Beauty Behind
Barbed Wire: The Relocation Camp Experience of Estelle Ishigo
Lesson plan by Madeline Antilla
Grades Nine through Twelve
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Chronology of Japanese American Internment
Objectives, Assessment, Standards Correlation, Conceptual Links, Cross-curricular Connections
Bibliography on Japanese American Internment
Full Citation List for Reference Documents
Copyright Information from Japanese American Research Project (JARP)
- Estelle Ishigo untitled watercolor painting of a woman holding a child on her back at Heart Mountain Relocation Camp.
- Estelle Ishigo pencil drawing of a "Baggage Truck Preparing to Leave for Heart Mountain Camp," May 1942, 7:00 a.m.
- Estelle Ishigo watercolor painting, "Home," Heart Mountain, December 1942.
- "Instructions To All Persons of Japanese Ancestry."
(Text - Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) - Letter from Edo Mita to Estelle Ishigo. 13 August, 1942. (Part I)
- Letter from Edo Mita to Estelle Ishigo. 13 August, 1942. (Part II)
- Letter from Edo Mita to Estelle Ishigo. 13 August, 1942. (Part III)
- Photo of Japanese American family in the barracks. National Archives and Records Administration, Still Picture Branch (NWDNS).
- Photo of ice skaters. National Archives and Records Administration, Still Picture Branch (NWDNS).
- Estelle Ishigo oil painting, "Gathering Coal at Heart Mountain Relocation Camp." No date.
- Estelle Ishigo pencil drawing, "Windstorm in Heart Mountain Cemetery."
- Estelle Ishigo pencil sketch of Arthur Ishigo with the caption of "Are we Americans Again?"
- Estelle Ishigo watercolor painting, "Boys with Kite." Heart Mountain. September, 1944.
