LIHU‘E — Kaua‘i Museum and the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i are teaming up to present a history of internment of Japanese Americans on Kaua‘i and in Hawai‘i during World War II. There are public and teacher sessions planned for
LIHU‘E — Kaua‘i Museum and the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i are teaming up to present a history of internment of Japanese Americans on Kaua‘i and in Hawai‘i during World War II.
There are public and teacher sessions planned for the event, June 5, a news release states.
Both sessions will be held at the Kaua‘i Museum on Rice Street in Lihu‘e.
The public session is 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and the session for teachers and librarians is 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The public session will present Hawai‘i and Kaua‘i’s internment history as well as discuss the cultural center’s ongoing efforts to preserve the history of the internment camps in Hawai‘i, the release states.
Through the collective efforts of various public high school teachers, the cultural center has developed and conducted trial runs of lesson plans in high schools for the subject areas of U.S. history, modern history of Hawai‘i and participation in democracy.
The teacher/librarian workshop will introduce these lesson plans to high-school history teachers and librarians on how to use, modify and expand them to fulfill state Department of Education standards, states the release.
These workshops are part of the Education through Cultural & Historical Organizations (ECHO), a collaborative educational partnership of museums and cultural institutions in Hawai‘i, Alaska, Massachusetts, and Mississippi.
Support is provided by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement.
The public workshop is free, and those attending the session for teachers and librarians will receive a gift, classroom panels titled “Dark Clouds Over Paradise: The Hawai‘i Internees Story,” a $50 value.
Call 1-808-945-7633 ext. 25, see the website, www.jcch.com, or e-mail info@jcch.com for more information,
The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i, a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, strives to share the history, heritage and culture of the evolving Japanese American experience in Hawai‘i.
The JCCH features a Community and Historical Gallery, Resource Center, Kenshikan martial arts dojo, Seikyan Japanese teahouse and Gift Shop.
The Kaua‘i Museum is also a sponsor of these workshops.
