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Family Literacy Backpacks

Family fun and learning are promoted through take-home, theme-focused backpacks. Ideas for materials and activities which can be included in these great backpacks are provided.

A Day of Infamy

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Greencastle Middle School

Greencastle Community School Corp
Greencastle, IN

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English/Language Arts Academic Standards

Listening & Speaking

Reading Comprehension

Family Activities

Visit the island of Oahu as you read. Sit down and dig in to as few or many book and activities as you choose. After you've had your fun, please complete the backpack evaluation form.

Family Fun Ideas

• Visit the websites listed on this page to research more information about Pearl Harbor.

Pearl Harbor (by Randall Wallace) Book Activities

• Visit Frequently Asked Questions about Pearl Harbor, listed below, to read first person accounts of the attack on Pearl Harbor or study the U.S. Navy's communication intelligence efforts.
• Explore the role Takeo Yoshikawa had who was the lone Japanese spy in Hawaii who helped implement the attack on Pearl Harbor at Spies and Spying website listed below.
• Find out who were the Flying Tigers on the website "Flying Tigers" listed below.

In Harms Way Video Activities

• Find out more about John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, and Henry Fonda at the Super Star's of 1960's website.
• If you enjoyed this movie, rent Tora, Tora, Tora!

Gus & Gertie and the Missing Pearl Book Activities

• Create another adventure for Gus and Gertie. Tell it to your family.
• Draw a postcard of Gus and Gertie at the Hatel de View.

Pearl Harbor (by Nancy Holder) Book Activities

• Learn to speak Hawaiian at the "The Hawaiian Language Website."

Pearl Harbor (by Stephen Krensky) Book Activities

• Visit "Top 100 Speeches" to listen to an audio of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech to the nation following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
• Learn more about the USS Arizona Memorial built in Pearl Harbor by visiting the National Park Service "USS Arizona Memorial" website.
• Make a paper airplane using the instructions in the folder.

Books to Include

Gus & Gertie and The Missing Pearl by Joan Lowery Nixon - all ages Pearl Harbor by Randall Wallace - Ages 13 & up Pearl Harbor by Nancy Holder - Ages 12 and up Pearl Harbor (A Ready-to-Read book) by Stephen Krensky - Ages 8 and up

Web Sites for Fun

Flying Tigers http://www.flyingtigersavg.com/ Find out who were the Flying Tigers on this website. National Geographic: Remembering Pearl Harbor http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/ Read first hand accounts or trace the attack on interactive maps. Pearl Harbor http://pearl-harbor.com/ Learn more about Pearl Harbor on this web site. Super Stars of 1960's http://www.movieactors.com/60s.htm Find out more about John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda at this site. SWC Digital Archives http://swcdap.legalinformationmanagement.com/ Access the photographs, documents and artifacts of the Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance Archives. The Hawaiian Language Website http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Shores/6794/ Learn to speak Hawaiian on this site. Top 100 Speeches http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html Listen to an audio of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech to the nation following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. USS Arizona Memorial http://www.nps.gov/valr/ Learn more about the USS Arizona Memorial built in Pearl Harbor by visiting the National Park Service website. Virtual Festival: Hawaiian Lu'au http://www.folklife.si.edu/hawaii/luau.htm Plan your own Hawaiian lu'au using recipes and music on this site.

List of Additional Resources

Videos

In Harm’s Way (not rated) by Paramount Pictures

Resource Link

If you are thinking of creating a literacy backpack for United States, here are suggested resources you can include in your backpack: United States resources.