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Further explore
the Japanese American experience during World War II through
these selected online links and other resources:
Internment
Sites
Sites
devoted to documenting the general history of WWII internment
and the heroic Japanese American military service during the
war, including online photographic exhibits.
Specific
Camp Sites
Sites
devoted to documenting the internment experience in several camps.
Organizations
& History
Japanese
American national organizations, health care and general history
sites.
Books
A bibliography
of available books on Japanese American WWII internment.
FOR
OTHER VIDEOS ON THE INTERNMENT EXPERIENCE, PLEASE SEE THE CENTER FOR ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA (FORMERLY NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION) ONLINE CATALOG.
AVAILABLE
NOW!!!
Teacher's
Guide
Racism,
Culture & Trauma: The Japanese American Internment. A Teacher's
Guide for the Children of the Camps Documentary by Satsuki Ina,
Ph.D. To be used to guide discussion in the classroom as well
as enhance individual study of the subject. The 48-page guide
includes images from the documentary, individual and classroom
experimental exercises, and references.
The
purpose of the Teacher's Guide is to:
1)
Provide the social-historical context for the documentary,
2)
Explore the psychological consequences of the internment and
mitigating cultural coping mechanisms,
3)
Describe how the documentary was used as a community intervention
to address the unresolved legacy of the internment trauma, and
4)
Offer classroom activities to increase student awareness, empathy
and insight regarding the effects of racism.
The
Table of Contents include:
I.
The Social and Historical Context
Uprooting and Physical Conditions
Family Stressors
Psychological Stressors
II.
Racism as Traumatic Stress
Culture and Trauma
Indications of Unresolved Trauma
The Abuse Dichotomy
Posttraumatic Stress
Cognitive Distortions
Altered Emotionality
Dissociation
Impaired Self-Reference
Disturbed Relatedness
Avoidance
III.
Children of the Camps: Trauma and Healing
Children of the Camps Documentary and Educational Project
The American Public: National PBS Broadcast and Viewer's Guide
The Japanese American Community: Community Education Forums
Mental Health Providers: Cultural Competence
TO DOWNLOAD the Teacher's Guide (.pdf files), please use the following links:
Racism, Culture & Trauma: The Japanese American Internment OUTER COVER (2 MB)
Racism, Culture & Trauma: The Japanese American Internment (34 MB)
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