COURSE IS NOW CLOSED Our 2 day institute will introduce and/or reacquaint you with place based and inquiry based learning that meets Common Core and C3 Framework for Social Studies Standards. Our goal is to provide you with practical and useful ideas for implementing Social Studies education through learning activities and student generated research. This…
WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL. Email njahs@njahs.org to sign up for waitlist. If you haven't already, please fill out the Pre-registration Assessment FORM BELOW. IN SEARCH OF YOUR KOSEKI (Japanese registry) SUNDAY, FEB 5, 2017, 1 - 3PM NJAHS Peace Gallery 1684 Post Street, SF JAPANTOWN Continuing NJAHS' Workshop Series on JA Genealogy, Part Two Series, we've invited…
Camp 101: A Teach-In February 18, 2017, 9:30AM - 12:30PM On the 75th anniversary of the Executive Order 9066 which led to the mass incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast, we'll explore the meaning behind this executive order and its implications today. Grace Morizawa, Ed.D. Rosalyn Tonai, Melissa Ayumi Bailey FREE, RSVP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/camp-101-everything-you-want-to-know-but-were-too-afraid-to-ask-tickets-32139670620
Tell Your Stories As You Would Like them Told The Nisei narrative is as complex as it is compelling, enriched by the influences of family, community, culture, and country. Timeless and powerful in the telling, the stories distinguish themselves through the voices of those who share them. Family, friends, and persons unknown can benefit from…
Join us for a workshop WE ARE ALL AMERICANS that provides a backdrop to the special exhibition Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII and the Demise of Civil Liberties (https://thentheycame.org/). The exhibition examines a terrifying time in U.S. history when the federal government scapegoated and indefinitely detained 120,000 people of…
War Relocation Authority Incarceree Farm Labor Teacher Education Project – Free Online Workshop for 4th Grade to 12th Grade Humanities, History, and Social Studies Teachers – During World War II, the federal government forcibly removed people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast and imprisoned them in American concentration camps. A little-known part of…
Tuesday July 26 from 1 - 2:30pm ET/10:00am PT - 11:30am PT Via Zoom hosted by the NWP Write Now Teacher Studio Join us for an online teacher workshop led by teachers, grades 3 to 12, who have been involved in a set of regional workshops and an online study group titled “We Are All…
SIGN UP TODAY LIFE’S ANGLES: CAMP ART BOXES - Lessons on the Japanese American Camp Art and Crafts of WWII. Using award-winning place-based pedagogy and specially crafted art box kits, school classroom teachers in grade levels 3- 6 will explore themes of civil liberties and social justice through the arts and language arts. Classroom hands-on applications address intergenerational trauma and healing today.…
