https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk By: Clayton Mathwig en-us 2020-10-20 02:10:46 UTC 2020-11-04 17:15:36 UTC hello@padlet.com clayton_mathwig https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/843330830 Personal Notes:

• Kii Yazhi leaves his home and goes on a trip to his new school to learn English. He gets to know some of the kids and a teacher who have Navajo culture.

In-Class Notes:

• Our main character is a young, Navajo boy (Kii Yazhi).
• He is being taken to a boarding school.
• He is told that his Navajo culture is not allowed in the school.

]]> 2020-10-20 02:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/843330830 clayton_mathwig https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/845546897 Personal Notes:

• Kii is forced to change his name to Ned.
• Kii and other kids are punished for speaking their Navajo language.
• Kii is being a good student and the years go by. He gets into High School, is doing well, and the attack on Pearl Harbor happens (he has read a lot about the Japanese).

In-Class Notes:

• Our main character is assigned the name Ned.
• His culture is taken away by the school because they changed his name, took his clothes and jewelry, and cut his hair.
• Starts taking classes at the school and finds that he has a skill of teaching and learning.
• Ned learns of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

]]> 2020-10-20 16:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/845546897 clayton_mathwig https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/849356621 Personal Notes:

• There was the first group to go to the Marines. Ned got some more information about it.
• After a while, his parents accepted that he could go into the Marines and they had a ceremony for Ned.

In-Class Notes:

• Young men are signing up for war (Marines) and Ned wants to Enlist.
• He is too young, tries to convince his parents, they say no, he has to wait.
• Eventually he is able to go (by his parents) and a ceremony is performed before he leaves.

]]> 2020-10-21 16:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/849356621 clayton_mathwig https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/853999330 Personal Notes:

• Ned went into the Marines and had to do a lot of basic training.
• He was sent to San Diego to learn and get more information that he was going to be a Code Talker.

In-Class Notes:

• Ned starts basic training. He learns to swim by being pushed into a pool.
• He starts to connect to other soldiers and Navajo people.
• He finds out that he will be assigned to the unit of code talkers.

]]> 2020-10-22 19:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/853999330 clayton_mathwig https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/860219790 Personal Notes:

• Ned learning a lot about code talkers and had a ceremony on their final day.
• He reached Hawaii and had training there for the terrain, then went into the war.

In-Class Notes:

• Ned continues to train as a code talker.
• He makes friendships with other Navajo soldiers, they perform a ceremony at the end of the training.
• His resourcefulness and creativity help in some military challenges.

]]> 2020-10-26 02:10:38 UTC https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/860219790 clayton_mathwig https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/866373282 Personal Notes:

• Ned and the other Marines got onto a ship and onto a boat to go over to an island to take over the island and put a landing place for planes.
• There was a lot of battle going on.

In-Class Notes:

• Ned starts his first campaign to an island, Bougainville.
• He experiences real war for the first time.
• He doesn't see a single Japanese soldier on his first day of fighting.

]]> 2020-10-27 16:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/866373282 clayton_mathwig https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/867581815 Personal Notes:

• Ned was still in war as both a soldier and a code talker. They retreated from Bougainville.
• Ned got sent to Hawaii to learn more code.
• He got sent out to another island (Guam) to conquer.

In-Class Notes:

• Ned is conditioning to adjust to military life. He has to take malaria pills that he has to avoid.
• He learns about Japanese fighting style. Very intense and ruthless.

]]> 2020-10-27 20:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/867581815 clayton_mathwig https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/870348919 Personal Notes:

• Ned was shipped to Guam. They had to wait. They won that battle.
• Ned got injured but recovered.
• He was shipped to Pavavu and learned new code. He caught up with some of his American Indian friends.

In-Class Notes:

• Ned is generally getting used to the life of a soldier in the Pacific. He is meeting new people, making friends, and learning a lot.
• He is shot in the shoulder but survives.
• Headed to Iwo Jima next.

]]> 2020-10-28 16:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/870348919 clayton_mathwig https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/883318445 Personal Notes:

• Ned and other Marine's fought against Iwo Jima. There was a flag raised. Code talkers were an important role. The Americans won Iwo Jima.
• Ned was then shipped to Suribachi, then to Okinawa. He spends a lot of time with his Marine friends.

In-Class Notes:

• Describes the battle of Iwo Jima.
• We learned that the flag raising image is not the original, it was staged.
• FDR passes away.

]]> 2020-11-02 17:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/883318445 clayton_mathwig https://padlet.com/clayton_mathwig/r8i9zwym8t5kd1vk/wish/887082931 Personal Notes:

• The Americans have won the war.
• Ned returns home and teaches people about the Navajo language and culture.

In-Class Notes:

• Used Personal Notes.

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