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Leaving Things Behind

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Title:

Leaving Things Behind

URL:

https://amhistory.si.edu/ourstory/pdf/internment/internment_suitcase.pdf

Content Source:

Smithsonian

Type:

Learning Activity

Overview:

In this activity, students will read and respond to a quote by a woman who was forced to move into a Japanese Internment camp during World War II. Students will decide what they would take with them if they had to go into an internment camp.

Content Standard(s):

Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 4
Alabama Studies

13 ) Describe the economic and social impact of World War II on Alabamians, including entry of women into the workforce, increase in job opportunities, rationing, utilization of Alabama's military installations, military recruitment, the draft, and a rise in racial consciousness.

• Recognizing Alabama participants in World War II, including the Tuskegee Airmen and women in the military

• Justifying the strategic placement of military bases in Alabama, including Redstone Arsenal, Fort Rucker, Fort McClellan, and Craig Air Force Base

Unpacked Content

Strand: Economics, Geography, History

Course Title: Alabama Studies (Alabama)

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Describe the economic and social impact of World War II on Alabamians, including the entry of women into the workforce, increase in job opportunities, rationing, utilization of Alabama's military installations, military recruitment, the draft, and a rise in racial consciousness.
Justify the strategic placement of military bases in Alabama, including Redstone Arsenal, Fort Rucker, Fort McClellan, and Craig Air Force Base.

Teacher Vocabulary:

analyze
justify
workforce
rationing
draft
strategic
Tuskegee Airmen
victory garden
recruit
segregation
discrimination

Knowledge:

Students know:

How World War II impacted Alabama economically and socially.
Women played an important role in the military.
Racial tensions affected Alabamians on the homefront.
The importance of the Tuskegee Airmen.
The involvement of Alabamians in the War Effort varied from helping on the homefront to volunteering or being drafted to serve in combat.
Alabama had important military bases during WWII including Redstone Arsenal, Fort Rucker, Fort McClellan, and Craig Air Force Base.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Describe the economic and social impact of World War II on Alabamians, including the entry of women into the workforce, increase in job opportunities, rationing, utilization of Alabama's military installations, military recruitment, the draft, and a rise in racial consciousness.
Identify Alabama participants in World War II, including the Tuskegee Airmen and women in the military.
Locate military bases in Alabama, including Redstone Arsenal, Fort Rucker, Fort McClellan, and Craig Air Force Base.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

Even though WWII was being fought on foreign soil, it still impacted the social and economic lives of Alabamians in many ways.

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SS.AAS.4.13- Identify the important role Alabama played during World War II and the economic and social impact World War II had on the lives of Alabamians including strategic placement of military bases in Alabama, such as Redstone Arsenal, Fort Rucker, Fort McClellan, and Craig Air Force Base.

Tags:

internment camps, Japanese Americans, World War II

License Type:

Custom Permission Type
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Author:

Ginger Boyd

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Leaving Things Behind