This moving tale of a japanese american boy living in a world war ii internment camp documents a part of history that has been virtually forgotten. He got his inspiration for baseball saved uswhile reading a magazine article about an issei. Shorty and his family, along with thousands of japanese americans, are sent to an internment camp after the attack on pearl harbor. R baseball saved us national museum of american history. Answer the following questions based on the book, baseball saved us by ken mochizuki. Synopsis shorty and his family, along with thousands of japanese americans, are sent to an internment camp after the attack on pearl harbor. Fighting the heat and dust of the desert, shorty and his father decide to build a baseball diamond and form a league in order to boost the spirits of the internees.
Indeed, the subject of baseball plays a secondary role to the one of the blatant racism. Shorty learns to play baseball and gains the confidence to overcome the hardships and discrimination he faces. This is a teachers guide to baseball saved us by ken mochizuki s. Authors note for baseball saved us, heroes, and passage to freedom. Ken mochizuki reads aloud his book, baseball saved us.
Picture books that can be used to teach literary skills to elementary, middle, or high school students. Receive 30 shortanswer comprehension questions about the story with answers for the teacher. A native of seattle, washington, he received his bachelors degree from the university of washington. Just because they are in the older grades doesnt mean that picture books cant be a great resource on its own or as a paired passage. Ask your child to predict the solution to the problem before reading further. Baseball saved us the groundbreaking childrens book about the japanese american concentration camp experience during world war ii after the japanese attack on pearl harbor, shorty and his family, along with thousands of other japanese americans, have been forced to. The authors own parents were sent to an internment camp in idaho during the war. A fixture on childrens reading lists, the book was briefly in the news in 2008 when parents in the new milford school district in connecticut requested that the book be taken off the second grade. Recreation as refuge in a world war ii japanese american prison camp 1 baseball saved us was taken from the title of a childrens book about life at manzanar, authored by ken mochizuki. Ken mochizuki is a novelist, journalist, and actor. Download the available sample so you know what to expect. The year is 1942, world war ii is raging and a japaneseamerican boy and his family are sent to an internment camp after the japanese attack pearl harbor.
Baseball saved us by ken mochizuki one day, my dad looked out at the endless desert and decided then and there to build a baseball field. The characters in baseball saved us were taken from their home and sent to live in an internment camp. Baseball saved us were japanese americans who lived on the west coast at a time when the. Baseball saved us by ken mochizuki was written about how the main character shorty and his family were sent away to internment camp after the attack on pearl harbor. Baseball saved us live oak media ereadalong series by ken mochizuki. The story takes place during and briefly after wwii. There is some soft background music, and a few gentle sound effects, but the power of the words need little embellishment. It is informative and accessible and includes a helpful authors note, but it lacks significant incident. Baseball saved us download free pdf and ebook by ken. Inspired by actual events, ken mochizuki s story of hope and courage shows us an almostforgotten part of the american past. It will appeal again and again to readers who enjoy cheering for the underdog. Mochizuki also adopted baseball saved us into a childrens play in 2003. Baseball saved us written by ken mochizuki illustrated by dom lee. This treasure of a book is welltreated in this format.
Dom lee made his picturebook debut with baseball saved us. Baseball saved us by ken mochizuki pdf download 1cc1596b1f baseball saved us by ken mochizuki one day, my dad looked out at the endless desert and decided then and there to build a baseball field. Includes a pdf summary of 3 pages description or summary of the book. They were japanese americans who lived on the west coast at a time when the united states was fighting a war with japan. Ours was in the middle of nowhere, and we were behind a barbedwire fence. Baseball saved us by ken mochizuki and dom lee in 1942, the u. About shaberstroh im an elementary school librarian, with a masters in library and information science degree from kent state university. Baseball saved us ken mochizuki excellent read aloud. During a game the boy channels his humiliationboth from being a prisoner and from being a bad playerto anger, giving him the strength to hit a gamewinning home run. Baseball saved us extension activities for educators. Fighting the heat, dust, and freezing cold nights of the desert, shorty and the. Baseball saved us by ken mochizuki teaching literary skills with picture booksthis resource gives ways to use the picture book baseball saved us to teach. We werent in a camp that was fun, like summer camp.
Publication date 2004 topics japanese americans evacuation and relocation. Baseball saved us the groundbreaking childrens book about the japanese american concentration camp experience during world war iiafter the japanese attack on pearl harbor, shorty and his family, along with thousands of other japanese americans, have been forced to relocate. Baseball saved us ken mochizuki excellent read aloud when a japaneseamerican boy and his family are interned in a camp during wwii, they decide to combat their depression by building a baseball field. The girl who loved wild horses by paul goble printed. Baseball saved us written by ken mochizuki illustrated by dom lee about the book. Ken mochizuki, the author of baseball saved us, is the son of parents who were sent to an internment camp during world war ii. There are many books in the world that can improve our.
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During their time at the camp shorty and his dad decided to create a baseball field, with the help of other people at the camps. Visit the link below for more sportsthemed book units and task. Dom lee a japanese american boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during world war ii, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over. The treatment of japaneseamericans during world war ii is the subject of this remarkable. Notice and note contrast and contradiction assessment by. Live oak media firm a japanese american boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during world war ii, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over. With knowledge of his own family history, mochizuki creates a story about a boy and his family who suddenly find themselves in an internment camp. Institute for learning patterned way of reading, writing and talking text. Baseball saved us by ken mochizuki dom lee, illustrator lee and low books. Army required all people of japanese descent to move to internment camps in the middle of deserts because the government thought they could not be trusted. The bracelet by yoshiko uchida summary yoshiko uchida. Baseball saved us by ken mochizuki, dom lee, paperback. He grew up in seoul, south korea, and went on to illustrate books in both the united states and korea.
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