The five lessons developed for the Japanese War Brides Oral History Archive suggest ways for teachers to engage their students with the broad themes that emerge from the individual experiences of Japanese war brides. In these oral histories, Japanese immigrant women reflect on their lives in postwar Japan, their journeys to the United States, and their experiences living in America.
The Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education would like to express its appreciation to Adrian Arima and Monica Yeung Arima for funding the development of this curriculum.
Dr. Gary Mukai, SPICE Director and a primary developer of the curriculum, would like to express his appreciation to Kasumi Yamashita, SPICE Instructor, for co-authoring lessons 1 and 3, and to Kathryn Tolbert, former Education Editor, The Washington Post, for serving as the primary content advisor and editor of the curriculum. Gary would also like to express his gratitude to Lucy Craft, Karen Kasmauski and Kathryn Tolbert, co-directors of the film, Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight: The Japanese War Brides, for their unwavering support from the conceptualization of the curriculum to its completion.