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Contemporary Composition - Extra Credit Japanese American National Museum
Date you visited the museum:______(Staple the receipt to this paper)
After paying your admission, go to the second floor. Turn left and enter the exhibit for the internment camps.
1. As you enter the reconstructed barrack from Manzanar and see the luggage they used for the trip, what reactions did you have? Was there something that surprised you? Confused you?
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Turn left at the luggage:
2. This room tells you the story of Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans before Pearl Harbor was bombed. Look around and read about their lives. Pick one thing that interested you and tell me about it.
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Enter the Ahmanson Foundation Gallery:
3. This room tells you about the move into the camps. Find one person's story on the wall. Read it and give me a summary of his/her life.
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4. At the right hand side, up the ramp, there is a floor exhibit of artifacts left behind after the camps closed. Find one artifact that either surprised you or confused you. Describe it. What questions would you like to ask its owner? Which camp was it from?
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Go to the next room:
5. At the corner, there is an exhibit of Japanese Americans who joined the military during the camps. Find the Medal of Honor that is displayed for the bravest of them all. In this exhibit, you will find statistics. Fill in the chart below:
Number of Japanese Americans incarceratedNumber killed by U.S. soldiers
Number that died in the camps
Number that was deported to Japan
Go to the next room:
6. Find the huge diorama of the Manzanar camp. Read the information given and copy five interesting facts:
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7. On the right hand wall (facing the diorama) there is a copy of the apology letter given to them by the president. Copy the first paragraph:
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Go into the next room:
You can sit down on the bench and watch the video of past and present Japanese Americans. It is just a collage of images set to background music with no lyrics.
8. What is your reaction to this piece? Why did they include it in the museum? Why is it last?
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Final thoughts of the museum:
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