Japanese Canadians in internment camps; a horrible and illegal
idea.
I believe that placing Japanese Canadians into internment camps is
wrong, unfair and illegal. These people have been good Canadian
citizens who haven’t done anything wrong to deserve this
treatment.
They pay taxes and run businesses and are a part of our
community. It should be assumed that these people are innocent
until we have proof that they are guilty of helping the Japanese
government do harm against Canada.
White people’s racism and fear of people who are Japanese is not a
good enough reason to send them away to internment camps. They live
in these camps and still there haven’t been any charges or trials done.
This sort of treatment doesn’t happen to white Canadians and it
shouldn’t happen to the Japanese Canadians either.
Free the Japanese Canadians!!
Core/Curricular competencies
I made an ethical judgement about the action of internment the Japanese-Canadians in my paragraph. (curricular)
I did assess, understood and explained the significance of the threat of the Japanese army and its treatment of (curricular)
people it conquered, in British Columbia, in my research handout and paragraph. (curricular)
I did assess and explained the changes the Japanese-Canadians went through. In my research handout.
I worked with others to achieve a goal. (core)
I did ask and respond to questions to be an active and supportive listener. (Core)
I can now understand and tell, after examining the facts of the possible threat from Japanese-Canadians in Canada and the opinions of various people, the difference between fact and opinion. (Core)