History We Cannot Forget

Funded Aug 15, 2023

Thank you so much for your generous support! The graphic memoir you helped purchase has been vital in teaching 11th grade English Language Learners about a critical and often overlooked period of American history: Japanese internment. This text fit perfectly into our unit about resilience and the American Dream. Students really connected with George Takei and his family and gained invaluable perspective.

Teaching "They Called Us Enemy" also enabled me to achieve two of my overarching goals as an educator: to teach with a social justice lens and to broaden students' understanding of the world.

Thank you for making it possible for my students to read a powerful example of resilience, written by an engaging author from a diverse background.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Lukacs