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 Frosh (ddr-csujad-44-26)

A large group photograph of young Nisei men and young women, who are frosh students, incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. The group of people is posing in three rows outside a barrack. The men and women in the back two rows are standing. The women in the front row are seated in chairs. Photo inscription on …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-44-26/

img Group of Nisei 7th graders outside a barrack (ddr-csujad-44-30)

A large group photograph of boys and girls who are Nisei 7th graders incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. The group of children is posing in three rows outside a barrack. The boys in the back two rows are standing. The girls in the front row are seated in chairs. Photo inscription on back: "7th." See this …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-44-30/

img Art Club (ddr-csujad-44-35)

A photograph of Nisei students incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably the member of Art Club. The large group is posing for the photo in three rows in front of a barrack. The back two rows are young men and women standing behind a row of young women seated in a row of chairs. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-44-35/

img Group of Nisei 7th graders with a teacher outside a barrack (ddr-csujad-44-31)

A large group photograph of boys and girls who are Nisei 7th graders incarcerated at Tule Lake, California, with a teacher. The group of children is posing in three rows outside a barrack. The children in the back two rows are standing. The girls in the front row are seated in chairs. Their Caucasian teacher is …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-44-31/

img Large group of Nisei students with a teacher in front of barrack (ddr-csujad-44-41)

A large group photograph of young Nisei men and women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California, with their teacher. The group is posing in two rows outside a barrack. The front row is women seated in chairs and the back row is men standing. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-44-41/

img Art Club (ddr-csujad-44-34)

A photograph of Nisei students incarcerated at Tule Lake, California posing in front of a barrack with their teacher. They are presumably the members of Art Club. Two young men are standing behind a row of four women seated in chairs. Their Caucasian teacher is seated in a chair on the end of the front row. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-44-34/

img S.B. Council outside a barrack (ddr-csujad-44-36)

A photograph of Nisei students incarcerated at Tule Lake, California with their teacher. They are presumably student board council members. They are posing for the photo in two rows in front of a barrack. The back row is standing and the front row is seated in chairs. Photo inscription on back: "S.B. Council." Title from inscription. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-44-36/

img [High school graduation] (ddr-csujad-5-46)

A group photograph of the incarcerees standing in front of a barrack, 27-12-D, in the Rohwer incarceration camp, Arkansas. It appears to be taken during the high school graduation ceremony. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_05_032

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-46/

1944 Resume (ddr-csujad-5-304)

A high school yearbook titled "1944 Resume." Published by the Class of 1944, Rohwer Center High School in the Rohwer incarceration camp, Arkansas. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_07_09_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-304/

img Students graduating from Denson High at Jerome, Arkansas (ddr-csujad-52-13)

A photograph of the graduating class at Denson High. The caption that ran in the June 19, 1987 Long Beach Press-Telegram reads, "These few paragraphs, titled 'The Real Test,' were included in a small, hand-drawn pamphlet that served as the yearbook for the members of Denson High, the Jerome Relocation Center school where Sumi (Seo) Seki …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-52-13/

img [Graduation day] (ddr-csujad-56-177)

A photo of the high school graduation at the camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-044

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-177/

img [Junior High Class] (ddr-csujad-56-208)

A group portrait of Camp Amache Junior High Class. Page 17 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book One. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-017

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-208/

doc Takashi Tsutsui interview (ddr-csujad-6-35)

Oral history interview with Takashi Tsutsui. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_TSUTSUI_TAKASHI

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-35/

doc Anne Moore interview (ddr-csujad-6-23)

Oral history interview with Anne Moore. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_MOORE_ANNE

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-23/

img Welcome Letter to Amache Elementary School (ddr-csujad-7-33)

Letter welcoming students to the Amache Elementary School. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_Welcome Letter_P01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-33/

doc Rhythm show program (ddr-csujad-7-30)

Program for a play/concert put on by high school students at Amache. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_Rhythm Show Program

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-30/

img Adult education program (ddr-csujad-7-16)

Advertisement and schedule of courses for adult education at the Amache incarceration camp. Text in English and Japanese. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_The Adult Education Program

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-16/

doc Mrs. Akiko Suda (ddr-csujad-8-66)

Oral history interview with Mrs. Akiko Suda. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Suda, Mrs Akiko

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-66/

doc Kou Uyemaruko (ddr-csujad-8-81)

Oral history interview with Kou Uyemaruko [Ko Uemaruko]. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Uyemaruko, Kou

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-81/

doc Masao Araki (ddr-csujad-8-4)

Oral history interview with Masao Araki. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Araki, Masao

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-4/

doc Helen Hasegawa (ddr-csujad-8-17)

Oral history interview with Helen Hasegawa. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Hasegawa, Helen

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-17/

img Fifth grade class (ddr-densho-118-8)

Joe Yasutake's class.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-118-8/

img Schoolchildren (ddr-densho-118-12)

In this photograph, the school crossing guards are in the front row. Joe Yasutake is in the front row, eleventh from right, wearing a striped shirt.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-118-12/

doc Michio and June Toshiyuki (ddr-csujad-8-77)

Oral history interview with Michio and June Toshiyuki. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Toshiyuki, Michio and June

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-77/

doc Kazuye Matsunaga (ddr-csujad-8-38)

Oral history interview with Kazuye [Kazue] Matsunaga. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Matsunaga, Kazuye

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-38/