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Grade K-3, 4-7, 8-9
Subject Cross-Curricular
Resource type Lesson plan/Unit plan
Duration 60-120 minutes

About This Resource

This lesson plan looks at Japanese-Canadian internment during WW2 through a study of two children's books: 'Naomi’s Road' by Joy Kogawa, and 'A Place Where Sunflowers Grow' by Amy Lee-Tai. 'Naomi's Road' is a novel about a young girl that relates a tale of unquenchable human spirit, undaunted by prejudice and unable to let go of hope. 'A Place Where Sunflowers Grow' by Amy Lee-Tai looks at imprisonment through the eyes of a child, and offers beautiful, haunting depictions of life in a Japanese internment camp during World War 2.
Japanese Canadian internment - through two children's books

Resource info

  • CASJ
  • Oct 9, 2015