TOPIC
I chose the Japanese Internment of World War II as my topic after reading a moving story of a Japanese internee, as well as a series of letters written by Japanese Americans giving many different perspectives of their experience. It immediately stood out as a great topic, especially because of how perfectly it fits with this year’s theme, Rights and Responsibilities in History. I began research, and eventually was able to realize the significance of the event in history. I also chose this topic because it showed how by admitting we made a mistake and by fixing it, it can easily prevent anything similar to this from happening again. In the end, I really enjoyed writing about this topic.
RESEARCH
I conducted my research by collecting information on my topic from many different sources. First, I found some good websites explaining the event and what caused it to happen. I read other sites to get some background on the topic. Then, I created an outline. I got additional multimedia about the Japanese, Pearl Harbor Bombing, and tensions at that time from newspaper articles, videos and more. I also got a better understanding from viewing online images. In addition, I added a current-day situation where something similar happened, though we did not act in the same way, to strengthen that we have learned from our past and how it helped us to grow as a nation.
CATEGORY
I chose the website category because there was lots of multimedia to enhance the presentation of my topic in addition to the text. While researching my topic I saw lots of pictures, videos, charts and articles, so I felt the website would be the best way to tell the story. I have only made a few websites and thought this would be a great opportunity to learn more. I experimented with the designs and features in Weebly to show slideshows, videos and pictures. I also used the free web tool RealPlayer to trim videos. As it turned out, the website was the best category to use and it worked out best for me.
THEME
My topic really fit this year’s theme of Rights and Responsibilities in History in a number of ways. It fits responsibility because it is the United States government’s responsibility to respect and protect the rights of all loyal U.S. citizens, even in crisis situations. The rights of the Japanese-Americans, however, were violated completely during this incident. Plus, when a group of citizen’s rights are taken, it then jeopardizes the rights of everybody in that nation. This reveals why the government should not be allowed to take anyone’s rights at any time. Overall, this topic was excellent because it helped me to better understand the knowledge and vision our Founding Father had when creating the Constitution which continues to stand the test of time.
I chose the Japanese Internment of World War II as my topic after reading a moving story of a Japanese internee, as well as a series of letters written by Japanese Americans giving many different perspectives of their experience. It immediately stood out as a great topic, especially because of how perfectly it fits with this year’s theme, Rights and Responsibilities in History. I began research, and eventually was able to realize the significance of the event in history. I also chose this topic because it showed how by admitting we made a mistake and by fixing it, it can easily prevent anything similar to this from happening again. In the end, I really enjoyed writing about this topic.
RESEARCH
I conducted my research by collecting information on my topic from many different sources. First, I found some good websites explaining the event and what caused it to happen. I read other sites to get some background on the topic. Then, I created an outline. I got additional multimedia about the Japanese, Pearl Harbor Bombing, and tensions at that time from newspaper articles, videos and more. I also got a better understanding from viewing online images. In addition, I added a current-day situation where something similar happened, though we did not act in the same way, to strengthen that we have learned from our past and how it helped us to grow as a nation.
CATEGORY
I chose the website category because there was lots of multimedia to enhance the presentation of my topic in addition to the text. While researching my topic I saw lots of pictures, videos, charts and articles, so I felt the website would be the best way to tell the story. I have only made a few websites and thought this would be a great opportunity to learn more. I experimented with the designs and features in Weebly to show slideshows, videos and pictures. I also used the free web tool RealPlayer to trim videos. As it turned out, the website was the best category to use and it worked out best for me.
THEME
My topic really fit this year’s theme of Rights and Responsibilities in History in a number of ways. It fits responsibility because it is the United States government’s responsibility to respect and protect the rights of all loyal U.S. citizens, even in crisis situations. The rights of the Japanese-Americans, however, were violated completely during this incident. Plus, when a group of citizen’s rights are taken, it then jeopardizes the rights of everybody in that nation. This reveals why the government should not be allowed to take anyone’s rights at any time. Overall, this topic was excellent because it helped me to better understand the knowledge and vision our Founding Father had when creating the Constitution which continues to stand the test of time.
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