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Farewell to Manzanar by James D. Houston and Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
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This lesson reimagines an existing instructional resource, "The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck" created by Franky Abbott, Digital Public Library of America.

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In this remix, "The Grapes of Wrath" and the related primary source documents are exchanged for "Farewell to Manzanar" and related primary sources accessed through secondary open-source databases.

Discussion questions ask students to consider the memoir in light of its historical context and students gain experience reading and evaluating visual sources including political cartoons and propaganda posters to understand how elements of rhetorical can shape and/or reflect cultural values.

Subject:
Communication and Multimodal Literacy
English
Non-fiction
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Date Added:
11/11/2019
What is True?: Memoir Research
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This resource presents an approach for reading memoirs with students that examines the role of truth in the genre and in the specific work(s) chosen. It gives suggestions for activities during the reading and focuses on a culminating activity in which students engage in research to investigate the facts behind the accounts the author(s) present in the memoir. Students learn about evaluating sources, locate a reliable source and discuss its credibility and impact on their understanding of the events,. Finally, they present their findings and analysis to the class.

Subject:
English
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Activity/Lab
Assessment
Date Added:
12/15/2019