CODE TALKER

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CODE TALKER CH 1-7
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Chapter 1 Sent Away
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HOGAN
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HOGAN
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TURQUOISE
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SQUASH-BLOSSOM JEWELRY
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SQUASH-BLOSSOM JEWELRY
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CONCHA BELT
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• She was dressed in her finest clothing
• Why?

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Simile
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Page 7 Characterization

• What quality does the quote show?I felt a
  splinter go into my finger from the rough wood,
  but I ignored the pain.

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GALLUP
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• Kii Yazhi, he said, look ahead.
• Why?

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Page 8-9 We learn why Little Boy is going to
schoolWe also learn about the history between
Europeans and Navajo
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Chapter 2

• What do the children look like?
• What are they wearing?
• What do they do?

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Explain

• -- clan?
• -- the clan the children were born to?
• -- the clan the children were born for?
• Why is this important for Navajo?
• Does Kii Yazhi have any relatives there?

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• Kii Yazhi explains to his grandchildren
• In those days, our language was not spoken the
  same everywhere by every group of Navajos.
• Can you guess why this changed?

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Two characters The red-skinned manMr. Jacob
Benally
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Chapter 3 To Be Forgotten
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• What happened to the childrens jewelry?
• Why did Mr. Reamer choose the childrens new
  names?

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Explain

• - why the last name Begay?
• - why the first name Ned?

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Chapter 4 Progress

• What happened when Ned politely greeted Mr.
  Reamer?
• Describe John Roanhorse
• What did he do? (fact)
• Why? (inference)
• Is the title of the chapter ironic?

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Chapter 5 High School

• Describe the high school. Why does Ned enter high
  school? Where is it? How is it different from the
  mission school?
• (note about mission It was considered the job,
  or the mission, of Christians to change the
  religion of everyone they met

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JIM THORPE
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• What made Ned interested in Japan?

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Chapter 6 Sneak Attack

• In 1940, the Navajo Tribal Council wrote a
  special resolution
• What does Ned say about the words?
• How is the resolution similar to the Declaration
  of Independence?

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DUNCE CAP
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DEC. 7, 1941 PEARL HARBOR
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DEC. 7, 1941
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Chapter 7 Navajos Wanted

• Paraphrase By Christmas of 1941 all those
  places had fallen to the Empire of the Rising
  Sun.

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Chapter 7 Navajos Wanted

• Paraphrase The federal Bureau of Indian
  Affairs had given its sanction for Navajos to
  join up.

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Chapter 7 Navajos Wanted

• Paraphrase ... some who enlisted that day and
  in the days following figured that they were
  heading for some kind of desk job and not into
  combat.

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p. 9

•  Why did the Americans trust the Mexicans?

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p. 12

• Why did Ned's uncle not say good bye to him?

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p. 17

• What was Jacob Benallys real job?

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p. 24

• Which students were friendly to Ned in his forst
  day at boarding school?

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p. 23

• A sign at Ned's mission school declares,
  "Tradition is the enemy of progress. What does
  this motto mean to the teachers of the mission
  school?

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p. 25

• Which student did not stop speaking Navajo?

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• How would you describe the teaching methods and
  classroom styles of Neds teachers in boarding
  school?

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• Could a boarding school like Ned describes exist
  today?

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• Was Ned a good student?

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p. 31

• What is ironic about Ned and his classmates
  sending canned food to Japan?

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p. 33

• Why were the Germans conquering other nations?
  (What did Germany and Japan have in common?)

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p. 43

• How is Frank Shinn different from other white
  people Ned has known?