Curriculum Development
The Korematsu Institute guides and supports standards-aligned lesson plan development for elementary, middle, and high school students to meet the needs of teachers across the country.
Our digital educational toolkit includes the following collections of lesson plans for use by teachers and parents interested in educating their students about the WWII Japanese American Incarceration, Fred Korematsu, and the importance of being civically engaged to protect American democracy, our civil liberties, and the U.S. Constitution.
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FEATURED WORK
The Korematsu Institute Teacher’s Guide for Grades K-12
The digital version of our Teacher’s Guide includes articles, lesson plans, photographs, and other primary and secondary resources for teaching about the WWII Japanese American Incarceration, Fred Korematsu, and the continued relevance of these histories.
Double Displacement: Exploring the Intersecting Histories of Indigenous Communities and the Japanese American Confinement Sites in Arizona
Authored by participants in the Korematsu Institute’s 2022 Educator Symposium, these lesson plans explore the intersecting histories of indigenous communities and the Japanese Americans at the Gila River and Poston confinement sites in Arizona.
And Then They Came For Us Multimedia Lesson Plans
Written by teachers who participated in a 2019 Korematsu Institute Curriculum Workshop in the San Francisco Presidio, these lessons are based on clips from Abby Ginzberg’s documentary film, And Then They Came For Us.
2019 Calendar Lesson Plans
In honor of Fred T. Korematsu’s 100th birthday, the Korematsu Institute published a calendar and a lesson plan for each month’s theme.