Farewell to Manzanar Film Review
- As the result of Ex. Order 9066, why did the President of the United States sign the order to intern Japanese (Issei) Japanese Americans (Nisei)? Why did it most of the order take place on the west coast?
- What did the Japanese and Japanese Americans lose as a result of being placed in camps? Personally, materially, and personal loss?
- Describe the relocation and interment experience of the Japanese Japanese Americans in the U.S. during WWII. What were the camp conditions like for the families? Could you apply the concept of “cabin fever” after being in the camps for months?
- What are your opinions of the internment of Japanese and Japanese Americans? Could this happen again? Were their similar reactions to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and 9/11 by the American public?