 Introduction
In this lesson students will assume the role of
Japanese American poets interned during World War II to create illustrated
poems about the internment experience. Students will be introduced to the
elements of a haiku, a traditional form of Japanese poetry. Then, working
in pairs, they will read quotes about and examine pictures depicting scenes
from the Japanese internment-orders to relocate, arrival at camp, barracks,
barren landscape, sandstorms and children attending class. Students will
record their impressions on a spoke diagram. Afterward students will write
a haiku about "their" experiences complete with descriptive language and
illustrations.
Subject:
United States History
Topic:
Japanese American Internment
Grade Level: Eleventh
Student Lesson name and URL:
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Standards
Addressed
Grade
11
United
States History
11.7 Students
analyze Americas participation in World War II.
5. Discuss the constitutional issues and impact of events on the U.S. home
front, including the internment of Japanese Americans.
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Instructional
Objectives
1. Students will describe
"their" experiences as a member of the Japanese Internment.
2. Students will be able to
list and give examples of their feelings on a spoke diagram.
3. Students will be able to
understand the rules that apply to a haiku, a traditional Japanese form
of poetry.
4. Students will compose a
haiku based on their feelings as they relate to their internment.
5. Students will create an
illustration interpreting their feelings as they relate to the haiku.
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Student
Activities
Students will be broken up
into mixed ability pairs and introduced to the Japanese Internment and
the traditional Japanese form of poetry, Haiku. Students will then read
or view qoutes and pictures relating tto the Japanese Internment, documenting
their feelings as they go. Students will then write a haiku and illustrate
the poem.
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Introductory
Activity
1. Place students
in pre-arranged mix ability pairs.
2. Introduce them
to the Japanese American experiences during the internment of World War
II.
3. Have the students
view the timeline
and answer a series of comprehension questions.
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Enabling
Activity(ies)
1. Explain the elements
of haiku.
2. Have the students
view and discuss three examples of
haiku.
3. When students
understand the elements of haiku have them read quotes
from internees and imagine that they are Japanese-American poets nterned
by the U.S. government during World War II.
4. Have the pairs
carefully examine the scene depicted in the pictures
and record as many details about it as they can on the spoke diagram.
5. The students will now use their notes
to write a haiku about the internment experience.
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Culminating
Activity
1. Review with the students
the guidlines for writing the haiku.
2. Once students understand
the guidelines, have them begin writing their haiku. Encourage the use
of words that invoke a visual image.
3. When the students have
finished their haiku have them begin an illustration of it. This illustartion
should, as much as possible, reflect the words of the haiku.
4. After the studenst have
completed their illustrations, scan them.
5. The students will then
use the illusatrion as "wallpaper" and type the haiku over the illustration.
6. Each student then should
evaluate their own project, based on the scoring rubric.
6. The students will then
either e-mail or save to the server, the project for grading.
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Assessment
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for the culminating activity or a link to your rubric or test document
file.
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Results
After implementing your lesson
(sometime between January & March), insert a chart of your pre-test,
post-test, and culminating assessment data.
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Web
Resources & Supplementary Materials
Introductory Activity
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for this activity here. Also link supplementary materials such as PDF files
and /or document files.
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Enabling Activity
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for your learning activity(ies) here. Also link supplementary materials
such as PDF files and /or document files.
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Culminating Activity
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for your culminating activity here. Also link supplementary materials such
as PDF files and /or document files.
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Brian Deis
Galt
High School
145 North
Lincoln Way
Galt, CA
95632
Last Revised:
08/16/2000 |
