Course Information
2007 Regional Tour
Day 1 - Bainbridge and Tacoma
Bainbridge Island Nikkei WWII Internment and Exclusion Memorial
Teachers received a tour of the memorial site from Clarence Moriwaki, Chair of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community's Memorial Committee.
For more information about the evacuation of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge and their incarceration at camps across the western United State, click here for an online exhibit about Camp Harmony from the University of Washington Libraries.
The Bainbridge Island Historical Society and Museum
Borrow After Silence, the story of our tour guide, Dr. Frank Kitamoto, from the ESD113 Media Center.
The Washington State History Museum
Click here for more information about the Washington State History Museum's educational programs.
Day 2 - Kent and Seattle
Weyerhaeuser's Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection
Our region's logging industry acknowledges Asian connections.
Docents led us through the construction of the first Sichuan-style garden outside of China.
We learned about Asian immigration to the region at the only Pan-Asian museum in the country.
Day 3 - Seattle's International District
Inter*Im Community Development Association
Tom Im and Bob Santos talked with us about the history of the International District, the role of Asian Americans in Seattle's Civil Rights movement, and the current challenges facing the International District.
To listen to excerpts from oral history interviews of Bob Santos, outlining his role in the Civil Rights movement in Seattle, visit the University of Washington's Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project website.
Atsushi Kiuchi and Dee Goto outlined the Omoide Project from the Nikkei Heritage Association of Washington and gave an outline of their classroom presentation on Japanese American incarceration.
Both the Omoide Project and the Wing Luke Museum are affiliated with the Densho Project, a digital archive of oral histories about Japanese American incarceration during World War II.
