Education

Schools were quickly organized in the concentration camps, but they suffered from crude facilities and lack of teaching materials. Instruction was given for nursery through high school, and adult education was offered. Trained teachers were in short supply, however, and uncertified Japanese Americans with college degrees often filled in. The War Relocation Authority (WRA) deliberately emphasized Americanization in the education program. Some found it painfully ironic to watch incarcerated youth recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

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img High school students (ddr-fom-1-519)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-519/

img Class photo (ddr-fom-1-488)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-488/

img Class photo (ddr-fom-1-552)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-552/

img High school girls reading in front of the English and Social Studies barracks (ddr-fom-1-731)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-731/

img Volunteers lined up in front of the Minidoka Elementary School (ddr-fom-1-710)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-710/

img Students prepping agricultural fields (ddr-fom-1-727)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-727/

img High school students doing acrobatics (ddr-fom-1-538)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-538/

img High school students (ddr-fom-1-523)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-523/

img Children in the library (ddr-fom-1-824)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-824/

img High school formal dinner (ddr-fom-1-479)

Perhaps a graduation ceremony. Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-479/

img High school students (ddr-fom-1-525)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-525/

img Class photo (ddr-fom-1-507)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-507/

img Welding class (ddr-fom-1-904)

WRA caption on reverse: "Adult education welding class using portable outfit."

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-904/

img High school students (ddr-fom-1-534)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-534/

img High school students (ddr-fom-1-535)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-535/

img Class photo on the steps of an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-502)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-502/

img Minidoka High School students seated on an auditorium stage (ddr-fom-1-477)

Perhaps a graduation ceremony. Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-477/

img Hirata's Fasion School show (ddr-fom-1-672)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-672/

img Class photo in an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-504)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-504/

img High school students (ddr-fom-1-520)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-520/

img Class photo (ddr-fom-1-496)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-496/

img Carpentry class building a chicken coop (ddr-fom-1-903)

WRA caption on reverse: "Adult education class in carpentry building chicken houses."

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-903/

img High school students cleaning up for gardens (ddr-fom-1-728)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-728/

img Class photo (ddr-fom-1-487)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-487/

img Children in a drawing class (ddr-fom-1-863)

WRA caption on reverse: "Free-hand drawing class."

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-863/