Farewell to Manzanar
by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston
Current Events & Pop Culture
Available to teachers only as part of the Teaching Farewell to Manzanar Teacher Pass
Teaching Farewell to Manzanar Teacher Pass includes:
- Assignments & Activities
- Reading Quizzes
- Current Events & Pop Culture articles
- Discussion & Essay Questions
- Challenges & Opportunities
- Related Readings in Literature & History
Sample of Current Events & Pop Culture
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
When Mama first met Papa he was a pitcher for a semi-pro baseball team. Many years later, baseball became a popular past time for the men and women of Manzanar. This narrated slide show produced by Public Radio International ("Baseball Behind Barbed Wire") explains how baseball became a "saving grace" for the internees, allowing them to feel like Americans every time they stepped up to the plate.