In California, 11th graders learn about the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII in the context of U.S. History. Some teachers include the event in their social-studies curriculum as early as the second or third grade of their own volition. The TOJI Project would like to see Japanese American incarceration as part of the standard 10th-grade History/Social Science curriculum, in the context of World History and America's response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Alabama standards include a deep dive into the incarceration of Japanese Americans in Grade 6. Included is a link to a Smithsonian collection focused on the internment experience.

The incarceration is a "suggested topic" in the Alaskan standard. Grade level unclear.

Japanese American incarceration is not covered in the standard. 

Japanese American incarceration is covered in Grade K-12 U.S. History standard, including ruling on Korematsu vs. the United States. Specific grade level unclear. (page 7 of PDF)

Japanese-American incarceration is not covered in the standard. 

Executive Order 9066 is covered in Grade 8 in context of close reading, with supplemental material provided. Also, Korematsu vs. United States is covered in the Grade 11-12 standard of the close reading of complex texts.

Curriculum unclear; detailed, embedded links on Department of Education website are broken.

Japanese-American incarceration is not covered in the standard, except for mention of examining "efforts to expand or contract rights for various populations" during World War II. Note however that a House bill that requires public-school students to learn the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (including Japanese American incarceration during WWII) passed unanimously in 2023.

Japanese American incarceration is covered in the U.S. History standard but, like California, not the World History standard. 

Japanese American incarceration is covered only as "sample content" in the Grade 2 and Grades 9-12 History standards.

Japanese American incarceration is not covered in the standard. 

No obvious subject-matter standards; disciplinary concepts only. However, the Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act was passed to ensure the event's inclusion in public elementary and high schools.

Japanese American incarceration is not covered in the standard. Students, however, are expected to "explain the experiences of African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and women during World War II."

Japanese American incarceration is not covered in the standard. 

Japanese American incarceration is not covered in the standard. 

Japanese American incarceration is not covered in the standard. 

Japanese American incarceration is taught in both Grade 8 as part of the Social Studies standard and High School as part of the U.S. History standard.

No obvious subject-matter standards; disciplinary concepts only.

No obvious subject-matter standards; disciplinary concepts only.

Japanese incarceration is covered in Grade 8 in context of "National Security" and Korematsu vs. United States ruling and Grades 9-12 in context of "Defending Democracy" in response to fascism.

Japanese American incarceration is not covered in the standard. 

Japanese American incarceration is covered only as "sample content" in the Grade 9-12 U.S. History standard.

Japanese American incarceration is not covered in the U.S. History standard. Also missing from the World History standard.

Japanese American incarceration is not covered in the standard. 

No obvious subject-matter standards; disciplinary concepts only.

Japanese American incarceration is not covered in the standard. 

No obvious subject-matter standards; disciplinary concepts only.

Japanese American incarceration is not covered in the standard. 

Japanese American incarceration is covered by end of Grade 12 in U.S. History standard and whether "American policies towards the Japanese were a denial of civil rights."  

Unknown. New Mexico social-studies standards website is not secure.

Japanese American incarceration is covered in Grade 9-12 U.S. History standard

Japanese American incarceration is covered multiple times in a Grade K-12 U.S. History "unpacking" document. Although the incarceration is treated as a sample topic, the inquiry appears to be rich and well thought-out.

Japanese American incarceration is covered as a "guiding topic" in the K-12 U.S. History standard.

Japanese American incarceration is not specifically mentioned, but includes the following: "Content Statement 21: United States policy and mobilization of its economic and military resources during World War II affected American society. Despite mistreatment, marginalized groups played important roles in the war effort while continuing to protest unfair treatment.

Japanese American incarceration is included in the high-school U.S. History standard. Also included: Korematsu vs. the United States and the treatment of Americans of German and Italian descent.

No obvious subject-matter standards; disciplinary concepts only. Japanese American incarceration is also excluded from Ethnic Studies curriculum.

Japanese American incarceration is covered in the Grade 12 U.S. History standard.

Japanese American incarceration is covered in the High School Civics standard and the High School U.S. History standard.

Japanese American incarceration is not covered in the standard. 

Japanese American incarceration is covered in the Grade 9-12 U.S. History standard in context of World War II.

Japanese American incarceration is covered in the Grade 12 U.S. History standard.

Japanese American incarceration is not covered in the standard. 

Japanese American incarceration is covered in the Grade 7-12 Utah History standard.

No obvious subject-matter standards; disciplinary concepts only.

Japanese American incarceration is covered in the Grade 6 and Grade 11 U.S. History standard.

​Japanese-American incarceration is not covered in the standard. 

Japanese American incarceration is covered in the Grade 9-12 U.S. History standard in context of the emergence of the U.S. as an emerging superpower and both domestic and international conflict.

Japanese American incarceration is covered in the High School Contemporary Studies, i.e., the interaction between the U.S. and the world from 1914 to present day. Also included as a suggested topic exemplifying human-rights abuse in High School U.S. Studies.

No obvious subject-matter standards; general areas of study only.

No obvious subject-matter standards; general areas of study only.