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ERIC Number: EJ440268
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Rights in Times of Crisis: American Citizens and Internment.
West, Jean; Schamel, Wynell Burroughs
Social Education, v55 n5 p311-13 Sep 1991
Discusses instances of departure from the rights guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the Bill of Rights. Describes the internment of Japanese-Americans during the Second World War and other incidents in which the government denied individual rights. Details teaching activities intended to increase student understanding of such events. Proposes student research topics. (SG)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Research Papers (Students), Secondary School Curriculum, Social Studies, United States History, Units of Study, World War II
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Historical Materials
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Bill of Rights; Internment Camps