Unit 4 Farewell to Manzanar (overview)

Unit 4

Schedule

Week	Focus	Text	Lesson
1	Introduce unit Begin reading	Farewell to Manzanar, Part I, Ch. 1-4	Link
2	Continue reading	Farewell to Manzanar, Part I, Ch. 5-8	Link
3	Continue reading	Farewell to Manzanar, Part I, Ch. 9-11	Link
4	Continue reading	Farewell to Manzanar, Part II, Ch. 12 - 15	Link
5	Continue reading	Farewell to Manzanar, Part II, Ch. 16 - 19	Link
6	Finish reading	Farewell to Manzanar, Part II, Ch. 20-21 & Part III, Ch. 22	Link
7	On demand writing		Link
8	Paired informational text	LA Times: “The Lessons of History” (article link here)	Link

Unit Essential Questions

What is freedom? How can a person lose their freedom and what happens if they do?
How can other people’s perceptions shape our perceptions of ourselves? What if those perceptions are shaped by prejudice?
What does it mean to be “foreign”? Can a person who is foreign assimilate? Why do people want to assimilate?
What factors can cause a family to “break down”?