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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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Letter to Yuri Domoto from Tomi Domoto (ddr-densho-356-300)
doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Tomi Domoto (ddr-densho-356-300)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her cousin Tomi Domoto in which discusses the first month at Jerome and general news about mutual friends. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and ddr-densho-356-320.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-300/
Shitamoto Sewing School graduates (ddr-densho-363-54)
img Shitamoto Sewing School graduates (ddr-densho-363-54)
A group photograph of all the graduates of Shitamoto Sewing School at Heart Mountain.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-363-54/
Takeharu Inouye Diary (ddr-densho-365-2)
doc Takeharu Inouye Diary (ddr-densho-365-2)
In the second diary he kept in the camp at Tule Lake, Takeharu Inouye recounts his struggles with education and the boredom resulting from few recreational opportunities. Though he participated in several baseball games with his classmates, Takeharu spent the majority of his free time attending the movie showings that occurred daily or weekly throughout the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-365-2/
Takeharu Inouye Diary (ddr-densho-365-1)
doc Takeharu Inouye Diary (ddr-densho-365-1)
Takeharu Inouye's first diary documents his family's forced move to the Sacramento Assembly Center, followed by their move to the Tule Lake concentration camp. Since his mother, Miyoe Inouye, was a teacher, thirteen-year-old Takeharu's diary focuses on his classes in the Japanese and American schools at Tule Lake. His struggles with his schoolwork, as well as …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-365-1/
Takeharu Inouye Diary (ddr-densho-365-3)
doc Takeharu Inouye Diary (ddr-densho-365-3)
In the final diary that Takeharu Inouye kept during his internment at Tule Lake, he includes descriptions of the movies he went to see daily, which served as his primary form of recreation. Takeharu also describes his feelings over succeeding and failing in his high school classes, since his friends would cheat off of his work, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-365-3/
Nursery school children singing
img Nursery school children singing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" (ddr-densho-37-166)
Original WRA caption: Nursery school children singing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-166/
Staff school (ddr-densho-37-213)
img Staff school (ddr-densho-37-213)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-213/
Nursery school (ddr-densho-37-560)
img Nursery school (ddr-densho-37-560)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Central Utah Relocation Center. Nursery school.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-560/
Fourth-grade classroom (ddr-densho-37-470)
img Fourth-grade classroom (ddr-densho-37-470)
Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Fourth Grade School in Barracks 3-4-B.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-470/
Children playing on a seesaw (ddr-densho-37-603)
img Children playing on a seesaw (ddr-densho-37-603)
Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Kindergarten and Nursery children having a grand time on the see-saw.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-603/
School children (ddr-densho-37-200)
img School children (ddr-densho-37-200)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-200/
1944 Poston High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-412-1)
doc 1944 Poston High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-412-1)
Masao Roy Hayashi's 1944 high school yearbook "El Chaparal" from Poston High School.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-412-1/
Nursery School Measurements (ddr-densho-416-11)
doc Nursery School Measurements (ddr-densho-416-11)
Document from Poston Nursery School providing height and weight measurements for Donald Miyagi
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-416-11/
Masa Ogawa and Sandy Sandridge (ddr-densho-420-3)
img Masa Ogawa and Sandy Sandridge (ddr-densho-420-3)
Masa Ogawa nannied for Sandy Sandridge whose mother was Gladys Sandridge, a teacher living on site at Manzanar concentration camp.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-420-3/
Sandy Sandridge (ddr-densho-420-2)
img Sandy Sandridge (ddr-densho-420-2)
Masa Ogawa nannied for Sandy Sandridge whose mother was Gladys Sandridge, a teacher living on site at Manzanar concentration camp.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-420-2/
Masa Ogawa and Sandy Sandridge (ddr-densho-420-1)
img Masa Ogawa and Sandy Sandridge (ddr-densho-420-1)
Masa Ogawa nannied for Sandy Sandridge whose mother was Gladys Sandridge, a teacher living on site at Manzanar concentration camp.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-420-1/
Short story:
doc Short story: "Uprooted" (ddr-densho-468-74)
Assignment for English 211 course. Story consists of dialogue between a mother and her daughter, a second-grade student. The mother and daughter are Japanese-Americans incarcerated during World War II. The mother is trying to explain the situation while answering the daughter's questions.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-74/
The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 38 (September 21, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-86)
doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 38 (September 21, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-86)
Selected article titles: "Homes Available for 500 in S.F." (p. 1), "Southern Pacific Railroad in Need of Many Laborers" (p. 2), and "May Register Monday for Next Tri-State Semester" (p. 4).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-86/
The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 39 (November 23, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-41)
doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 39 (November 23, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-41)
Selected article titles: "Commencement Tomorrow Evening: 230 Graduating Seniors to Receive Diplomas" (pp. 1, 3-4), "Arrival of 67 Hawaiian Nisei Here Disclosed" (p. 1), and "Nip the Cold 'Bug': Hospital Chief Gives Rules for Prevention" (p. 2).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-41/
The Newell Star, Vol. III, No. 3 (January 18, 1946) (ddr-densho-284-113)
doc The Newell Star, Vol. III, No. 3 (January 18, 1946) (ddr-densho-284-113)
Selected article titles: "Holland: Relocation Plans for All Free People Made" (p. 1), "Clarify Rules Regarding Alien Registration" (p. 1), "Southern Pacific Railroad Looking for More Workers" (p. 2), and "Student Relocation Council Services Offered Students" (p. 4).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-113/
The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 16 (April 20, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-65)
doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 16 (April 20, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-65)
Selected article titles: "Myer Speaks to Representative Groups During 4-Day Visit Here: Explains Policies of the WRA" (pp. 1, 6), "Doi Describes Arson Attacks at Court Trial" (p. 2), and "Hospital Opens Japanese School" (p. 5). Page 7 is mislabeled as page 6.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-65/
The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 21 (May 25, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-70)
doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 21 (May 25, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-70)
Selected article titles: "May 12 Figures: 661 Casualties among Nisei from Centers" (p. 1), "Third Anniversary of Tule Lake This Sunday" (p. 2), "Closing Dates for Center Schools Set Says Myer" (p. 3), and "Former Tulean Commits Suicide" (p. 3).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-70/
The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 41 (December 7, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-43)
doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 41 (December 7, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-43)
Pages 1 and 2 missing. Selected article titles: "Back to School: New Semester to Start Monday for Tri-Staters" (p. 3) and "Adult Education Program Approved" (p. 3).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-43/
The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 31 (September 28, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-37)
doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 31 (September 28, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-37)
Selected article titles: "Supervisor Thomas: Circulation of Written Matter Must Be Approved" (pp. 1-2), "Canada Nisei Nearly Mobbed" (p. 1), and "New Teachers Supplement School Staff" (p. 4).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-37/
Memoirs 1945 - Minidoka High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-474-50)
doc Memoirs 1945 - Minidoka High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-474-50)
Yearbook for the Minidoka High School, property of Starr Urakawa. Student signatures are included throughout the book.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-50/
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