EDUCATIONAL TOOLKIT
The Korematsu Institute develops curriculum about Fred Korematsu’s story, the WWII Japanese American incarceration, Asian American history, and current civil rights issues. Each kit contains historical information, photos, and supplemental materials that teach history and its connections to the challenging issues of today.
Please note: We currently are making changes and the KI Toolkit Request Form is not available. In the meantime, to request access to our online Toolkit, please email info@korematsuinstitute.org and include the name of your school, your school address, and the grade level(s) of your students.
We will send you the Password for Access upon receipt of your email.
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Each downloadable Curriculum Kit includes the following:
THE KOREMATSU INSTITUTE TEACHER'S GUIDE FOR GRADES K-12
This is the digital version of the Curriculum Toolkit Teacher’s Guide, plus a digital-only packet of handouts to be used with the camps lessons
FRED KOREMATSU SPEAKS UP BOOKLET
For middle school audiences on Fred Korematsu, who challenged the forced removal of Japanese Americans during World War II. Authors Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi use a variety of elements to tell Korematsu’s story and the broader context in which it takes place. The story begins with Korematsu’s prewar life as an ordinary American teenager, but one who faced discrimination because of his ethnic background.
PATRIOT ACTS: NARRATIVES OF POST 9/11 INJUSTICE BOOKLET
Abbreviated version of Patriot Acts, Voice of Witness book compiled and edited by Alia Malek with a forward by Karen Korematsu.
FRED KOREMATSU DAY OF CIVIL LIBERTIES AND THE CONSTITUTION POSTER
JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION AND FRED KOREMATSU POWERPOINT
This 12-slide PowerPoint presentation, with slide notes, walks students through the history of the Japanese American incarceration, from the Pearl Harbor attack to Executive Order 9066 and life in the camps. It incorporates the 24-minute version of Of Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story (included in the Toolkit), as well as discussion questions and archival photos.
TEMPORARY DETENTION FACILITIES POWERPOINTS
These PowerPoint presentations provide details on the eleven sites where Japanese Americans were initially detained, before being forcibly moved to long-term concentration camps.