Sylvia & Aki is een bekroonde, historische fictieroman, geschreven in 2015. Het vertelt het waargebeurde verhaal van een onverwachte vriendschap tussen Sylvia Mendez en Aki Munemitsu, die in de jaren veertig van de vorige eeuw midden in twee verschillende systemen van onrecht in de Verenigde Staten terechtkwamen. . Betrek en leid studenten op met vooraf gemaakte activiteiten van Storyboard That!
Er zijn veel woordenschattermen en toespelingen aanwezig in de roman Sylvia en Aki die nuttig zouden zijn voor studenten om een voorbeeld te bekijken. Deze zullen helpen bij het algemene begrip van het boek en het begrijpen van de tijdsperioden. Dit storyboard bevat de belangrijkste termen, definities en illustraties.
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JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION DURING WWII
POSTON INTERNMENT CAMP
During World War II, the U.S. government forced about 120,000 Japanese Americans to leave their homes and move to internment centers where they were confined and denied their rights for the rest of the war. Many lost their homes and livelihoods as well as their freedom during this time.
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Gonzalo Méndez v. Westminster School District
Orange County Court
In February 1946, Judge Paul J. McCormick decided in favor of the Mexican-American parents. Ruling that the Orange County school districts violated the "equal protection" rights of Mexican-American citizens..
A1945-47 federal court case that challenged the segregation of Mexican students from public schools in Orange County, California.The case was a predecessor to Brown vs. Board of Education, which made segregation illegal nationwide.
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INTEGRATION
Westminster Main School
n.the practice of uniting people from different races in order to give people equal rights.
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ALLEGIANCE
n.loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause.In 1943, every resident in the Japanese American internment camps was required to complete questionnaires to distinguish whether they were "loyal" or "disloyal".
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ATOMIC BOMB
"That's not how I imagined peace would look."
ATOMIC BOMB HITS JAPAN
The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Roughly 140,000 people in Hiroshima's died, and 74,000 in Nagasaki.Tens of thousands died of radiation poisoning and their injuries.After the bombings, the Empire of Japan surrendered, ending the war.
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LEASE
"We have a farm, Sylvia thought. For the first time, our very own farm."
n. a contract by which one party conveys land, property, services, etc. to another for a specified time, usually in return for a periodic payment.
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"I'm imprisoned in this camp, being denied my rights as a U.S. citizen, and I have to prove my loyalty?"
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