Japanese Internment

Soon after the December 7, 1941, Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. Navy's base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, our government devised a plan to identify and detain every American of Japanese descent who lived on or near the Pacific coast. This was called internment. Our fear was that these Americans would be sympathetic to the desires of Japan in their war effort because it was their ancestral home. So, as you will see in the video, we rounded them up, made them forfeit their properties, and shipped them off to camps in the deserts of America. This assignment carries forward the basic concept of the cartoon drawn by Dr. Seuss in the Stereotypes assignment. Seuss' cartoon represented the stereotypical thinking evident at the time about the Japanese American -- sneaky, dangerous, and loyal to Japan. A successful response has three elements: 1. Watch the video located in the Module. The genre of film it represents is called the "propaganda" film These films attempt to persuade an audience to accept the viewpoint of the filmmaker and never suggest that there is another viewpoint to consider other than the one being presented. 2. In a thoughtful response, point to three moments in the film that clearly support the idea that this is a propaganda film. Use the technique of time stamping the points in the film where your claims are being made (for example 32:11). 3. Finally indicate why you believe each of your three moments gives evidence of being propaganda -- defined as "information, esp. of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. " https://www.google.comffiq=propaganda                                                                

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