Copyright 1997 -- San Diego County Office of Education -- All rights reserved. http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/manz/manztg.html CyberGuide by Joanne Thompson Introduction This supplemental unit to Farewell to Manzanar was developed as part of the Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) Project, funded by the California Technology Assistance Program (CTAP) and the California ...

Return to Main Page A Unit on Farewell to Manzanar for 8th Grade English Dewey W. Hall Abstract The study of Asian-Ameican Literature needs to be grounded within a socio-cultural and socio-historical context. Such factors contribute to the construction of the Asian self in terms of race, gender, and culture. This expresses itself in a mode of discourse which struggles to mediate the tension from ...

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston Farewell to Manzanar (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1973) Jeanne (Toyo) Wakatsuki Houston was born September 26, 1934 in Inglewood California. She is the daughter of first and second-generation Japanese American parents. Her father Ko, a fisherman, was born in Hiroshima while her mother Riku was born in Hawaii. Jeanne and her family were detained at ...