaust Museum: Engaging Students with Survivor Testimony and Primary Sources: USHMM

Museum of Tolerance
Teaching guides, speakers ,and resources including suggestions on how to have discussions with children about this difficult, complex subject

ADL- ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE : addresses broad issues of social justice 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES: DOCS TEACH
DocsTeach, created by the National Archives team, is a tool for teaching with documents, and has a page devoted to the Japanese-American Incarceration 

EISENHOWER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY: World War II: Holocaust. / FDR PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
Japanese American internment: Executive Order 9066

NAT'L WORLD WAR II MUSEUM: The Holocaust / Japanese American Internment

NARA: Teaching the Holocaust with primary sources

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: Japanese American Internment Document Sets

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
Resources and lessons: Provides highly-visual web resources about the Japanese American WWII camp experience
Curriculum: Teach about broader issues of community, social justice, civil rights, and democracy
First-person accounts: Explore video shorts as well as life history interviews

General resources: Includes maps of internment camps, educator newsletter, and educator resource guide

To help your students access interesting and reliable sources, try these SEARCH STRATEGIES: 

browser search with a site:.gov ending to your search terms. This brings a wealth of education and museum related documents via many government Agencies:   Holocaust primary sources site:.gov   Or Japanese American Internment primary sources site:.gov
OR 
Holocaust primary source lessons for teens site:.gov OR Japanese American Internment primary source lessons for teens site:.gov
OR
use search words that you want to show up on the page(s) you'd go to: "Japanese American Internment" lessons [ then add your site:.gov. or site:.edu. or site:org]