Project Grant P22AP01597

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER P21AS00034FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS TEXT THE JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT SITES JACS GRANT PROGRAM PUBLIC LAW 109 441, 120 STAT 3288 PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES WORKING TO PRESERVE HISTORIC JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT SITES AND THEIR HISTORY, INCLUDING PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES, FOR THE PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF U S CONFINEMENT SITES WHERE JAPANESE AMERICANS WERE DETAINED DURING WORLD WAR II REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL AGREEMENTSPURPOSE OF AWARD SUMMARY OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT OVERARCHING GOAL TO PRESERVE AND INTERPRET THE HISTORY AND IMPACTS OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION DURING WORLD WAR II OBJECTIVES TO PRODUCE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS THAT EXAMINE HOW AMERICAN JAZZ AND CAMP DANCE BANDS INSPIRED CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS OF SURVIVAL IN INCARCERATED JAPANESE AMERICANS AS THEY FORGED THEIR YOUNG CULTURAL IDENTITY IN AND OUT OF CONFINEMENT SITES SUMMARY OF PROJECT SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES NATIONAL JAPANESE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC NJAHS WILL EXAMINE HOW AMERICAN JAZZ INSPIRED CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS DURING WORLD WAR II CONFINEMENT AN EDUCATIONAL AND INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION, EXHIBITION, AND TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WILL HIGHLIGHT HOW CAMP DANCE BANDS BECAME A MEANS OF PROTEST AND SURVIVAL AMONG YOUNG JAPANESE AMERICANS AS THEY FORGED CULTURAL IDENTITY IN AND OUT OF INCARCERATION PERFORMANCE GOALS INCLUDING MILESTONES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES DEVELOPMENT OF INTERACTIVE MUSIC PRESENTATION, TRAVELING EXHIBIT, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES FOR 4TH 12TH LEVEL TEACHERS BENEFICIARIES THE PUBLIC EDUCATORS NPS JACS SITES ORGANIZATIONS PRESERVING JACS SITES AND HISTORY