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 Class photo (ddr-fom-1-491)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-491/

img Elementary school class (ddr-fom-1-649)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-649/

img High school students (ddr-fom-1-529)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-529/

img High school students (ddr-fom-1-547)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-547/

img Auto mechanic class (ddr-fom-1-906)

WRA caption on reverse: "Adult education class in auto mechanics."

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-906/

img Tatsuo Matsuda modeling in a drawing class (ddr-fom-1-864)

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

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-864/

img High school formal dinner (ddr-fom-1-478)

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

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-478/

img Class photo (ddr-fom-1-514)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-514/

img High school students (ddr-fom-1-497)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-497/

img Hunt baseball team (ddr-fom-1-561)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-561/

img Class photo (ddr-fom-1-490)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-490/

img Business education class (ddr-fom-1-822)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-822/

img Members of the Parent Teacher Association cleaning classrooms (ddr-fom-1-835)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-835/

img High school students in front of a "Postiviely No Smoking" sign (ddr-fom-1-558)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-558/

img High school students doing acrobatics (ddr-fom-1-537)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-537/

img Students cleaning and preparing an area for rye grass (ddr-fom-1-908)

WRA caption on reverse: "Hunt High School students clean and rake areas between classroom barrack buildings preparatory to planting rye-grass."

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-908/

img Portraits of soldiers (ddr-fom-1-557)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-557/

img Hunt baseball team (ddr-fom-1-562)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-562/

img English language class (ddr-fom-1-628)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-628/

img Class photo on the steps of an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-483)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-483/

img Class photo (ddr-fom-1-505)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-505/

img Portraits of soldiers (ddr-fom-1-542)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-542/

img High school students (ddr-fom-1-528)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-528/

img Auditorium and gym in Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-553)

Photograph used for a school annual.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-553/

img Elementary school class (ddr-fom-1-648)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-648/