Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Socratic Seminar Questions

1.)    Should Japanese-American Internment during World War II be classified as a genocide?  Defend your point.  (you may want to review the definitions of genocide - Article 2).
2.)    What did altering the P.O.V. of the literature accomplish as you read?
3.)    What do you feel is a theme from the work? What are we meant to take away from this?
4.)    Do you think that the US government was justified in their actions of interning all Japanese-Americans from the west coast during World War II?
5.)    Why is it important to acknowledge what occurred?
6.)    Why is it important for the US government to acknowledge what occurred?
7.)    What are reparations?
a.    Why do you think they were given?
b.    Who do you think they should go to?
c.     Do you think that they are enough?
8.) Make some predictions about what you may see in the future for this family.

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