FIGHTING FOR AMERICA:
NISEI SOLDIERS
Graphic novel teacher training for current classroom teachers or school/district administrators about WWII-era Japanese-American Incarceration. Recommended for those who teach grades 6 and up.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2024
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
WING LUKE MUSEUM
FREE PROGRAM
JOIN AUTHOR DR. LARRY MATSUDA AND WING LUKE MUSEUM’S RAHUL GUPTA
OPEN TO:
Current classroom teachers/professors, school or district administrators, and specialists
Clock Hours available for participants
RECOMMENDED GRADES:
Grades 6+
Approximately 14,000 Nisei or second-generation Japanese Americans fought as members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT) during World War II against Germany and Italy. In the Pacific, Japanese Americans served in the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) as translators and intercepted Japanese messages in support of US troops. Nisei volunteered from Hawai‘i and the mainland. Most mainland Nisei volunteered from the American concentration camps to fight for freedom in Europe while their friends and relatives remained prisoners in the camps.
Fighting for America allows readers to experience the courage, camaraderie, anger, loss, and strength of the Nisei soldiers in a new, engaging way.
Join us for a Teacher PD on February 24, 2024. We will break down elements of the novel, learn history, and help each other find ways to deepen our discussion with students on the world-changing events of World War II.
Highly recommended for those who teach grades 6 and up. Please, we are asking that participants be current classroom teachers or school/district administrators.
COMMUNITY STORIES: AN AMERICAN HERO - FRANK NISHIMURA
NOTE REGARDING COVID-19
These sessions will be on-site in Seattle, WA.
Masks are required Wednesdays and highly encouraged Thursday - Sunday. We will provide masks and cleaning supplies for visitors to use upon request.
ABOUT THE MUSEUM
For over 50 years, Wing Luke Museum has been and continues to be a leader in community-based cultural, historical, and contemporary art museums.
Our mission is to “connect everyone to the dynamic history, cultures, and art of Asian Pacific Americans through vivid storytelling and inspiring experiences, to advance racial and social equity.” Through our scholarship, historic interpretation, collections, storytelling, collaborations, and dynamic work of partnering with schools and districts to enhance social studies, history, and ELA programs—Wing Luke Museum seeks to tell a wider story of our region and nation.