An educational theatre project for middle and high school students about the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans

 
Manzanar Relocation center. Photo by Dorothea Lange, courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.

Manzanar Relocation center. Photo by Dorothea Lange, courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.

 

ABOUT GRIT

Designed by Janet Hayakawa and Tere Martínez, the project intends to deepen the understanding of this story by using theatre as a teaching tool.  The first component . . . LEARN MORE

Changing classes at the temporary high school quarters – Rohwer Relocation Center, Arkansas. Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.

Changing classes at the temporary high school quarters – Rohwer Relocation Center, Arkansas. Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.

 

“A great way to get [students] to examine history in different levels and through different lenses.”

- Middle school teacher