I visited the Go For Broke National Education Center and really enjoyed the museum and its exhibits. The center itself was geared at younger students and would have made a great field trip (I go into detail of the exhibits in my make up assignment post if you are interested in learning more).
Since I found the museum to be a place that could be extremely useful for engaging students in dialogue about WWII, I decided to look up their website. I found the website is also geared towards teachers and students. According to the website, the foundation's main goal is to "educate and inspire character and equality through the virtue and valor of our World War II American veterans of Japanese ancestry". Therefore, they provide plenty of resources to educate students about WWII and the Japanese American experience.
In the dropdown labeled "learn" there is a section labeled "classroom" which has a wealth of resources including multiple lesson plans for different ages including high school. I really appreciated the one titled World War II Propaganda and Japanese Americans. It provides many visuals and a downloadable slide show on propaganda techniques that could be used for lots of lessons.
Lastly, there is a section titled Hanashi Oral History Archives, which includes over 700 video clips of interviews from people speaking about their experience. They also include a transcript of the video. I thought this could be really useful in helping to bring the history to life and making the accounts of WWII more tangible for students.
To educate and inspire character and equality through the virtue and valor of our World War II American veterans of Japanese ancestry
OUR MISSION: To educate and inspire character and equality through the virtue and valor of our World War II American veterans of Japanese ancestry.
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