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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War Relocation Authority notice on evacuee requests for material from Chambers of Commerce and other local agencies (ddr-densho-381-21)
Myer addresses prejudiced responses to Japanese-American high school students' requests for statistical information about the New England area. Myer recommends that staff discourage direct correspondence between detainees and outside agencies.

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Schools at the Granada Relocation Center (ddr-densho-381-42)
A paper debating if schools should be built at the Granada concentration camp.

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High school students cleaning up outside of Topaz High School (ddr-densho-392-52)
Caption on reverse: "H.S. clean up week. / 3-5-43 # HS 36 / Billie Oshima and his crew in action on clean-up day at the Topaz High School."

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Photo of group of children (ddr-densho-399-14)
Caption on back: "Topaz nursery schl", Shizuko Sumi (3rd row/2nd from right)

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Photo of children seated at tables (ddr-densho-399-17)
Caption on back: "Mrs. Sumi" (Shizuko Sumi)

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Kindergarten class at Poston (ddr-densho-391-23)
Photograph of a Kindergarden class at Poston. Hatsuko Mary (Yoshioka) Higuchi is in the middle row on the far right, Etsuko Yoshioka in the front row on the far right.

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Hunt High School 1943 Yearbook (ddr-densho-375-7)
Ray Kikoshima's 1943 Hunt High School yearbook. Front and back pages include many personalized notes and additional notes on individual photographs.

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Letter to Tamako Inouye from A.F. Carpenter, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington (ddr-densho-383-534)
Instructing Tamako what she needed to complete a course in mathematics begun earlier

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Excerpt from a letter from Paul Nakadate to "The Broom" newspaper (ddr-densho-122-812)
Re: Caucasian teachers noting the difficulty of explaining "democracy" to students interned in camps

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Memo regarding ending public assistance grants to ministers (ddr-densho-356-918)
Memo from John J. O. Moore to caseworkers to inform them of the reason to end public assistance grants to ministers, and scrutinize visit requests and grants for unemployment due to enrollment in Japanese Language School.

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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.

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Amache Elementary School Handbook (ddr-densho-356-813)
Amache Elementary School Handbook that lists faculty members, school curriculum and layout.