Citizenship education, memory, and the World War II internment of Japanese Americans
University of Minnesota M.A. thesis. July 2011. Major: Educational policy and administration. Advisor: Frances Vavrus. 1 computer file (PDF); iv, 104 pages.
Years of Infamy: The Untold Story of America's Concentration Camps
"A truly excellent and moving book . . . The story of the concentration camps for Japanese has often been told, but usually with an emphasis on the silver lining. . . . Michi Weglyn concentrates instead on the other side of the picture. Years of Infamy is hard hitting but fair and balanced. It is a terrible story of administrative callousness and bungling, untold damage to the human soul, confusion, and terror."-Edwin O. Reischauer, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan
The New Social Studies
The inquiry method is full of dynamite for the administrator. For example, in at least one case a project was halted because of negative community reactions. To cope with such reac tions, the administrator must know what is be ing taught, have a procedure for handling com plaints, and be prepared to support his teachers in their pursuit of academic excellence. There are many other problems, all touched upon here.