Japanese Internment Video Comparison by Austin I

In the first video made by the U.S government, the video tryes to convoy a message that the Japanese population living among the U.S population coperated wholehartedly in going to the camps. It also trys to convoy that it went easy for them after Pearl Harbor. I do not think the video tells an accurate portrayal of the Japanese-Americans. In the video it says that the U.S government helped tennents sell there farms for a good sum of mony. It also says that the government provided trucks for the Japanese to put there personal things in. In the video it said the army provided busses for the evacuees and they coopreated wholehartedly. In the video the narriator said that at the camps the army provided healthful nourising food for all. In the video it said that some of the Japanese made camoflage nets for the United States military.

In the second video made by the History channel, tryes to convoy a message that the Japanesse we treated terribly after Pearl Harbor. I think the second video tells an accurate portrayal of how the Japanese-Americans were treated after Pearl Harbor. In the video it says the residents were forced to sell their homes and their busness for small sums of money. Also the video states that internment camps were often situated in isolated deserts and surrounded by barbed wire and guard towers. It also said that the people lived in small one room apartments with little privicy and constent surveillance. The video said that they were only given a standered army cot, blankets, and a small heating stove. The video states that only 35% of Americans thought that Japanese-Americans should return home after the war.

I believe the second video tells a more accurate portrayal of Japanese-American Internment because in the first video they act like the Japanese-Americans were treated great in the camps. In the second video they tell the truth and talk about the conditions they were actualy kept in. An example is the first video saying the camps provided healthful nourising food for all and skipping out on the harsh winters and the barbed wire. The second video talked about all of that. Another example is the first video saying that the government helped the Japanese-Americans sell their houses and bussness for a good sum of money. In the second video it was said that the govenment made the Japanese-Americans sell their houses for a small sum of money. There are my reasonings as to why I thing the second video portrays the Internment of the Japanese-Americans better than the first one.

Japanese Internment Video Comparison by Chance S

In the first video the United States of America showed the american people that the japanese were not human they were called japs a racial term to discriminate against them they also put them in camps.

 Many of the people who were of Japanese descent were put into internment camps because the United States were scared of Japanese people going on the side of the Empire Of Japan and they already had a problem with them racially so FDR decided to put them in camps. 

This is not good for Japanese people because they are humans, not a different species. They called them savages and animals not humans so they forced many American citizens into those camps.The second video was better because it told you more of what they had to go through such as  the small rooms they had to live in, isolation and no privacy it was harsh for them. 

Welcome to the 2023 2024 School Year

So, we are into August and school starts in a couple of weeks.  I wanted to get ahead of the game so to speak and introduce my Honors Students to their blog site.  You will be posting many of your writing assignments to your individual class blogs.

Remember, there is no mandatory minimum number of words, sentences, or paragraphs, just answer the prompts given and include information from the lesson to defend your answer.  Never be afraid to ask for guidance, I will ASSIST with, but not grade your blog posts if asked.

You are encouraged to personalize your blogs, but please keep them school appropriate and do not share items like last names, addresses, and other personal information that can be risky.

People will read these posts, so take pride in your work and show off your thoughts and words!

Open letter to my students about getting started

Hello everyone. This is the site we will be using for blogging. Class discussions have been good, so this is the next step…putting your thoughts out for a larger number of people to see. I appreciate you volunteering for this project. There are no wrong opinions if you base them on facts. Always support your ideas with examples, people may disagree with you, but they can never prove you wrong. The facts are your allies. Remember that anyone in the world can read what you right, so proofread your work. More importantly, be yourselves, you have great ideas and you express them well. This is your forum, I hope you enjoy the experience and learn something from it.

Sincerely,

Mr. Sal