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Farewell to Manzanarby Jeanne Wakatsuki
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Pearl HarborDecember 7, 1941

• Japan attacks Hawaii

• U.S. Navy crippled in surprise attack

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Pearl HarborA Date That Will Live in Infamy--
FDR

• Japan wanted to knock U.S. out of Pacific Theater

• Americans reacted with strong emotions!

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Panic Leads to Paranoia

• Japanese-Americans are forced to move!

• Japanese Businesses are forced to Close!

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Henry Steel Commager (Harpers Magazine, 1947)

• It is sobering to recall that though the
  Japanese relocation program, carried through at
  such incalculable cost in misery and tragedy, was
  justified on the ground that the Japanese were
  potentially disloyal, the record does not
  disclose a single case of Japanese disloyalty or
  sabotage during the whole war

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Generations of Japanese- Americans

• Issei The first generation these people were
  born in Japan and immigrated to the U.S.
• Nisei The 2nd generation these were the
  children of the Issei parents the Nisei were
  born in the U.S. before WWII.
• Sansei The 3rd generation, most of whom were
  born to Nisei parents after WWII.

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Chapter 1 What is Pearl Harbor?"

• Questions

• The Nereid

• 1. What is the family business?
• 2. Why did Papa burn the flag that he had brought
  from Hiroshima?
• What happened to Papa on Futile Island?

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Chapter TwoShikata Ga NaiIt Cannot be Helped
It Must Be Done

• Headed to Manzanar

• Questions

• 1. How did Papa tease Jeanne? Was it fair?
• 2. What did the 2nd hand dealers do that was so
  mean? How did Mama respond?
• 3. What did Manzanar mean to the family at this
  time?

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Chapter ThreeA Different Kind of Sand

• Questions

• Sandstorm at Manzanar

• 1. Who is Kiyo? What is his personality?
• 2. Who says, We cant live like this. Animals
  live like this.?
• 3. (Opinion) Why was the camp so ill-equipped for
  housing so many families?
• 4. What does this chapter title mean?

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Chapter FourA Common Master Plan

• Latrine Shacks At Manzanar

• 1. Who was in charge of the camps? Where did the
  supplies come from?
• 2. How was privacy provided for in the latrines
  (bathrooms)?
• 3. What was a slap in the face you were
  powerless to challenge?

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Chapter FiveAlmost A Family

• Papa Comes to Manzanar

• 1. What kind of food relay would the boys do?
• 2. Why would some people volunteer to work?
• 3. What was the Childrens village?
• 4. What was the reunion like when Papa arrived?

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Chapter SixWhatever He Did Had Flourish

• Papa Baseball Player as a Young lad

• 1. How had Papa changed since his Samarai days?
• 2. What happened when Papa borrowed money from
  Granny?
• 3. Why didnt Mamas parents want her to marry
  Papa?

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Chapter SevenFort Lincoln

• Japanese Man awaiting the bus to Manzanar

• 1. This chapter is hypothetical what does that
  mean? Why would she write it?
• 2. Why will America win the war, according to
  Papa?
• 3. Explain this quote When your mother and
  father are having a fight, do you want them to
  kill each other? Or do you just want them to stop
  fighting?

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Chapter EightInu

• Boys at the edge of Manzanar

• 1. Why was Papa being so anti-social? What was
  Mamas response?
• 2. What is an inu? Why would they be so hated?
• 3. Why does Kiyo punch Papa? Does Papa forgive
  him?

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Chapter NineThe Mess Hall Bells

• Looking for Trouble

• 1. Why was the young cook in trouble? Why was he
  so upset?
• 2. Who was Joe Kurihara? What happened at the
  barracks?
• 3. Why were the searchlights on all night?

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Chapter 10The Reservoir Site An Aside

• Reservoir of Water for Manzanar

• 1. What was the duty that Kaz did at the
  reservoir?
• 2. Why did the Japanese workers have axe handles?
• 3. How did the soldiers (privates) react to the
  Japanese workers that they were guarding?

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Chapter 11Yes Yes No No

• A tough survey

• 1. What was the 1st question on the questionaire?
• 2. What was the 2nd question?
• 3. What does Papa tell Woody is the role of the
  soldier?
• 4. Why did Papa sometimes cry?

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Ch. 12Manzanar, U.S.A.

• Manzanar High School Band

• 1. What does Manzanar mean in Spanish?
• 2. Why was the family able to move near the
  hospital?
• 3. How were the living conditions improved?
• 4. What new hobbies did Papa start?
• 5. Describe the yearbook.

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Ch. 13Outings, Explorations

• New Hobbies at Manzanar

• 1. What was the name of the yearbook that came
  out in June, 1944?
• 2. What activities occurred during the recreation
  program?
• 3. What hobbies did Jeanne begin?
• 4. Why does Papa not want Jeanne to join the
  Catholic Church?

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Ch. 14In the Firebreak

• New Life Arrives at manzanar

• 1. How did Jeanne feel at the time about her
  Papa?
• 2. How did that opinion change over time?
• 3. Why do Mama Papa cry at the end of the
  chapter?

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Ch. 15Departures

• Woody Contemplates Joining the Army

• 1. By 1944, who was staying in Manzanar?
• 2. Why would the Nisei want to leave? Why would
  their parent s want to stay?
• 3. Why could Woody refuse to be drafted into the
  army?
• 4. What was Woody trying to prove, when he
  entered the army?

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Ch. 16Free To Go

• Manzanar Paper reports Supreme Courts decision

• 1. What were the Supreme Court rulings in the
  three cases?
• 2. Why would some people resist leaving Manzanar?
• 3. Why did the younger Japanese people want to
  move to the East Coast?
• 4. Why was Papa so indecisive?

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Ch. 17Its All Starting Over

• A New Horizon for Japanese-Americans?

• 1. What book had this quote From Our World,
  through these portals, to new horizons?
• 2. What was The Schedule? Did Papa obey it?
• 3. What new business does Papa want to start?
  What event ended the need for Manzanar?

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Ch. 18Ka-Ke, Near Hiroshima April, 1946

• Hiroshima
• After the Blast

• 1. Why wasnt Woodys cousin buried when he died?
• 2. Why did Papa have a tombstone in Hiroshima
  (since he was still alive)?
• 3. Why was Woody hesitant to meet his relatives
  at Hiroshima? Were his fears accurate?
• 4. What gift did Woody bring?
• 5. Why does Woody want to climb a hill the next
  day?

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Ch. 19Re-Entry

• Waiting for Papa

• 1. How did Papa want to leave camp? Did Mama
  agree?
• 2. How were the Japanese received when they
  returned?
• 3. What was the American Friends Service?
• 4.What was the amazing thing about America?

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Ch. 20A Double Impulse

• A Last View of manzanar

• 1. Why is a 6th grade girl shocked that Jeanne
  can speak English?
• 2. Why did Jeanne wish to be invisible?
• 3. How did Radine react when people were mean to
  Jeanne?
• 4. Explain pg. 127 While I was striving to
  become Miss America of 1947, he was wishing I was
  Miss Hiroshima of 1904.

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Ch. 21The Girl Of My Dreams

• 1. How was Jeannes life similar to Radines
  life?
• 2. Why was the band teacher afraid of letting
  Jeanne be a song girl?
• 3. Why did Jeanne feel defeated in Long Beach?
• 4. Why did Papa stop drinking?
• 5. How does Papa react to Jeannes hope to be a
  queen?

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Ch. 22Ten Thousand Voices

• 1. How long did it take Jeanne to begin to deal
  with her Manzanar years?
• 2. In 1966 (20 years after Manzanar), Jeanne met
  a photographer from that camp. Why couldnt
  Jeanne speak to her?
• 3. What had outlived the barracks? Why had they
  been built by the men?

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Ch. 22Ten Thousand Voices

• 4. Why was April, 1972 so important in Jeannes
  life?
• 5. In 1942, what was the biggest city between
  Reno and Los Angeles?
• 6. What was the obelisk built to represent?
• 7. Why was the A.D. so important to the stone
  inscription?

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Ch. 22Ten Thousand Voices

• Beautiful Dreamer,
• Wake Unto Me

• 8. How long did Papa live after Manzanar?
• 9. How was Papas driving?
• 10. Describe the U.S. apology that came 48 years
  later. (pg. 168)

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Memories
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Men of Manzanar

• George takai
• (Sulu from Star Trek) was a child in the Camp

• Japanese-Americans Receive Apology 20,000

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Memorial to Manzanar
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Japanese-American Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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Memories of Manzanar