Zoom In Activity for Historical Fiction!

What can you learn about historical fiction by using primary sources?

Do you think that using primary

sources will help you to understand what life was like for the characters in your

book?

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Describe what you see in the picture!

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Would you want to live here? What would your life be like if you lived here?

Japanese Internment Camp:

Picture Background:

• This picture was taken of a Japanese Internment camp.

• Japanese Americans were sent to live at these camps because of their ethnicity.

• They were only allowed to bring a small amount of items with them.

• They were constantly watched and guarded

• Japanese Internment took place during WWII.

    

   

Adams, A. (1943). Manzanar from Guard Tower, view west (Sierra Nevada in background), Manzanar Relocation Center, California. Library of Congress: American Memory, Ansel Adams’s Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar.

    

   

Adams, A. (1943). Tom Kobayashi, Landscape, Manzanar Relocation Center, California / photograph by Ansel Adams. Library of Congress: American Memory, Ansel Adams’s Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar.