Charlotte Annotated Bibliography Prospectus

Charlotte Wesley-Musonda EDU 551-50         February 14, 2011

Annotated Bibliography Prospectus:

I would like to teach a unit on the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II as part of a high school U.S. History course. I searched for three trade books to support the unit, and came up with more than three possibilities.  I’ve requested all of the books from my local library because I would like to make the final decision after looking at them more closely.

Cooper, Michael. (2000). Fighting for Honor: Japanese Americans and World War II. New York: Clarion Books.

Readability: Age 12 and up; 1040L

Donlan, Leni. (2008). How Did This Happen Here? History Through Primary Sources. Chicago, IL:  Raintree.

(More advanced?)

Grunenewald, Mary Matsuda. (2005). Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese-American Internment Camps. Troutdale, OR: New Sage Press.

(Young Reader’s Edition)

Lange, Dorothea. (2006). Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment. New York: W.W. Norton.

(General audience?)

Larson, Kirby. (2010). The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis. New York: Scholastic.

            (Juvenile)

Sakurai, Gail. (2002). The Japanese American Internment Camps. New York, NY: Children’s Press.

            (Juvenile)

Last Witness: Reflections on the Wartime Internment of Japanese Americans, 1^st Ed. (2001) New York: Palgrave.

            (Advanced)

Houston, Jeanne W. (1973) Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.

            Age 12 and up