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- 09/13/14 | Adjusted: 02/24/16 | 1 file
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- 09/13/14 | Adjusted: 02/24/16 | 1 file
Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family
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After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 Japanese-Americans on the west coast were forced to uproot themselves and move into internment camps. In this text, Yoshiko describes the racism and sense of betrayal she felt from the American government which she had always felt loyal to. (Prentice Hall Literature, 2010)
This lesson was created as part of the Anthology Alignment Project, during which teachers created CCSS-aligned lessons for existing literary and information texts in anthologies. All page numbers and unit/week designations found in this lesson relate to the edition of the anthology named above. If you are using a trade book or different edition of this title, the page/unit/week references in this lesson will not match. Consult the content referenced in the body of the lesson to determine appropriate page numbers for your text.
