High School Social Studies – Comfort Women Education

High School Social Studies – Comfort Women Education



High School Social Studies

Lesson Plan for California 10th Grade History/Social Science



This lesson plan applies the formation of the “comfort women” system and its impact on all women into the California History/Social Science framework. The full lesson includes two sessions.

The first provides the necessary context of Japanese imperialism as a foundational background to the “comfort women” experience during World War II. 

The second session demonstrates how this historical issue has a deep global impact; and what the “comfort women” institution, as a military strategy, can teach us about issues of sexual violence and sex trafficking that are still going on today.

Developed by Korean American Forum of California (KAFC) and ‘Comfort Women’ Justice Coalition (CWJC).
We thank our advisors, Lisa Shek, retired principal, and Robert Roth, teacher, from the San Francisco Unified School District, for their generous contribution of time and expertise.

Click below link to download the lesson plan
comfortwomeneducation.org/CA10Download

Click HERE to download the PPT about the historical background of the ‘Comfort Women’ issue.

Click HERE to download the PPT about the ‘Comfort Women’ movement in the US.

SAMPLE LESSON PLAN for 10-12th Grade FROM British Columbia, Canada on “Comfort Women” developed by B.C. ALPHA

A lesson plan that discusses the “comfort women” issue through a framework of social justice and human rights. This lesson plan covers historical background and discusses the experiences of “comfort women” survivors. Students are encouraged to apply knowledge of this historical issue to critically think about and answer broader questions about society and the world today.

Developed by Canada ALPHA (Association for Learning & Preserving the History of WWII in Asia).

This lesson plan, along with a Prezi presentation and handouts, are freely available online here. 

Although designed for the curriculum requirements of British Columbia, the lesson plan is flexible and can be used to emphasize different issues and topics.