After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt cited military necessity as the basis for
incarcerating 120,000 Japanese Americans--adults and children, immigrants and citizens alike.
Executive Order 9066 unfairly forced Japanese-American citizens into internment camps following World War II. Their stories are important to remember....
The Densho Digital Archive contains more than 800 hours of interviews, visual histories of Japanese Americans and others affected by the World War II incarceration. Also included are over 10,700 historical images documenting Japanese American history.
A few of the students I have taught and now teach, have experienced traumatic brain injury. Watching this story reminded me of the stories they have shared or their parents have shared with me. It is amazing how a person can recover, what is recovered, and how it affects learning and attitude. This is what grounds me as a teacher. I don't know what trauma my students have endured before they met me, at the high school level. And how do I help them prepare for the future?
I like to use photos with various guidance and counseling lessons. This site has some great animal pictures. I had a subscription for the magazine at one time and like it. The benefit for me now is the photos are easily accessible and I can choose which ones would work best at a particular time.