Sylvia en Aki Termen en Toespelingen
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Er zijn veel woordenschattermen en toespelingen aanwezig in de roman Sylvia en Aki die nuttig zouden zijn voor studenten om een voorbeeld te bekijken. Deze zullen helpen bij het algemene begrip van het boek en het begrijpen van de tijdsperioden. Dit storyboard bevat de belangrijkste termen, definities en illustraties.
Storyboard Tekst
- LEASE
- "We have a farm, Sylvia thought. For the first time, our very own farm."
- JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION DURING WWII
- POSTON INTERNMENT CAMP
- Gonzalo Méndez v. Westminster School District
- Orange County Court
- n. a contract by which one party conveys land, property, services, etc. to another for a specified time, usually in return for a periodic payment.
- During World War II, the U.S. government forced about 120,000 Japanese Americans to leave their homes and move to internment centers where they were confined and denied their rights for the rest of the war. Many lost their homes and livelihoods as well as their freedom during this time.
- A 1945-47 federal court case that challenged the segregation of Mexican students from public schools in Orange County, California. The case was a predecessor to Brown vs. Board of Education, which made segregation illegal nationwide.
- In February 1946, Judge Paul J. McCormick decided in favor of the Mexican-American parents. Ruling that the Orange County school districts violated the "equal protection" rights of Mexican-American citizens..
- ATOMIC BOMB
- "That's not how I imagined peace would look."
- SYLVIA & AKI Terms & Allusions
- ALLEGIANCE
- "I'm imprisoned in this camp, being denied my rights as a U.S. citizen, and I have to prove my loyalty?"
- INTEGRATION
- Westminster Main School
- The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Roughly 140,000 people in Hiroshima's died, and 74,000 in Nagasaki. Tens of thousands died of radiation poisoning and their injuries. After the bombings, the Empire of Japan surrendered, ending the war.
- ATOMIC BOMB HITS JAPAN
- n. loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause.In 1943, every resident in the Japanese American internment camps was required to complete questionnaires to distinguish whether they were "loyal" or "disloyal".
- LeaveClearanceApplication
- n. the practice of uniting people from different races in order to give people equal rights.
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