So Far From the Sea
Publication Information
Author:  Bunting, Eve	Illustrator:  Soentpiet, Chris
Title:  So Far From the Sea	Date:  1998
Publisher:  Clarion Books	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-395-72095-8	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    historical fiction, memoirs/reminiscences
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
A Japanese American visits Manazar, a Japanese relocation camp in World War II, to visit the grave of a grandfather.
Teaching Ideas:
Teachers will want to include this book in a text set on World War II and use the matrix located under the Trade Books Table of Contents, GED Matrices on this web site. The Children of Topaz is an excellent supplement. Students can use the web sites below to research historical background and pictures of the Japanese relocation camps. Students may want to discuss or write about the significance of the Cub Scout neckerchief. The book could serve as an introduction to Japanese culture by discovering the cultural importance of the objects left on graves--rice cakes, origami birds, cherry branches and so forth. web sites: www.pbs.org/childofcamp/; members.aol.com/EARTHSUN/Manzanar.html; sub-level 5 was not visible Japanese internment camps
Teaching Strategies:
Matrices or Charts    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/matrices_charts.pdf
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
Social Studies > anthropology > cultures Ethnic Groups > Asian-American Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > betrayal Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > freedom Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > relocation, personal Family > children > childhood memories Family > family history Social Studies > sociology > social issues > racism > segregation History > topic > war > World War II > concentration/internment camps > Japanese internment camps

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