1. Japanese American Internment: Examining Racial Tensions

2. Examining Racial Tensions Objective: To recognize and evaluate the context of racial tensions and prejudice before internment.

3. What is Propaganda? Propaganda: Information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.

4. What Kind of Propaganda are We Looking at? Today we are going to look at Anti-Japanese Propaganda from the time periods before and during internment. periods before and during internment.

5. Why Look at Propaganda? By looking at the racist and prejudice Anti-Japanese propaganda within war posters, popular culture, and political cartoons we will be able to see how non- Japanese viewed the Japanese community and why it was that the Japanese were so hated and feared.

6. Anti-Japanese War Posters and Popular Culture Today we will be looking at a series of Anti- Japanese War Posters and Popular Culture Items.Today we will be looking at a series of Anti- Japanese War Posters and Popular Culture Items. There are 4 categories which we will use to examine the prejudice within today’s war posters and political cartoons:There are 4 categories which we will use to examine the prejudice within today’s war posters and political cartoons: Japanese as Uncivilized Japanese as Animals Japanese as Predators Japanese as Curiosities

7. Anti-Japanese Propaganda: Uncivilized How does this cartoon portray America?How does this cartoon portray America? How is does it portray Japan and simultaneously Japanese Americans?How is does it portray Japan and simultaneously Japanese Americans? What is the Japanese man holding?What is the Japanese man holding? Who is that in the background?Who is that in the background? What does the addition of these characters mean?What does the addition of these characters mean?

8. Anti-Japanese Propaganda: Animals What images do you see in this poster?What images do you see in this poster? What / who do these images represent?What / who do these images represent? What is Japan doing?What is Japan doing? What message does this poster send to Americans?What message does this poster send to Americans?

9. Anti-Japanese Propaganda: Predators How does this poster portray the Japanese as predators?How does this poster portray the Japanese as predators? What message does this poster send to Americans?What message does this poster send to Americans? How might Americans react to this poster?How might Americans react to this poster?

10. Anti-Japanese Propaganda: Curiosities Think-Pair-Share Turn to your neighbor and discuss the following cartoon. You might want to talk about the following questions: What do you see in this cartoon? What message is it sending to Americans? How might a cartoon like this have impacted the time period before internment?

11. Political Cartoon Activity In your assigned group analyze your group’s Dr. Suess cartoon. Make sure to answer all of the questions on the worksheet. Make sure to answer all of the questions on the worksheet.

12. Political Cartoon #1 Source: Dr. Suess Goes to War

13. Political Cartoon #2 Source: Dr. Suess Goes to War

14. Political Cartoon #3 Source: Dr. Suess Goes to War

15. Political Cartoon #4 Source: Dr. Suess Goes to War