LESSON PLAN

The Military Intelligence Service

This lesson is about DIVERSITY.

Specifically, this lesson is about the "strength through diversity" of the United States Army during World War II that resulted from the Army's use of a group of segregated Japanese American soldiers.

The Military Intelligence Service was a top secret unit made up of Japanese American men whose Japanese language abilities "shortened the Pacific War by two years and saved possibly a million American lives."*

Lesson Objectives:

After finishing this lesson, students will be able to:

• Elaborate on their views about the meaning of patriotism
• Describe the history of the Military Intelligence Service as a segregated military unit
• Describe the Japanese American internment experience
• Critically analyze various historical media
• Create and design a multimedia presentation
• Create a historical investigation report

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* - quote by Major General Charles Willoughby, General Douglas MacArthur's Chief of Staff for Military Intelligence