Farewell to Manzanar/Black Like Me
This autobiography presents an experience of discrimination in the America of the 1940s, during World War II. The author remembers her life as a young Japanese girl who is sent to an internment camp with her family. Perseverance and optimism help people survive the indignities of intolerance and to overcome hardship. Farewell to Manzanar explores prejudice in American culture and serves as a catalyst for in-depth scrutiny of people and prejudice, as well as occasion for students to examine their own responses to hatred and intolerance.
This novel is a nonfiction account of a white journalist who changes his appearance to experience racism as an African American in the South of the 1960s. Black Like Me traces people’s reactions to the journalist and teach him the meaning of discrimination. While vicariously experiencing life as an African American in the South, students see the profound potential of the values of perseverance, tolerance, and respect for all.
About the Series:
Novel/Drama curriculum units contain complete lesson plans with preliminary and follow-up work, teacher notes with plot summary, background, and rationale, ready-to-use worksheets, and suggested answers for student questions. These study guides encourage the development of thinking, reading, speaking, research, and writing skills as well as critical thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
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Literary Form
American Memoir
Student Activities
Students examine theme and the basis of the story in history. They make written and oral presentations. Students identify the importance of setting and examine character in the context of autobiographical form. They are presented with opportunities to write creatively, to perform, to personalize story’s themes, to think critically, and to participate in cooperative learning.
Ethical Values
- Adaptability
- Courage
- Respect
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