Assignment 24
Time of Fear Video & Questions
3/02/11
Standard: 11.7 Students analyze America's
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
Essential Learning: Analyze America’s participation in
WWII.
Focus Question: Why do you think that the United States
decided to intern Japanese-American civilians during
World War II? Do you think it was justified?
1. Document the attitude of the people in Jerome and
Rohwer Arkansas, during WWII.
2. Why were Japanese-American community leaders
detained and investigated following the Pearl Harbor
bombing?
3. What was the attitude of the Issies to the
discrimination they faced?
4. Who were the Nisie? How did their parents want
them to deal with discrimination?
5. Why did Governor Atkins, initially, refuse to accept
internment camps in the state of Arkansas?
6. Why did the people of Rohwer, and Jerome come to
resent the Japanese-Americans interned at the camps?
7. What was life like for the Nisie in the camps?
8. What was their experience when they were allowed to
go off camp?
9. Why were the internees asked to declare their loyalty
to the United States?
10.
What was the consequence of refusing to declare
their loyalty?
11.
What was the experience of the JapaneseAmericans who volunteered for military service?
12.
How did Japanese-American internment end?