Journey, The
Publication Information
Author:  Hamanaka, Sheila	Illustrator:  Hamanaka, Sheila
Title:  Journey, The	Date:  1990
Publisher:  Orchard Books	City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:	ISBN, hardback:  0-531-07060-3
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    historical fiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
The text tells the history of the Japanese in America. The photographs depict sections of an enormous mural which the author created to "open the past, hoping to chase away the demons of prejudice and injustice."
Teaching Ideas:
This text is dense and complex. Teachers may elect to use this book as a read-aloud or encourage higher level students to read it independently. Teachers may ask students to write personal reactions, focusing on what humans are capable of inflicting and enduring. The book may serve as part of a unit on war or racism or Japanese-American relations. See also The Children of Topaz which documents the journal of young school children at a Japanese internment camp.
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Art and Photography > photography Ethnic Groups > Asian-American History > time period > 20th Century History > region > U.S. history Social Studies > sociology > social issues > racism > prejudice History > topic > war > World War II > concentration/internment camps

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