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 Women pose with kindergartners (ddr-densho-37-1285)

Included annotation: D-306, Kindergarten.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1285/

img Girls League at an amphitheater (ddr-densho-37-1119)

Included annotation: T-405, Girls League at Amphitheatre [sic].

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1119/

img Sixth-grade students (ddr-densho-37-74)

Original WRA caption: Sixth grade pupils in the classroom. Miss Mae Hert is the teacher.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-74/

img High school class (ddr-densho-37-538)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Miss Opal Albright, teacher. Study hall. A converted mess-hall High School.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-538/

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/

doc Nursery School list (ddr-densho-356-871)

List of nursery school aged children, their address and head of household. Paper clipped together with ddr-densho-356-870 through 872.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-871/

img Girl Scouts proceed past a performing band (ddr-densho-37-1143)

Included annotation: B-501, Hi School Band.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1143/

img School children outside a barrack (ddr-densho-37-201)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-201/

img Grade school children (ddr-densho-37-377)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Recess in grade school.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-377/

img Girl weeding in school victory garden (ddr-densho-37-520)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Fourth grade girl--Diane Wallace--weeding the school victory garden.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-520/

img Last student leaving Butte high school (ddr-densho-37-2128)

Written on back: Last goodby [sic], All gone but one; Butte H. S. Included annotation: 210-CB-10-CC, Butte Camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-2128/

img Miss Vetterick hands out final report cards (ddr-densho-37-2129)

Written on back: Teacher giving out final report cards, Canal grades, Gila River Relocation Center. Included annotation: 210-CB-10-CC, Butte Camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-2129/

img Japanese American welding (ddr-densho-37-670)

Original WRA caption: Member of the adult education welding class using portable outfit.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-670/

img Mother and son say goodbye to a teacher (ddr-densho-37-2135)

Written on back: Mother and son say goodby [sic] to boy's teacher, Canal grades. Included annotation: 210-CB-10-CC, Butte Camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-2135/

img Grammar school (ddr-densho-37-170)

Original WRA caption: A view in grammer school at this relocation center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-170/

img High School Girls League convention (ddr-densho-37-1117)

Included annotation: T-403, High School Girls League Convention 4/15.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1117/

img Kindergarteners work with peg boards (ddr-densho-37-979)

Included annotation: W-7, Kindergarten class at work.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-979/

img High school (ddr-densho-37-82)

Original WRA caption: One of the barracks at this center which is used for a high school. As yet the students haven't decided on a name for the school.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-82/

img Ninth grade class (ddr-densho-37-456)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Mrs. Pearl Bristow, Ninth Grade Teacher. Ninth grade class being held in this Home Room.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-456/

img Returning from the last student assembly (ddr-densho-37-2123)

Written on back: Returning from final student assembly, Butte H. S. Included annotation: 210-CB-10-CC, Butte Camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-2123/

img Sixth graders exercising (ddr-densho-37-478)

Original WRA caption: Jerome Relocation Center, Dermott, Arkansas. View of 5th and 6th graders going through their exercises on elementary school grounds.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-478/