Teacher Resources

The National Park Service is happy to provide any educators who would like to teach their students about Honouliuli's history or the park itself with resources to begin that journey. These activities can be done with students of any age.

Schools in Hawai‘i have already had their students complete projects in relation to Honouliuli, so we have linked them below to give teachers ideas for their own classrooms. We have also provided other educational resources to help form lessons or ideas to share with students and will continue to update the list.

Resources for Teaching

Teach About the Incarceration - Densho

Hawai‘i Internment Curriculum - Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii

Anthropology | UH West O'ahu Online Exhibits

NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE | Honouliuli

Incarceration of Japanese & Japanese Americans in Hawaiʻi - Research Guides at University of Hawaii at Manoa

Recommended Readings - Honouliuli National Historic Site

Activities for Kids

Kids Meet a Survivor of the Japanese-American Internment

Photograph Study Guide


The following documentaries are directed by Ryan Kawamoto of Kinetic Productions and are educational films regarding the Honouliuli incarceration site and WWII in Hawai‘i:

• The Untold Story: Internment of Japanese Americans in Hawaiʻi - PBS Version
• The Untold Story (Educational Version)
• Voices Behind Barbed Wire (Oʻahu Version)
• Voices Behind Barbed Wire (Hawaiʻi Island Version)
• Removed By Force | PBS HAWAIʻI