Activity Plan Using Primary Sources

Author: G Brown	

School Name:Alton High School

Activity Title:Manzanar relocation camp 
and concentration camps of Europe

Grade Level: (Grade level you would use for this activity)11/12

Subject: (Subject the activity would be taught in)US History  B

Approximate Time Frame to complete 1period

Choose 2 to 3 primary sources. Add the following information for each source:

1.	Title, creator, and collection / exhibit title of each item ,   Manzanar-photo/print & American Memory & Asian-Pacific American –Learning Page  List questions with each source that would drive students’ inquiry into the topic / theme under study for each source.
       1.What was each type like?2.How were they different?3.How were they the same?
Developing the Activity:

1.	What would be the one essential question that students could answer using supporting evidence from the 2-3 sources above    
Did life change for them,other than moving to a different location?
2.	What prior knowledge will students need to analyze the above sources, if any? The textbook they have wherein I already gone over European camps plus what they remember from past classes.

3.	How would you assist students in analyzing historical source you have chose-my barbed wire sheet-a Venn diagram  made of barbed wire -for them to write on.They will put in how they are alike,different,and the same.
(You can print out and attach or reference existing analysis activities/tools/handouts or create your own.)

4.	What questions will students have after investigating these sources to continue their research? What became of all of the people in the camps-both types…..did they go home and have normal lives? Did other residents get money for the time in camps? Was there any lasting effects on them?

5.	Offer an example assessment/assignment/project that would allow students to create, perform, illustrate, or share their understanding of a topic/theme after investigating the sources?
Do a journal entry for each type of camp-how would each be different?
6.	How would this activity fit into your currriculum? I do this already with ch24&25-theWW2 chapters. Another history teacher from Southwestern 
High School & myself came up with it in a Masters class.
7.	What IL standards could be met by this activity?
www.isbe.net/ils    Goal 16.a.5

Extensions
Optional:  Identify any other activities that would 1) extend the current activity within the same subject or 2) extend its connection within other content areas.They could write what
their day would be like in one of each of the two types of camps