Lesson 8.03 Overcoming Challenges at Home

Consider the following Focus Question regarding the Japanese Internment: Should the government place Japanese-Americans living on the west coast in internment camps?

Take a position and defend it using the documents below and information from the lesson. Your answer should be a paragraph form.

• Letter from Portland, Oregon calling for internment camps. Read Section 1BII, starting with "The area lying to the west of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada Mountains in Washington,"
• 14th Amendment Section 1

Save your paragraph and submit it to 8.03 Japanese Internment Dropbox.

Complete 8.03 Discrimination Discussion.

1) Compose a 5-6 sentence response to the following questions and post your response to 8.03 Discrimination Discussion.

• What are two examples of discrimination against minority groups in the United States during World War II?
• Did any progress occur for minorities during World War II? If so, what positive steps were taken toward progress? If not, what changes were needed?
• What can we learn from the struggles at home during World War II to keep the U.S. from repeating past mistakes?

2) After posting your response, read your classmates' posts and find one post you agree with and one post you disagree with. Respond to both posts and share why you agree or disagree. Be sure to respond respectfully and provide evidence for your reasoning.

Throughout this lesson you worked on your 8.03 Notes Outline. Be sure to go back through the lesson to find any missing answers. Submit your completed outline to 8.03 Notes Outline Dropbox.