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Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution: Bibliography

Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution: Bibliography

Grade Range: 4-12
Resource Type(s): Reference Materials
Date Posted: 6/10/2008

This annotated bibliography, part of the A More Perfect Union online exhibition, includes works of non-fiction, fiction, poetry and children's literature. A More Perfect Union focuses on the experiences of Japanese Americans who were placed in internment camps during World War II.


National Standards

Standards in History (Grades K-4)

Topic 3: The History of the United States: Democratic Principles and Values and the People from Many Cultures Who Contributed to Its Cultural, Economic, and Political Heritage

4B: Demonstrate understanding of ordinary people who have exemplified values and principles of American democracy.
 

United States History Standards (Grades 5-12)

Era 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

3: The causes and course of World War II, the character of the war at home and abroad, and its reshaping of the U.S. role in world affairs
 

World History Standards (Grades 5-12)

Era 8: A Half-Century of Crisis and Achievement, 1900-1945

1: Reform, revolution, and social change in the world economy of the early century
 
4: The causes and global consequences of World War II
 
5: Major global trends from 1900 to the end of World War II
 

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