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AN AMERICAN STORY TEACHER TRAINING WORKSHOP
DEBUTS "A TRADITION OF HONOR" TEACHER'S GUIDE
All High School Educators Encouraged
to Attend
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(Torrance, Calif. – September 29, 2004)
- With so little time and with classrooms getting bigger every
year, many high school educators can only touch upon the complexities
yet ever so important history of World War II. Fortunately, the
Go For Broke Educational Foundation is committed to providing
teachers with the resources and training necessary to integrate
one of the most compelling aspects of WWII – the Japanese
American WWII veteran experience – into time sensitive lessons
for classroom application. The Educational Foundation invites
all educators interested in hands-on classroom application and
technology integration of this amazing part of U.S. history to
An American Story Teacher Training workshop on Saturday,
February 12, 2005 in El Segundo, Calif., from 9 a.m. – 3
p.m.
Facilitated by former Los Angeles Unified School District educators
Esther Taira and Kathy Gill, the workshop will debut “A
Tradition of Honor” Teacher’s Guide, based upon the
Educational Foundation’s compelling documentary on the Japanese
American WWII veterans. Complete with 12 ready-made lesson plans,
“A Tradition of Honor” Teacher’s Guide helps
to engage students to think critically about civic responsibility,
the importance of tolerance during times of trial, and the necessity
to protect civil rights through the example of the Japanese American
WWII veterans.
In addition, the workshop invites previous workshop participants
to share and critique their experience of integrating the Japanese
American WWII veteran story into the classroom. This forum will
give first time participants the chance to learn the best methods
for teaching this aspect of U.S. history, especially the civil
liberties issues raised by the incarceration of Japanese Americans
on the West Coast. A former workshop participant noted, "This
was an excellent, eye-opening learning experience. The personal
accounts and stories added such depth and dimension to the historical
and factual information. It is the personal experiences that give
life to this powerful lesson in our history.”
Facilitators will also assist teachers with hands-on exploration
of the Educational Foundation’s Web site www.GoForBroke.org
and will demonstrate how it can aid in classroom instruction.
The educational Webs site showcases 120 keyword searchable oral
history interviews and offers historical information, glossaries,
timelines, interactive maps, lesson plans and activities for teachers
and students.
Registration for the workshop is $20 and includes continental
breakfast, lunch and a free copy of “A Tradition of Honor”
Teacher’s Guide and video. Seating is limited to 20 people
on a first-come first-serve basis by Friday, January 28, 2005.
For more information or to register for the workshop, contact
Sandi Kageyama at (310) 222-5713 or email sandi@goforbroke.org.
The Go For Broke Educational Foundation institutes educational
programs focused on the heroism and history of the Japanese American
soldiers of World War II, as well as the forced evacuation and
incarceration of Japanese Americans and civil liberties issues
raised by those events. Currently the Educational Foundation’s
programs include An American Story Teacher Training Program, Hanashi
Oral History Program, www.GoForBroke.org
educational Web site, and Resource Center.
In 1989 Japanese American World War II veterans established the
100th/442nd/MIS WWII Memorial Foundation to build the Go For Broke
Monument, which today is an eternal tribute to the heroics of
the segregated Japanese American units: 100th Infantry Battalion,
442nd Regimental Combat Team, MIS (Military Intelligence Service)
and the many other men and women who served overseas during World
War II. The Monument is located in the Little Tokyo district of
downtown Los Angeles at Temple and Alameda Streets.
