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The Legacy of Manzanar: A Story of Resilience and Courage

Explore the Japanese American experience during internment through the eyes of a young girl in this poignant novel. Follow the journey of Issei, Nisei, and Sansei generations as they face hardship and discrimination during World War II. Themes of family, identity, and perseverance are woven throughout the narrative.

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The Legacy of Manzanar: A Story of Resilience and Courage

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  1. Farewell to ManzanarJeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James Houston 7th Grade Language Arts

  2. Chapters 1-3 (pp. 2-20) • Issei: Japanese immigrants to the U.S. • Nisei: children of Japanese immigrants born in the United States • Sansei: 3rd generation of Japanese ancestry born during or after World War II • internment (11): the act of confining someone into a prison or camp • cubicle (17): a small space or compartment within a larger room

  3. Chapters 1-3 (pp. 2-20) • canneries (3): factories where foods are canned • saboteur (5): a person who tries to purposely cause destruction or problems • migrant (8): a person who moves from place to place to get work • patriarch (11): the male leader of a family • hostility (12): unfriendliness or opposition against a person or group

  4. Chapters 4-6 (pp.21-45) • tangible (29): able to be touched • reservoir (29): an area used to collect and store large amounts of water • astounded (31): amazed • firebreaks (33): a strip of land cleared to prevent the spread of a fire • flourish (36): dramatic words or actions

  5. Chapters 4-6 (pp. 21-45) • desolate (25): barren; without life • barracks (27): a group of building for housing large groups of soldiers/people • shrine (32): a place or building considered holy • industrial (37): having the ability to mass- produce items in a factory • magistrate (37): a judge

  6. Chapters 7-11 (pp. 46-70) • inu(51): an insult meaning “dog” • deliberately (51): done on purpose • lynch mob (57): a group of people who want to physically kill (hang) a person without a trial • renounce (57): to give back or give up • repatriation (67): to send a person back to his/her own country

  7. Chapters 7-11 (pp. 46-70) • informers (51): people who give information to authorities; by some called “snitches” • ghastly (54): shockingly frightful or dreadful • festered (56): spread like a disease; infected • black market (56): selling items in an illegal way • samisen (69): a Japanese three-stringed guitar-like instrument

  8. Chapters 12-14 (pp. 73-93) • Manzanar (73): apple orchard (Span.) • despair (77): the loss of hope • stark (79): harsh; desolate • coax (85): to persuade • martyr (87): a person who would die rather than give up his/her beliefs

  9. Chapters 12-14 (pp. 73-93) • resentment (76): feeling insulted or angry because of an action or remark of another • sustenance (75): anything that helps sustain life • oriental (77): Asian (or eastern) • Obon (84): Japanese festival honoring dead ancestors • relentless (90): not giving up; not ending

  10. Chapters 15-17 (pp.94-109) • concealed (96): hidden • curfew (97): a set, enforced time when people are to be indoors at home • bias (97): favoring one group or idea over another; prejudice • propaganda (98): information or ideas presented in order to help or harm the reputation of another group or country • ominous (99): threatening; the sense that something bad will happen

  11. Chapters 15-17 (pp.94-109) • Tule Lake (95): one of the other nine (“too-lee”) internment camps where the potential “trouble-makers” were sent • taut (103): tightly pulled or stretched • assimilate (99): to take on the customs of others • cringe (100): to shrink or draw back in fear • Quonset hut (105): a semi-circular shaped, metal building used as army barracks or for storage

  12. Chapters 18-20 (pp. 110-130) • bleak (118): cold, piercing, depressing • benevolent (122): kind; desiring to help others • guileless (123): honest; sincere • intangible (126): unable to be touched • aristocrat (130): a noble; a person who is considered the most elegant or stylish

  13. Chapters 18-20 (pp. 110-130) • buoyed (114): floated; kept afloat • Okie (117): a person from Oklahoma who migrated to another state looking for work • indefinitely (117): without knowing the ending time • yearned (123): strongly desired • acquiescence (123): a lack of objecting or disagreement; to give in to

  14. Chapters 21-22 (pp. 131-156) • assented (132): agreed or concurred • malice (133): the desire to harm or cause suffering to others • ultimatum (138): a demand or threat that, if ignored, will result in the cutting off of relations or use of force • pilgrimage (151): a journey made to a special place for a spiritual reason • deterred (156): prevented; stopped

  15. Chapters 21-22 (pp. 131-156) • thwart (133): to prevent from accomplishing a goal • coronation (138): the ceremony of crowning of a person • defiance (152): a bold resistance to authority • laden (155): loaded down; burdened • coma (156): a long time when a person is unconscious

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