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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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High school students (ddr-densho-161-54)
img High school students (ddr-densho-161-54)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-54/
School assembly (ddr-densho-161-57)
img School assembly (ddr-densho-161-57)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-57/
High school students (ddr-densho-161-68)
img High school students (ddr-densho-161-68)
Left: Edward Makita, George Hinoki.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-68/
Japanese Americans in a classroom (ddr-densho-161-37)
img Japanese Americans in a classroom (ddr-densho-161-37)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-37/
School building (ddr-densho-161-47)
img School building (ddr-densho-161-47)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-47/
Schoolchildren at recess (ddr-densho-161-45)
img Schoolchildren at recess (ddr-densho-161-45)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-45/
School basketball court (ddr-densho-161-70)
img School basketball court (ddr-densho-161-70)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-70/
Elementary school (ddr-densho-161-48)
img Elementary school (ddr-densho-161-48)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-48/
Students playing baseball (ddr-densho-161-73)
img Students playing baseball (ddr-densho-161-73)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-73/
Camp teachers (ddr-densho-161-14)
img Camp teachers (ddr-densho-161-14)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-14/
High school students (ddr-densho-161-67)
img High school students (ddr-densho-161-67)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-67/
Amache High School principal (ddr-densho-161-7)
img Amache High School principal (ddr-densho-161-7)
Herbert K. Walther, left.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-7/
School assembly (ddr-densho-161-66)
img School assembly (ddr-densho-161-66)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-66/
Students walking to school (ddr-densho-161-72)
img Students walking to school (ddr-densho-161-72)
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School building (ddr-densho-161-49)
img School building (ddr-densho-161-49)
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High school gymnasium (ddr-densho-161-69)
img High school gymnasium (ddr-densho-161-69)
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Students walking to school (ddr-densho-161-75)
img Students walking to school (ddr-densho-161-75)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-75/
Camp teachers (ddr-densho-161-15)
img Camp teachers (ddr-densho-161-15)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-15/
School buildings (ddr-densho-161-63)
img School buildings (ddr-densho-161-63)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-63/
Schoolchildren (ddr-densho-161-42)
img Schoolchildren (ddr-densho-161-42)
These students are from Amache junior and senior high.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-42/
School assembly (ddr-densho-161-38)
img School assembly (ddr-densho-161-38)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-38/
Arts and crafts fair (ddr-densho-161-41)
img Arts and crafts fair (ddr-densho-161-41)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-41/
Schoolchildren (ddr-densho-161-34)
img Schoolchildren (ddr-densho-161-34)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-34/
School assembly (ddr-densho-161-65)
img School assembly (ddr-densho-161-65)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-65/
Camp teacher (ddr-densho-161-13)
img Camp teacher (ddr-densho-161-13)
Mrs. Hopcraft.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-161-13/
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