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| Core Learning Goal: 1 |
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The students will demonstrate an understanding of the historical development and current status of principles, institutions, and processes of political system.
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The student will evaluate how the United States government has maintained a balance between protecting rights and maintaining order.
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| Indicator: 1.2.3 |
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The student will evaluate the impact of governmental decisions and actions that have affected the rights of individuals and groups in American society and/or have affected maintaining order and/or safety.
Assessment Limits:
- Presidential use of power and executive orders on rights, order, and/or safety.
- National government agencies' actions affecting rights, order, and/or safety.
- State actions affecting rights, order and/or safety
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This is a lesson on the impact that Franklin Roosevelt's executive order had on Japanese-Americans. If your students have a limited knowledge of modern history, provide students with some background information about the Japanese attack that led to the United States entry into World War II. |
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Students will examine the government's reaction to the attack on Pearl Harbor. |
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Students will evaluate the impact of an executive order on the rights of Japanese-American citizens. |
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Government textbooks
Student Reading: Executive Order #9066 |
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- Ask the students "What happened at Pearl Harbor in 1941?" Give any
needed information. Then ask: "How do you think Americans reacted to this surprise attack?" Provide some historical examples of the anti-Japanese hysteria that followed Pearl Harbor.
- Using their textbooks, have students review information on Presidential executive orders.
- Distribute the reading selection Executive Order #9066 and have students answer these discussion questions:
- How did President Roosevelt react to Pearl Harbor?
- What hardships did Japanese-Americans suffer during the war?
- How did some Japanese-American men respond to the United States being at war?
- "Two thirds of Japanese-Americans in California were citizens of the United States." Should that fact make any difference when the President issues an order like Executive Order #9066?
- Give students the following scenario:
It is 1942. You are an 18 year-old Japanese-American who has been removed from home and placed in an internment camp. You were born in California and are therefore a legal resident and citizen of the United States.
- Have students write a letter to President Roosevelt that includes the following points:
- Explain your view of Executive Order #9066.
- Describe how your life has been changed by this order.
- Tell what you would do during this war if you were not restricted to the internment camp.
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Have students answer this Brief Constructed Response item:
- What rights were affected by the President's internment order?
- Is the government justified in using this type of authority in a crisis
situation? Why or why not?
- Include examples and details to support your answer.
Use the Social Studies Rubric to score student responses. |
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 Print Version: Government Lesson Plan (Acrobat 17k)
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