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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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Class photo on the steps of an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-502)
img Class photo on the steps of an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-502)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-502/
Class photo (ddr-fom-1-552)
img Class photo (ddr-fom-1-552)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-552/
High school girls reading in front of the English and Social Studies barracks (ddr-fom-1-731)
img High school girls reading in front of the English and Social Studies barracks (ddr-fom-1-731)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-731/
Volunteers lined up in front of the Minidoka Elementary School (ddr-fom-1-710)
img Volunteers lined up in front of the Minidoka Elementary School (ddr-fom-1-710)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-710/
Students prepping agricultural fields (ddr-fom-1-727)
img Students prepping agricultural fields (ddr-fom-1-727)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-727/
Class photo (ddr-fom-1-487)
img Class photo (ddr-fom-1-487)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-487/
High school students cleaning up for gardens (ddr-fom-1-728)
img High school students cleaning up for gardens (ddr-fom-1-728)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-728/
Class photo (ddr-fom-1-513)
img Class photo (ddr-fom-1-513)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-513/
School portraits (ddr-fom-1-556)
img School portraits (ddr-fom-1-556)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-556/
Children in a drawing class (ddr-fom-1-863)
img Children in a drawing class (ddr-fom-1-863)
WRA caption on reverse: "Free-hand drawing class."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-863/
High school girls reading in front of the English and Social Studies barracks (ddr-fom-1-730)
img High school girls reading in front of the English and Social Studies barracks (ddr-fom-1-730)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-730/
High school students (ddr-fom-1-532)
img High school students (ddr-fom-1-532)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-532/
Miss Hester's kindergarten class (ddr-fom-1-732)
img Miss Hester's kindergarten class (ddr-fom-1-732)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-732/
Class photo (ddr-fom-1-512)
img Class photo (ddr-fom-1-512)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-512/
High school students (ddr-fom-1-525)
img High school students (ddr-fom-1-525)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-525/
Class photo (ddr-fom-1-507)
img Class photo (ddr-fom-1-507)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-507/
Welding class (ddr-fom-1-904)
img Welding class (ddr-fom-1-904)
WRA caption on reverse: "Adult education welding class using portable outfit."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-904/
Class photo in an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-504)
img Class photo in an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-504)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-504/
High school students (ddr-fom-1-520)
img High school students (ddr-fom-1-520)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-520/
Class photo (ddr-fom-1-496)
img Class photo (ddr-fom-1-496)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-496/
Carpentry class building a chicken coop (ddr-fom-1-903)
img Carpentry class building a chicken coop (ddr-fom-1-903)
WRA caption on reverse: "Adult education class in carpentry building chicken houses."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-903/
Letter (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Lillian (Nobie) Igasaki (July 9, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-49)
doc Letter (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Lillian (Nobie) Igasaki (July 9, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-49)
Handwritten letter to Mollie Wilson from Lillian (Nobie) Igasaki (July 9, 1943). Envelope is postmarked July 10, 1943 from the Manzanar Incarceration Camp in Manzanar, California.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-49/
Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from June Yoshigai (July 7, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-83)
doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from June Yoshigai (July 7, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-83)
Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from June Yoshigai (July 7, 1943). Envelope is postmarked July 7, 1943 from the Gila River Incarceration Camp in Rivers, Arizona.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-83/
Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Violet Saito (June 6, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-74)
doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Violet Saito (June 6, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-74)
Handwritten letter to Mollie Wilson from Violet Saito (June 6, 1943). Envelope is postmarked June 7, 1943 from the Granada (Amache) Incarceration Camp in Amache, Colorado.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-74/
Letter (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Lillian (Nobie) Igasaki (April 14, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-47)
doc Letter (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Lillian (Nobie) Igasaki (April 14, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-47)
Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Lillian (Nobie) Igasaki (April 14, 1943). Envelope is postmarked April 20, 1943 from the Manzanar Incarceration Camp in Manzanar, California.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-47/
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