Lesson Two
Executive Order 9066
Lesson Focus: The focus of lesson two is to provide
students with background knowledge of the events leading up to Executive Order
9066, and to give them a sense of the injustice suffered by the Japanese-Americans
because of this order.
Time to complete: Approximately two fifty minute class
periods.
Grade level 7
Objectives:
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The student will demonstrate the ability to make
connections between a text read independently and his or her prior knowledge,
other texts, and world.
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The student will demonstrate the ability to summarize,
paraphrase, analyze, and evaluate what he or she reads.
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The student will demonstrate the ability to use
graphic organizers as a means of organizing information and events logically.
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The student will demonstrate the ability to use texts
to make connections and to support ideas in his or her own writing.
Lesson Procedure:
Before reading chapters 2-6 of Farewell to Manzanar, students read Executive Order 9066. Have students take
notes on the text using the Questions to
Guide Student Understanding. Next, discuss in small groups what they think
this means. Complete with a whole-class discussion to check student
understanding. Students should read chapters 2-6 of Farewell to Manzanar. As they read, they should pay particular
attention to descriptions of living conditions in the internment camp. Use the graphic organizer to help students
record what they learn about the living conditions. Assessment of student
understanding may be made informally during the classroom discussion or by the
answers provided on the completed guide to student understanding question
sheet. The completed graphic organizer on the living conditions at Manzanar may
be used to assess student understanding of the text.