Tule Lake Teacher Education Project Institute
Inspection of Hoshidan Members at Tule Lake Segregation Center, 1945. Densho Archives.
The National Japanese American Historical Society and the National Parks Service/Golden Gate Recreation Area are sponsoring two unique workshops for English and Social Studies teachers from grades 4-12 this summer. Teachers may attend one or both workshops. Applications are due by Friday, February 15, 2014.
Tule Lake Teacher Education Project Institute – A four day workshop institute from Tuesday, June 24 – Friday, June 27, 2014, in the Presidio of San Francisco. $600.00 stipend.
About: Teachers will work collaboratively to learn about the Tule Lake Segregation Center through the process of historic inquiry and then develop a draft curriculum with their fellow teachers using primary documents, secondary sources, photographs, oral histories and artifacts on the Tule Lake Segregation Center. They will field test the draft lessons in their classrooms. Teachers may volunteer to have portions of their lessons videotaped for web distribution. A smaller group of core teachers from the institute will refine the lessons, the lessons will then be re-designed for posting on the web by NJAHS webmaster. Stipends will be given for this additional work during the school year.
Tule Lake Pilgrimage – A four day three night pilgrimage and educational experience at the Tule Lake Segregation Center and Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) in Klammath Falls, Oregon, from Friday, July 4 – Monday, July 7, 2014 (for more information see www.tulelake.org). Transportation, lodging and 3 meals a day are provided. $300.00 stipend.
About: Teachers will join the bi-annual Tule Lake Pilgrimage at the Tule Lake Segregation Center and OIT. They will have the opportunity to experience and tour the Tule Lake Segregation Center and hear first hand accounts from former incarcerees. The four days are designed to be an immersive educational experience for people from outside the Japanese American community and for younger Japanese American family members. The Pilgrimage also serves as catharsis for those who lived through the experience – all guided by well trained, veteran group leaders. The Tule Lake Segregation Center was also unique because it was where people who answered “no-no” on the loyalty oath were sent to. They were segregated from other Japanese and Japanese American prisoners. Political dynamics in the camp were dramatically different from the others. Many incarcerated in Tule Lake renounced their citizenship when given the opportunity. But the reasons for both the “no-no” answers and renunciation were complex and varied. Teachers from the Bay Area participating in the pilgrimage through the National Japanese American Historical Society will be expected to attend a 2 hour orientation session before the pilgrimage, participate in a round table session during the pilgrimage, and share their experience with their colleagues at school. We will also meet each evening for dinner during the pilgrimage.