Module 2: Short Prose and Novel Study: Obasan

Module Introduction

Order of British Columbia: Joy Kogawa
Brief biography listing some of Ms. Kogawa's awards, achievements and accomplishments.
http://www.orderofbc.gov.bc.ca/members/obc-2006/2006-joy-kogawa/

Section 2: Obasan and Canadian History

Lesson A: The Early Settlers

Japanese Canadians get the right to vote in 1949
http://www.discovernikkei.org/interviews/clips/842/

The impact of Pearl Harbor on Fred Sasaki's family
http://www.discovernikkei.org/interviews/clips/411/

Treatment of Japanese fisherman in Canada during World War II
http://www.discovernikkei.org/interviews/clips/835/

Government sold Japanese Canadian properties for little money
http://www.discovernikkei.org/interviews/clips/843/

Government's permission to publish Japanese newspaper in Canada during World War II
http://www.discovernikkei.org/interviews/clips/836/

Japanese newspaper supported by Canadian government during World War II
http://www.discovernikkei.org/interviews/clips/837/

Government urged Japanese Canadians to go to Japan
http://www.discovernikkei.org/interviews/clips/841/

Relocation to Redress: The Internment of the Japanese Canadians
CBC Digital Archives includes a wealth of material pertaining to the internment of Japanese Canadians, including a radio interview between Muriel Kitagawa and Hide Shimizu.
http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/second_world_war/topics/568-2921/

JapaneseCanadianHistory.net
This website provides an excellent resource list found under the "resource" tab. In addition, resource guides are available for purchase from the Japanese Canadian National Museum. Home page:
http://www.japanesecanadianhistory.net/home_page.htm

Internment and Redress: The Japanese Canadian Experience
http://www.japanesecanadianhistory.net/GuideExcerptsForSocialStudies11.pdf

Gallery Walk
Series of photographs pertaining to Japanese Canadian Internment, with accompanying information and prompts.
http://www.japanesecanadianhistory.net/lessons/gallery_walk01.htm

National Film Board of Canada: Enemy Alien
http://www.nfb.ca/film/enemy_alien/

Vanishing BC: Japanese-Canadian internment sites in the Slocan
Photographs with anecdotal notes from Bob Maruyama, who was interned in Lemon Creek with his family.
http://www.michaelkluckner.com/bciw4slocan.html

Joy Kogawa Family Album
Commentary by Father Tim Nakayama, Joy Kogawa's eldest brother, with photographs.
http://kogawa.homestead.com/familyalbum.html

Section 4: Preparing for the Provincial Exam

Lesson A: Preparing for the Exam

BC Ministry of Education Past Provincial Exams and Keys
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/

BC Ministry of Education Grade 12 Provincial Exam Specifications
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/specs/grade12/

BC Ministry of Education Provincial Exam Student Samples
Look at student writing samples and marker comments posted on the Ministry of Education Website.
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/exemplars/welcome.htm

BC Ministry of Education Provincial Examinations Information for Students
Browse other links for students available on the Ministry of Education Website.
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/student.htm