Weedflower was a very touching book. I had always knew of what happened to the Japanese Americans living here in the U.S during WWII, but I never heard a first-person account of it.
Reading Weedflower made me realize some of the horrible things our government has done. How could we just up-root families from their homes and then try and make them work for us or join our army. I think what the government did was a horrible thing.
Weedflower was very touching because not only did it include what was happening to Japanese Americans but it also told about American-Indians who had been forced off of their land as well. I think that tying two different historical events in a novel is a wonderful thing.
I think this book would help children learn more about Japanese-Americans during WWII and give them a better understanding of what was happening here and not just what was happening in Japan.
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I think that this is the best thing about historical fiction. History really comes to life when it is viewed through a character's eyes. Dates and events mean much more when you experience them through a narrative. History teaching should be restructured so that it utilizes more literature and personal accounts. This provides context, something that is tragically absent from most of our current society.
ReplyDeleteI agree! I want to teach social studies and I will deffinitely try to incorporate narratives into my curriculum to help kids understand more.
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