If you have one day…

• Do the activity “Primary Documents:  Executive Order 9066” 
• Read the appropriate Background Summary and discuss the questions.
• Have students begin the “Classifying Arguments” activity and finish for HW, if necessary.

If you have two days…

• Do all of the activities recommended for the first day.
• Go over the “Classifying Arguments” activity.
• Read and discuss the “Key Excerpts from the Majority Opinion” and the accompanying questions.
• Complete the cartoon analysis.

If you have three days…

• Do all of the activities recommended for days one and two.
• Have students complete and discuss “A Question of Loyalty.”
• Do “Presidential Powers in Wartime.”  This activity is formatted in both a standard-level and as a Scored Discussion for AP level students.  This provides excellent material for a discussion.

If you have four days…

• Do all of the activities recommended for days one, two, and three.
• Do either “Did the Court Err in Korematsu?” or “Cases in the War Against Terrorism.”

Resources

•	About landmarkcases.org
•	Teaching Recommendations Based on Your Time
•	Background Summary and Questions • • • Reading Level • • Reading Level  • Reading Level
•	Diagram of How the Case Moved Through the Court System
•	Key Excerpts from the Majority Opinion
•	Key Excerpts from the Dissenting Opinion
•	Full Text of the Majority Opinion

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Activities
    The Case

•	Classifying Arguments
•	Primary Documents: Executive Order 9066
•	A Question of Loyalty
•	Presidential Powers in Wartime: Standard level activity
•	Presidential Powers in Wartime: AP level activity
•	Cartoon Analysis

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    After the Case

•	Did the Court Err in Korematsu
•	Cases in the War Against Terrorism
•	Fred Korematsu's Obituary
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	Additional Resources
•	Densho: the Japanese American Legacy
•	Exploring the Japanese American Internment
•	Virtual Museum of San Francisco: Internment of the Japanese

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