You have learned about the lives of several Washingtonians who lived through the effects of Executive Order 9066 during World War II. You have also read a recent magazine article about the political influences that led to EO9066 and about the efforts of Eleanor Roosevelt (President Franklin D. Roosevelt's wife) to prevent and end the internment camps.
Please take some time to reflect on what you have learned, and then write three poems that reflect your understanding of this part of Washington's history. Be sure to meet all of the following requirements to meet or exceed grade-level standards:
Write your poems in any of the allowed formats and take into account any special attributes the formats require.
Each poem you write must be at least twelve lines long. You are welcome to write poems that are longer than twelve lines if doing so will demonstrate your understanding more completely.
For this assignment, single-word lines of poetry are not allowed in most cases. The only format in which ONE single-world line is permitted for this assignment is a poem written in free verse.
One of your poems must show a good understanding of the effects of the internment camps on the lives of those who lived through it. Another poem must reflect the viewpoint of Americans who were in favor of the internment camps. And the third poem must represent the viewpoint of Eleanor Roosevelt regarding the internment camps.
Your poem(s) must be worthy of a student who is almost in 8th grade.
You were given information in class about the poem formats allowed for this assignment. As needed, please review the slide deck (attached) with descriptions and examples of these formats to ensure that your poem is written in an acceptable format. If you choose to write two poems, you may write both of them in the same format or you may write in two different formats.
If you choose to write an acrostic poem, here are some ideas for words/phrases you could use as the vertical part of your poem:
Internment Camp
Executive Order 9066
Akiko Kato Kurose
Gordon Hirabayashi
Exclusion Zone
If you choose to use some word, phrase, or name other than these, just make sure it is at least twelve letters long.
All words in your poem(s) must be spelled correctly. Since you are writing poetry for this assignment, you do not necessarily have to follow all of the normal rules of punctuation and grammar, but you should make every effort to make your poem(s) understandable to the reader.
Submit your poems in a Google Slides deck containing a title slide and three more slides--one for each of the poems. Feel free to add visuals that will help the reader understand your poems.