THEN THEY CAME FOR ME
FREE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS FOR 4th through 12th GRADE TEACHERS

*Space is limited*

Join us for a series of two one-day workshops that provide a backdrop to the special exhibit Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII and the Demise of Civil Liberties. The exhibit which opens January 18, 2019, examines a terrifying time in U.S. history when the federal government scapegoated and indefinitely detained thousands of people of Japanese ancestry, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, and draws parallels to tactics chillingly resurgent today. The workshops provide a backdrop to the exhibit and invites inquiry into this dark chapter in American history.  What was the chronology that led to the decision to forcibly remove 120,00 Japanese Americans from the West Coast? How did Japanese Americans respond to the violation of their civil liberties? And what, as a nation, have we learned that can help us address the present-day issues of immigration, racism, and mass incarceration? Workshops are appropriate for those teaching this history in grades 4-12. Teachers may apply to one or both workshops.

Workshop participants will receive:

  • A $50 honorarium for each workshop.
  • Support for a class study trip to the exhibit Then They Came for Me
  • Teacher curriculum, resources, and strategies of guiding student inquiry and discussion
  • Continental breakfast and light lunch

Workshop 1

Then They Came for Me: Historical Context—Bearing Witness to the Japanese American Incarceration 1885 to 1946

  • Speakers: Karen Korematsu and Ben Takeshita
  • Tour:  Then They Came for Me exhibit
  • Location: San Francisco Presidio
  • Date: January 26, 2019
  • Time: 9:00 to 4:00

Workshop 2

Then They Came for Me: The Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration 1947 to the Present

  • Speakers: Dr. Alice Yang
  • Tour: Japanese American Museum of San Jose
  • Location: San Jose Japantown
  • Date: February 2, 2019
  • Time: 9:00 to 4:00

OUR WORKSHOP TEAM

MELISSA AYUMI BAILEY is the Program Development Associate for the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS). Melissa received her BA in History from UC Santa Cruz in 2012, and her experiences there as well as her personal connection to the Japanese American incarceration experience led her to pursue a position at NJAHS. melissa@njahs.org

BRIAN FONG is a School Liaison and Program Associate with Facing History and Ourselves. He supports educators and school districts in developing inclusive learning environments through the study of literature and history. Brian has taught middle and high school social studies and humanities since 2003 and is a National Board Certified Social Studies Teacher.

KAREN KOREMATSU is the Founder and Executive Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute and the daughter of the late Fred T. Korematsu. Since her father’s passing in 2005, Karen has carried on Fred’s legacy as a civil rights advocate, public speaker and public educator. She shares her passion for social justice and education at K-12 public and private schools, colleges and universities, law schools, teachers’ conferences and organizations across the country.

AKSHAYA NATARAJAN As a student of racial justice and Asian American history, Akshaya graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2017 with a B.A. in Political Science and Asian American Studies, where she received the Yuri Kochiyama Award for Activism and Community Service for her campus activism. Akshaya is the administrative assistant for the Korematsu Institute.

GRACE  MORIZAWA is the Education Coordinator for the National Japanese American Historical Society. Previously she was an elementary school teacher in Oakland and principal of Lake Elementary School in San Pablo, CA. Morizawa is a Sansei, third generation Japanese American. She is a teacher consultant with the Bay Area Writing Project.  She has a doctorate from the Leadership in Education and Equity Program at UC Berkeley. grace@njahs.org

STAN  PESICK  taught 11th grade United States History in the Oakland Unified School District for eighteen years. Between 2008-2012 he coordinated the Oakland Unified History/Social Studies Department. He is a Bay Area Writing Project teacher consultant and  is a curriculum consultant to the National Japanese American Historical Society. He is currently working with National Writing Project, UC Berkeley, to develop materials and methods focused on helping students write more effectively for political and civic purposes. Stan has a Ph.D. from Stanford University.

BEN TAKESHITA was 12 years old when he was forcibly removed to Tanforan Temporary Detention Center.  He was then incarcerated in Topaz and Tule Lake. Ben is active in many community service activities including the Japanese American Citizens League.  In 2017 the Bay Area Day of Remembrance Consortium awarded him the Clifford I. Uyeda Peace and Humanitarian Award.

ALICE YANG is an Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Pacific War Memories. Provost Yang received a PhD in History from Stanford University. She has been a member of the UCSC faculty since 1993 and received an Excellence in Teaching Award in 2009. Her publications include Historical Memories of the Japanese American Internment and the Struggle for Redress (Stanford University Press, 2007), Major Problems in Asian American History (Houghton Mifflin, 2003), What Did the Internment of Japanese Americans Mean? (Bedford/St. Martins Press, 2000), as well as many articles, book chapters and reviews.

Registration

REGISTER ONLINE

GO to thentheycame.org/teacher-professional-development-apply/

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APPLICATION FORM Teacher Professional Development Workshops

AND SEND TO:

Melissa Bailey
Exhibit workshops
National Japanese American Historical Society
1684 Post St.
San Francisco, CA 94115

For information contact Grace Morizawa
Email:  grace@njahs.org 
Call: 510 289 1285

Applications for Then They Came for Me workshops will be accepted through January 19, 2019, or until workshop capacity is reached.  Space is limited. When your registration is confirmed,  we will ask for a$10 deposit to secure your space(s). We will return the check at the workshop or if you cancel within 3 days before the workshop.