For the 4th Piece of the Puzzle, I would like to design a lesson that includes an image from Densho Digital Repository. In one of the collections, there is an image titled, “Funeral Service for a Nisei Soldier.” The link to this image will be posted in Blackboard with credits to Densho Digital Repository and the designated collection. I will post at least 2 questions for students to think about while they are examining the image. This image might be difficult for some students to make sense of after learning about how many of the Japanese Americans were treated during WWII. Some of the students might think: “Why would a person join the U.S. military after he and his family had to give up their home and be shipped off to an internment camp?” Also, they will see the contradictions in the image in relation to the social injustice of Executive Order 9066 and the Loyalty Questionnaire. They will begin to develop questions that they want answers for. They begin to think what else in history needs to be uncovered in the 21st century.
