February 11, 2014 -- Tuesday
平成二十六年二月十一日　－－　火曜日


***URGENT:  If haven't handed in your ほっきょく　デパート  project yet, tomorrow is the absolute last day before progress reports!***

In accordance with Illinois State Standards for Foreign Languages, a documentary about the internment of Japanese Americans:
”Citizen Tanouye"　Winner of the Chris Award" at the 2005 Columbus International Film and Video Festival
 A group of students at Torrence High School in Torrence, California, does research into the life of Ted Tanoyou, Torrence High class of 1938, awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his 1942 military service during World War II．He received the award posthumously and his brother accepted the medal for him in the year 2000.  He has been a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, company K, an all Japanese-American combat unit.　　The students met Ted Tanouye's brother Isao and some of the soldiers he served with in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, K Company．They talked about the monument to Ted raised outside their high school and met other Japanese-Americans and even one Korean-American,  all verterans of World War II.

Japanese-Americans and related vocabulary

日系人（にっけいじん）　          Japanese-American (person of Japanese ancestry)

一世（いっせい）                First generation

                                                   (born in 　日本 , immigrated to the U.S.)

二世（にせい）                    Second generation

　　　　　　　　　　　　   (born in the U.S. to Japanese nationals

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　who emigrated here)

三世（さんせい）                Third generation

                                                （Children of 　二世　generation)


On board:   新一世
”New first generation"

 

 

Information about Clara Breed:

 San Diego History Museum

http://www.sandiegohistory.org/online_resources/breed.html



Homework:
１．Write the following kanji 20 times each --　前（まえ）、後ろ（うしろ）、起きる（おきる）、寝る（ねる）
２．Pretend you an interned Japanese-American child. Write a letter to Ms. Breed (above) about your life in camp --
　　　　５　Sentences　英語
　　　　五つ　の　ぶんしょ　日本語
　　　　　（Be sure to skip lines)


Schmadeke Board:
はじ（まる）
おわ（る）
ともだち
つく（る）
みぎ
ひだり
まえ
うし（ろ）
お（きる）
ね（る）