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Unsung Heroes

Unsung Heroes. World War II Mr. Nazak Randolph Middle 7 th Grade Humanities. Agenda: Monday, March 20 th , 2014. OBJ: Students will understand the accomplishment of individuals or groups who fought in WWII by taking notes as participating in a Navajo Code Talker decoding activity.

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Unsung Heroes

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  1. Unsung Heroes World War II Mr. Nazak Randolph Middle 7th Grade Humanities

  2. Agenda: Monday, March 20th, 2014 • OBJ: Students will understand the accomplishment of individuals or groups who fought in WWII by taking notes as participating in a Navajo Code Talker decoding activity. • 1. Warm Up • 2. Guided Notes- Unsung Heroes • 3. Group Navajo Code Activity • 4. Navajo Poster Gallery Discussion • HW: Red Scarf Girl Chapters 15-18 Due!

  3. CNN / Student News

  4. The Monument Men • Between 1939 and 1945 Hitler’s army stole and destroyed millions of priceless artworks • The Nazi art looting was the largest the world has ever seen • The U.S. Army was responsible to protect cultural works in Allied occupied areas • They were to recover art stolen by the Nazis • They had recovered over 15 million pieces of art!

  5. Women of the WACS

  6. Women in the Armed Services Created: • 350,000 women joined the Armed Services, • Serving at home and abroad • May 1942, Congress instituted the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps, • Women’s Army Corps had full military status • WACs worked in more than 200 non-combatant jobs stateside • 1945, there were 100,000 WACs and 6,000 female officers.

  7. WACS Contributions • Became the first women to fly American military aircraft Their Jobs • They ferried planes from factories to bases • Participated in simulation strafing and target missions, • Accumulating more than 60 million miles in flight distances Contributions: • Freeing thousands of male U.S. pilots for active duty in World War II

  8. German Unsung Heroes Admiral Wilhelm Canaris Lieutenant Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

  9. German Resistance • 1933 thru 1945 there were thousands of Germans who actively opposed Adolph Hitler the penalty for opposing Hitler : • To be tortured and or put to death The Black Orchestra • High ranking military officers who wanted to consolidate Germany’s gains from the war • Their Goal: • Sign an armistice with the Allies • Install a constitutional monarchy in Germany

  10. The Black Orchestra The Black Orchestra Plot • In March of 1943, they placed a time bomb on board Hitler’s plane, but it failed to go off • Another Attempt of Hitler: On July 20th 1944 • Managed to detonate a bomb during a meeting with Hitler • The bomb killed four people, but Hitler was not seriously hurt Result : failed assassination • The Gestapo rounded up and executed over 7,000 people, • Including von Stauffenberg, and Admiral Canaris.

  11. The 442nd Japanese-American Regiment

  12. Japanese-American 442nd Regiment • The 442d Combat Team was activated in February 1943. • The enlisted personnel was composed entirely of Americans of Japanese ancestry. • They are as thoroughly loyal as German Americans, Italian Americans, or any other American of foreign ancestry. A category, of course, into which all of us fall.

  13. Actions after Pearl Harbor-December 7, 1941 • Not all Japanese Americans were eager to serve their government • 110,000 American citizens of Japanese into ten inland internment camps • The enlistment of Japanese-American men into the U.S. Armed Forces was now acceptable • Some refused to cooperate with the draft until their rights were restored. • Many objected to the loyalty questionnaire they were forced to sign, which asked them to renounce allegiance to the Japanese emperor, a provision many found insulting.

  14. Japanese actions after Pearl Harbor • Some 2,100 men in the camps stepped forward for the new all-Japanese American unit • Japanese Americans were permitted to form a special segregated infantry outfit Result: They would be called the 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team

  15. Navajo Code Talkers

  16. Navajo Code Talkers • They took part in every assault the U.S. Marines conducted in the Pacific from 1942 to 1945. • Navajo was an undecipherable code • Navajo is an unwritten language of extreme complexity • It has no alphabet or symbols, and is spoken only on the Navajo lands of the American Southwest • In May 1942, the first 29 Navajo recruits created the Navajo code • They developed a dictionary and numerous words for military terms

  17. Navajo Code Talkers Job The primary job • to talk, transmit information on tactics and troop movements • Receive and take orders and other vital battlefield communications over telephones and radios.. The Navajo Code Talker's Dictionary • The code talker first had to translate each Navajo word into its English equivalent • Then he used only the first letter of the English equivalent in spelling an English word. Example: the Navajo words "wol-la-chee" (ant), "be-la-sana" (apple) and "tse-nill" (axe) all stood for the letter "a."

  18. Navajo Code Talkers Dictionary • A WOL-LA-CHEE ANT • A BE-LA-SANA APPLE • A TSE-NILL AXE • B NA-HASH-CHID BADGER • B SHUSH BEAR • B TOISH-JEH BARREL • C MOASI CAT • C TLA-GIN COAL • C BA-GOSHI COW • D BE DEER • D CHINDI DEVIL • D LHA-CHA-EH DOG • E AH-JAH EAR • E DZEH ELK • E AH-NAH EYE • F CHUO FIR • F TSA-E-DONIN-EE FLY • F MA-E FOX • G AH-TAD GIRL • G KLIZZIE GOAT • G JEHA GUM • H TSE-GAH HAIR • H CHA HAT • H LIN HORSE • I TKIN ICE • I YEH-HES ITCH • I A-CHI INTESTINE • J TKELE-CHO-G JACKASS • J AH-YA-TSINNE JAW

  19. Navajo Code Talkers Dictionary • K JAD-HO-LONI KETTLE • K BA-AH-NE-DI-TININKEY • K KLIZZIE-YAZZIE KID • L DIBEH-YAZZIE LAMB • L AH-JAD LEG • L NASH-DOIE-TSO LION • M TSIN-TLITI MATCH • M BE-TAS-TNI MIRROR • M NA-AS-TSO-SI MOUSE • N TSAH NEEDLE • N A-CHIN NOSE • O A-KHA OIL • O TLO-CHIN ONION • O NE-AHS-JAH OWL • P CLA-GI-AIH PANT • P BI-SO-DIH PIG • P NE-ZHONI PRETTY • Q CA-YEILTH • R DAH-NES-TSA RAM • R AH-LOSZ RICE • S DIBEH SHEEP • S KLESH SNAKE • T D-AH TEA • T A-WOH TOOTH • T THAN-ZIE TURKEY • U SHI-DA UNCLE • U NO-DA-IH UTE • V A-KEH-DI-GLINI VICTOR • W GLOE-IH WEASEL • X AL-NA-AS-DZOH CROSS • Y TSAH-AS-ZIH YUCCA • Z BESH-DO-TLIZ ZINC

  20. Navajo Code Message Activity Students will be assigned to groups • You will need: • Markers -Copy paper • Poster paper -A copy of Navajo Alphabet • A coded message Students will decode the message • On poster paper include: Decoded Message • Title of message • Picture or symbol(color) representing message • Posters will be displayed around room • Prepare to talk about your poster

  21. Navajo Coded Message Activity A. GLOE-IH _ AH-JAH / MOASI _ WOL-LA-CHEE _ TSAH / DIBEH _ DZEH _ DZEH _ D-AH _ TSE-GAH _ DZEH / GLOE-IH _ WOL-LA-CHEE _ DAH-NES-TSA KLESH _ CHA_ TKIN _ CLA-GI-AIH _ DIBEH / TKIN _ TSAH / D-AH _ CHA _ AH-JAH / LIN _ TSE-NILL _ AH-LOSZ _ SHUSH _ A-KHA _ AH-LOSZ. A WOL-LA-CHEE ANT A BE-LA-SANA APPLE A TSE-NILL AXE B NA-HASH-CHID BADGER B SHUSH BEAR B TOISH-JEH BARREL C MOASI CAT C TLA-GIN COAL C BA-GOSHI COW D BE DEER D CHINDI DEVIL D LHA-CHA-EH DOG E AH-JAH EAR E DZEH ELK E AH-NAH EYE F CHUO FIR F TSA-E-DONIN-EE FLY F MA-E FOX • G AH-TAD GIRL • G KLIZZIE GOAT • G JEHA GUM • H TSE-GAH HAIR • H CHA HAT • H LIN HORSE • I TKIN ICE • I YEH-HES ITCH • I A-CHI INTESTINE • J TKELE-CHO-G JACKASS • J AH-YA-TSINNE JAW

  22. Navajo Code Talker Activity • Navajo Code Talkers during the Battle of Iwo Jima 1945 A. GLOE-IH _ AH-JAH / MOASI _ WOL-LA-CHEE _ TSAH / DIBEH _ DZEH _ DZEH _ D-AH _ TSE-GAH _ DZEH / GLOE-IH _ WOL-LA-CHEE _ DAH-NES-TSA KLESH _ CHA_ TKIN _ CLA-GI-AIH _ DIBEH / TKIN _ TSAH / D-AH _ CHA _ AH-JAH / LIN _ TSE-NILL _ AH-LOSZ _ SHUSH _ A-KHA _ AH-LOSZ. B. KLESH _ LIN _ AH-JAD _ AH-JAD _ A-CHI _A-CHIN _ KLIZZIE / A-KHA _ CHUO / TSIN-TLITI _ TLO-CHIN _ SHI-DA _ TSAH D-AH / DIBEH _ SHI-DA _ AH-LOSZ TKIN _SHUSH _ WOL-LA-CHEE _ MOASI _ CHA _ TKIN / YEH-HES _ KLESH / A-CHIN _ AH-NAH _ AH-NAH _ CHINDI _ AH-JAH _ BE. C. A-CHIN _ DZEH _AH-JAH / BE-LA-SANA _ YEH-HES _ DAH-NES-TSA / KLESH _ SHI-DA _ CLA-GI-AIH _ BI-SO-DIH _ A-KHA _AH-LOSZ _ D-AH / MA-E _ A-KHA _ AH-LOSZ / D-AH _ LIN _ DZEH / SHUSH _ AH-JAH _ TSE-NILL MOASI _ CHA . D. MA-E _ TKIN _ JEHA _ CHA _ D-AH _ TKIN _ TSAH _ AH-TAD / YEH-HES _ KLESH / LIN _ AH-NAH _ BE-LA-SANA _ A-KEH-DI-GLINI _ TSAH-AS-ZIH, TSAH _ AH-JAH _ DZEH _ CHINDI / WOL-LA-CHEE _ TSIN-TLITI _ BE-TAS-TNI _ SHI-DA _ A-CHIN _ A-CHI _ THAN-ZIE _ TKIN _ A-KHA _ A-CHIN. E. D-AH _ BE-LA-SANA _ JAD-HO-LONI _ TKIN _ TSAH _AH-TAD / CHA _ DZEH _ WOL-LA-CHEE _ A-KEH-DI-GLINI _ TSAH-AS-ZIH / MOASI_ WOL-LA-CHEE _ DIBEH _ NO-DA-IH _ BE-LA-SANA _ AH-JAD _D-AH TKIN _ DZEH _ DIBEH / TSAH _ AH-NAH _ DZEH _ CHINDI / BE-TAS-TNI _ AH-NAH _ BE _ TKIN _ MOASI _ KLESH. F. THAN-ZIE _ CHA _ AH-JAH / WOL-LA-CHEE _ TSIN-TLITI _ AH-JAH _ AH-LOSZ TKIN _ MOASI _BE-LA-SANA _ TSAH / CHA _ WOL-LA-CHEE _ DIBEH / SHUSH _DZEH _ AH-NAH _ TSAH / AH-LOSZ _ BE-LA-SANA _ TKIN _ KLESH AH-NAH _ CHINDI. G. TSIN-TLITI _ A-KHA _ SHI-DA _ TSAH _ THAN-ZIE / KLESH _ SHI-DA _ AH-LOSZ TKIN _ SHUSH _ WOL-LA-CHEE _ MOASI _ CHA _ A-CHI / TKIN _ DIBEH / A-KHA _ SHI-DA _ AH-LOSZ _ KLESH!

  23. Navajo Code Talker Activity • Navajo Code Talkers during the Battle of Iwo Jima 1945 • CODE TALKER A: • We can see the warships in the harbor. • CODE TALKER B • Shelling of Mount Suribachi is needed. • CODE TALKER C • Need air support for the beach. • CODE TALKER D • Fighting is heavy, need ammunition. • CODE TALKER E • Taking heavy casualties need medics. • CODE TALKER F • The American flag has been raised. • CODE TALKER G • Mount Suribachi is ours!

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