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Sent Away: Japanese-Americans: A Story Based on Real History
Paperback
Series: Hopes and Dreams
ISBN13: 9780866474238
Publisher: Pro Lingua Learning
Published: Oct 1 2016
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.17
Height: 0.24 Width: 5.20 Depth: 8.11
Language: English
This 80-page easy-to-understand reader is one of 12 historical novels in the Hopes and Dreams series, whose diverse and fascinating characters, regardless of their ethnicity, face prejudice, danger, hardships, and setbacks, but survive with perseverance, a little bit of luck, and a generous amount of love in their new home in the US. Downloadable audio recordings of all 12 novels and free supplementary materials for teachers are available (visit ProLinguaLearning.com for more details).
This is the story of the Higashis, a Japanese-American family. At New Year's dinner in 1941, the Higashis celebrated their good life in Northern California, living on their successful strawberry farm and running a boarding house for the farmworkers. They were prosperous and proud to be in America. On December 7, the bombing of Pearl Harbor changed everything. Keiko and her brother Tatsu were American citizens, but they and their parents were sent away to Poston, a Relocation Camp in the Arizona desert for the duration of World War II. It was dusty, hot, and crowded with poor sanitation. Mrs. Higashi died there. Tatsu joined the U.S. Army and was killed fighting for America in Europe. Mr. Higashi helped administer the camp's co-op, while Keiko studied and kept their tiny living space. After the war, Keiko and her father returned home to California to rebuild their lives.
Features- Free accompanying AUDIO program, available to download from http: //prolingualearning.com or to stream on http: //youtube.com/@ProLinguaLearningAudio
- Includes a downloadable Sample Lesson for classroom or independent study
- Includes a downloadable Teacher's Guide with a Plot Summary, Discussion Questions, Historical Photos, and Detailed Background
- Includes downloadable Ready-to-use classroom activities: What Did You Read? Form, Book Report Form, Word Play and Fill-in-the-Blanks Review Activities
- Ideal for reading, discussion, and cross-cultural understanding in ESL or citizenship programs
- The Family from Vietnam: Vietnamese-Americans
- A Different Home: Cuban Americans
- For Gold and Blood: Chinese-Americans
- Hungry No More: Irish-Americans
- Nobody Knows: African-Americans
- The Magic Paper: Mexican-Americans
- Sent Away: Japanese-Americans
- Little Italy: Italian-Americans
- Old Ways, New Ways: Jewish-Americans
- Neighbors: A Family from El Salvador
- Two Hearts: Irish-Americans
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