Format
This program guides participants through an examination of primary resources and demonstrations to learn how Nisei Solider participation in World War II. Participants will be encouraged to answer questions and solve problems. Time will be allowed for questions and answers.
Objectives
- Recognize the commitment, challenges, and sacrifices of Nisei Soldiers during World War II.
- Define Executive Order 9906 and describe its impact on Japanese Americans during World War II.
- Understand how military services has been used as a strategy to advance civil rights.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
Common Core Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
State Standards
History and Social Science Standards of Learning for Virginia Public Schools
United States History 1865 to Present
USII.6 The student will apply history and social science skills to understand the major causes and events of World War II and the effects of America’s role by
F)identifying the roles and sacrifices of American armed forces, including prisoners of war, women, and segregated units, as well as other notable heroics, including, but not limited to the contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, the Women Airforce Service Pilots, the Navajo Code Talkers, and the Bedford boys;
Virginia and United States History
VUS.14 The student will apply history and social science skills to analyze the United States’ involvement in World War II by
B) analyzing the causes and events that led to America’s involvement, including the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. response with Executive Order 9066 and the incarceration of Japanese Americans, and the Supreme Court case Korematsu v. United States;
D) evaluating and explaining the contributions of heroic military units including, but not limited to segregated, minority units, women, and the role of Virginia units in the America war effort;