https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p Code Talker en-us 2020-11-03 17:58:35 UTC 2025-11-12 05:11:38 UTC hello@padlet.com alyssanichols2 https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/887236519 The 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 at this school.

]]> 2020-11-03 18:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/887236519 alyssanichols2 https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/887273831 - Our main character is assigned the name Ned. 
- He is stripped of his culture with activities such as shaving his head, taking his clothes and jewelry, and changing his name. 
- He starts taking classes at the school and finds that he has a skill for teaching and learning. 
- Ned learns of the attack on Pearl Harbor. ]]> 2020-11-03 18:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/887273831 alyssanichols2 https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/887274853 - Young men are signing up for war and Ned wants to enlist. 
- He is too young so he has to convince his parents. 
- They say no, he as to wait. 
- Eventually he is able to go and a ceremony is performed before he leaves. ]]> 2020-11-03 18:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/887274853 alyssanichols2 https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/887278389 - 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. ]]> 2020-11-03 18:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/887278389 alyssanichols2 https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/887279103 - 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 him in some military challenges.]]> 2020-11-03 18:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/887279103 alyssanichols2 https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/887342327 - Ned starts his first campaign to an island, Bougainville
- He experience real war for the first time.
- He doesn't see a single Japanese soldier on his first day of fighting]]> 2020-11-03 18:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/887342327 alyssanichols2 https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/887342964 - Ned is continuing to adjust to military life. He has to take Malaria pills that he tries to avoid. 
- He learns about Japanese fighting style: Very intense and ruthless ]]> 2020-11-03 18:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/887342964 alyssanichols2 https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/887343773 - Ned is getting used to the life of a soldier in the Pacific. He is making a lot of friends as well. 
- He is shot in the shoulder but survives. 
- Headed to Iwo Jima next. ]]> 2020-11-03 18:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/887343773 alyssanichols2 https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/887344323 - Describes the battle of Iwo Jima
- We learn that the flag raising image is not the original- it was staged 
- Franklin Delanor Roosevelt dies. ]]> 2020-11-03 18:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/887344323 alyssanichols2 https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/890890044 - War ends
- Ned comes home 
- Is still treated the same at home even though he fought for the country]]> 2020-11-04 17:16:04 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssanichols2/xz8arjdrlmzxwv6p/wish/890890044