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Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
Provides the full text of the Geneva Convention for the treatment of prisoners or war, adopted in 1949. (02/04)
A Summary of the United Nations Agreements on Human Rights
Provides a summary with links to all the declarations and agreements on human rights sponsored by the United Nations. Includes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Charter of the UN, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Geneva Conventions. (02/04)
A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
Examines the events surrounding Japanese American internment during World War II. Topics include prewar Japanese American immigration and culture, detention camps and the internment process, Japanese American wartime service, and postwar court cases and eventual redress. Interactive and full of multimedia. Includes some suggested classroom activities. Links to related sites. Searchable.
Confinement & Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites
A full text online book that provides the history of the forced evacuation of nearly 120,000 Japanese-American citizens following Pearl Harbor. Features information on each of the internment camps, including Manzanar. (01/06)
Japanese Canadian Internment
Features an annotated list of print resources about the Japanese internment in Canada, the roots of racism and the efforts to redress wrongs. Also links to related sites. (01/05)
Japanese Internment Camps
Features easy to read basic information and first hand accounts of the Japanese internment camps in Canada during World War 2. Includes reasons, processes, and the conditions in the camps. (01/05)
A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
Examines the events surrounding Japanese American internment during World War II. Topics include prewar Japanese American immigration and culture, detention camps and the internment process, Japanese American wartime service, and postwar court cases and eventual redress. Interactive and full of multimedia. Includes some suggested classroom activities. Links to related sites. Searchable. (02/04)
SEE ALSO General information on World War Two
This page is created and maintained by Ms. B. Knoepfel (Teacher-Librarian), McMath Secondary School. Updated March 2007.
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