Lesson 2: Citizenship Under Attack

Send In Activity 2
Packing Your Belongings

Pretend you are a Japanese-Canadian child in 1941. You and your family have been designated “enemy aliens.” Already, your father has been taken away, but you don’t know where. Your school has been closed, your mail is censored, and you are not allowed to visit freely with other families. Now, you have been told that you must leave your home in twenty-four hours. You are allowed to bring ten belongings but you must be able to carry them in one suitcase. You don’t know where you are going or how long you will be away, so you need to choose carefully.

Write a paragraph describing the choices you made and why you made them. In addition, discuss how you feel about the things that had to be left behind. What will you miss most? What are your feelings about your future? (10 marks)

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