The Unbreakable Code

1. The Unbreakable Code

2. creased adjective Something that is creased, is lined, folded, or wrinkled.

3. corridor noun A corridor is a long, narrow hallway.

4. enlisted verb Someone who has enlisted, has volunteered to join the military.

5. Navajo noun A Navajo is a member of a Native American people whose homeland lies in Arizona, Utah and New Mexico.

6. sagged verb Something has sagged if it drooped down in the middle from weight.

7. shield noun A shield is a person or thing that protects from danger.

8. boarding school noun A boarding school is where students live and attend classes.

9. Jaime and Sarah came home from boarding school for holidays and summer break. The Murphys send their children to ____ so they have a better chance of attending Harvard or Yale University. Beginning in the 1870’s, Native American children were sent to ____ in order to train them to behave like the white settlers.

10. Talk to your partner… List as many adjectives as you can to describe how you would feel to be forced to attend boarding school. Sentence starter: “If I were forced to attend boarding school, I would feel _____.”

11. invasion noun An invasion occurs when armed forces enter a region to conquer it.

12. Well prepared soldiers were needed for the invasion. During an ____ some of the code talkers entered enemy territory. The Navajo code talkers were desperately needed for an ____ of the Pacific Islands.

13. Invasion or Not? The platoon marched through the army base. American troops landed in France to drive back the Germans. Iraqi forces took over Kuwait. The Army held training exercises in the desert.

14. reservation noun A reservation is land set aside by the government for a specific purpose.

15. The state government funded a wildlife reservation. Grandfather grew up on the Navajo ____ in Arizona. Some members of the Meskwaki tribe have never lived on a ____.

17. intercept verb When you intercept something, you break up its progress to another location.

18. The defense tried to intercept the quarterback’s pass. The Japanese were able to ____ the American’s messages. If the Germans could ____ the message, they may learn the location of the troops.

19. Talk to your partner… Why would it be important for enemy troops to try to intercept messages? Sentence starter: “It would be important for enemy troops to intercept messages because…”

20. decode verb To decode a message, you change the code to English.

21. Martin created a message that his brother could not decode. The enemy was quickly able to ___ the American messages. The Japanese were not able to ____ the Navajo language.

22. Word Family code decode decodes decoding decoder decodable Soldiers radio their location in ___. Enemy troops try to ___ the message. If the enemy ___ the message, the soldiers could be attacked. ___ messages is an important task in war. A ___ must have a good knowledge of languages. Military officials don’t want to send decodable messages.