The Process

Being an undercover investigative team means that you have to be well prepared.

Your investigative team will consist of four individuals disguised as a:

• person living in the Japanese American internment camp
• Japanese American working as a mail clerk
• weekly visitor to the camp
• sponsor for the Japanese Americans

Once roles have been selected, each investigative team member will work through four scenarios. After each of you have fulfilled your responsibilities, you will meet in a secret place to discuss your findings.

A Look at the Investigative Team Roles

http://www.loc.gov Id: LC-USZ62-113923	You are a person living in the Japanese American internment camp. Sometimes working undercover is frustrating and discouraging. You have decided to encourage your team members by giving them positive feedback.
	You are a Japanese American working as a mail clerk. As the mail clerk you will read the mail from outside the camp since it is censored. After reading the mail you are then responsible for passing on the mail to the appropriate person and ensure that they respond.
	You are the weekly visitor to a particular family in the camp. You bring news and supplies from the outside world. You also deliver messages to friends living outside the camp. You will also communicate with the teacher on the progress of your group and communicate any information that your teacher gives you for your group.
	You sponsor Japanese Americans that will work outside the camp. Your job is to make sure that the group completes all of the assigned tasks. At the end of each day, you will let the group know how much work was completed and how much work is left to do. Be sure to tell your group what a great job they are doing!

To begin your investigative work, click .

NOTE: The scenarios are time-sensitive (e.g., 1943, 1947, 1963 and 2003); therefore, you must complete them in sequence.