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When she emigrated to the United States to get married, she brought several family heirlooms, including a kimono and a tea set. TEACHER'S GUIDE Document Based Activity Part 1: Behind Barbed Wire MISSION US: "Prisoner in My % The game, which seeks to educate school age children about challenging and transformational moments of American history, has generated controversy with its depictions of historical racism and violence. Funding for Mission US is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Prisoner in My Homeland. "Prisoner in My Homeland" teaches students about being Japanese American during WWII. He hopes that Henry is the first member of the Tanaka family to go to college, and encourages him to develop both his mental and physical abilities. He is an active member of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). This downloadable version is a standalone Unity application, so it does NOT require the Unity player or use a browser. My hope is that this newMission USgame gives players a more nuanced understanding of the past, while offering educators a valuable, easily accessible tool for deepening history learning both in the classroom and at home, said Sandra Sheppard, Executive-in-Charge ofMission USand WNET Director of Kids Media and Education. As many students will be remote learning at this time, PBS THIRTEEN hopes you'll consider this interactive tool to teach and approach difficult discussions with your children. Enter your username . All Rights Reserved. Download ALL educator materials for Prisoner in My Homeland (39 MB), Timeline of Historical Events Before, During, and After the Mission, Glossary of Smartwords and Other Period-Appropriate Words, Educators Primer on the Historical Period, Prologue Document-Based Activity Executive Order/JACL/Stanley Diary, Part 3 Document-Based Activity: Loyalty Questionnaire, Bainbridge Island Oral History Yaeko Sakai Yoshihara pre WWII, Bainbridge Island Oral History Jerry Nakata pre WWII, Photo Mr. and Mrs. Moji and their Dog, King, Photo Japanese Americans Walk Down the Eagledale Ferry Dock, JACL Plan for West Coast Communities: JACL Seattle Statement, Bainbridge Newspaper Editorial Supporting Japanese, Dr. Seuss anti-Japanese Propganda, Alley Cats, Dr. Seuss anti-Japanese Propganda, Waiting for a Signal, Removal Notice: Instructions to all Persons of Japanese Ancestry, Resistance Document Gordon Hirabayshi Letter, Manzanar Kango Takamura Collection First Impression of Manzanar., Dorothea Lange Photo Dust Storm at this War Relocation Authority Center, Dorothea Lange Photo An Elementary School, Ansel Adams Photo Manzanar Street Scene, Clouds, Manzanar Free Press Article on Work in the Camp Camouflage Net Work, Essays by Incarcerated Students Kaizo Kubo The Years Between, Stanley Hayami Essay: My Viewpoint of the Evacuation, Kango Takamura Collection Making Rice Cakes (mochi-tsuki). 4 0 obj Flashcards. OtherMission USgames include For Crown or Colony?, which puts players in the role of a 14-year-old printers apprentice in 1770 Boston; Flight to Freedom, which follows the journey of a 14-year-old enslaved young woman who escapes to the North in 1848; A Cheyenne Odyssey, in which players get a window into the life of Little Fox, a fictional member of the Northern Cheyenne tribe during the westward expansion in 1866; City of Immigrants, in which players, as 14-year-old Russian Jewish immigrant Lena Brodsky, find their way in 1907 New York City; and Up from the Dust, where players step into the shoes of Ginny and Frank, 14-year-old twins struggling to help save their family farm in Texas during the Great Depression. mN#59 ~%$rnZs_szH99G?kz]ARCnJ:$ =UZP XN_P#tv_<3S[*/{1IuUu_bX0\kSQ/JJ { G]cPbcT]N] 3Cbevk(c-pGoBV@ As an adult, he moved to Los Angeles, started a family and sold fruit. :S(R1 VqhE& *6.Ob4)FocQgT"d6!3f 1@EI8hprR)>SiBf_b}wz7^j^tN/3O_L3O6~A|yzYaQc&J~,jG.,&j7$%sVo +bhXXOee;S//F'8Ve!Y}1kGn{/OdELD/#c%wdI JB2{)-`7 Kg9\46*bwpOVO8R6Wf1O]h Vo?&fO5,VNVAIYUH'i^nLJkuc"5:\#feN<0`iYY?oa*@ uM>'t[AO>9^@m}We9"DriF3,X#TNLP(WO_X4A. z'hT5f;)zh,G?yaF=+xy0S(BC; Watch Trailer. An overview of the award-winning Mission US game, Prisoner in My Homeland, which follows the experiences of teenager Henry Tanaka, whose family is forced to . 84y[fCsFl_j?,;{W^0t: XmgMPc>%w"z#8JM G*>}Y What does Miss Nelson say about discrimination against Japanese and Chinese Americans and what some people are doing about it? Tadashi (fictional character) is an 18-year-old Nisei Japanese American from Terminal Island whom Henry meets at Manzanar. rcorporan Teacher. Funding for Mission US is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Festival of Annecy Unveils Feature Film Competition, First-Looks & Screening Events. Enter your email address if you would like to receive occasional updates about Mission US. Mech Cadets Suits Up with Voice Stars Daniel Dae Kim, Ming-Na Wen, Brandon Soo Did You Hear? Prisoner in My Homeland is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior,National Park Service, Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program, with additional supportfrom the Page and Otto Marx., Jr. Foundation, Estate of Bhagwant Gill, and Helena RubinsteinFoundation. *IIH75.X. Mr. Flores (fictional character) is a Filipino American who works with Mr. Tanaka on the strawberry farm. 1960 The Civil Rights Movement. Harry Ueno (historical figure) is a 35-year old Kibei. Ueno was born in Hawaii and sent to Japan to be educated. :%N+*w wKOljnRVzj\n@ASt;hH =rp/,w1S8(Q> o xkO9;gV9 NG6YXE4 3$* Le7rp/oWbjn~}on Y9zuL_8$osrY]0Rriw$J'"Z &z(^F( THIRTEEN productions and WNET will debut Prisoner in My Homeland, the sixth role-playing game in the award-winning Mission US series online on Sept. 14. Densho, a digital archive that preserves oral histories and other primary source materials on the incarceration, consulted on content development for the game and its supporting educator curriculum guide. It teaches teenagers about some of the most difficult periods of time in history for the countries it follows and the next game in the series is about to launch in September. 1848 the antebellum era. When the government forces you and 120,000 other innocent Japanese Americans into camps, how will you react? No Turning Back. Students are asked to step into the role of Henry Tanaka, a 16-year-old Japanese American boy whose family is forced to leave their home on Bainbridge Island, Washington, for a prison camp in Manzanar, California. Tadashi lives in Block 10 and works in the mess hall. She works as a high school teacher at Manzanar, living and working there beginning in October 1943. 3 0 obj His.1.6-8) Analyze connections among events and developments in broader historical contexts. He was born and raised on a strawberry farm on Bainbridge Island, a short ferry ride from Seattle, Washington. Maya Tanaka (fictional character) is Henrys granddaughter. %PDF-1.3 Win 'The Art of DreamWorks Puss in Boots: The Last Wish', SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE - Official Trailer #2 (HD), Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 | Official Trailer | Disney+, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai | Official Teaser | Max, CLONE HIGH | Official Teaser (2023) HBO Max, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal | OFFICIAL TRAILER | adult swim, RUBY GILLMAN, TEENAGE KRAKEN | Official Trailer, Batman - The Doom That Came to Gotham | Trailer | DC, Mummies - Official Trailer - Warner Bros. UK, The Super Mario Bros. 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Movie Powers Past Billion-Dollar Box Office, Netflix Hatches Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Character Posters, BAFTA-Winning Video Game Vampire Survivors Spawns Animated Series, Oh Bother! When the government forces you and 120,000 other innocent Japanese Americans into camps, how will you react? A couple of months later, at "Prisoner in My Homeland continues our work to engage young people in the stories of diverse Americans who have struggled to realize the ideals of freedom, democracy, and equality throughout our history," said Michelle Chen, senior producer, Mission US. She manages the household, and helps with the farm. <> He is also a judo instructor at the local Japanese community center. Prisoner in My Homeland follows the experiences of teenager Henry Tanaka, whose family is forced to leave their home on Bainbridge Island, WA, for a prison camp in Manzanar, CA. Like many of the other interactive games in the Mission US series that tackle slavery, colonization and the effect of western expansion on the Native American people, "Prisoner in My Homeland" aims to challenge and teach students the consequences of their actions set in a pivotal and difficult moment in U.S. history. Like Henry, her favorite subject is Chemistry, though she also enjoys Miss Nelsons American history class. She tells you that discrimination against Japanese and Chinese Americans has been around a long time. stream He attends the local high school where his favorite subject is chemistry. Teaching this Mission. is Henrys granddaughter. "To preserve the history and culture of Japanese Americans of Bainbridge Island and support education and community outreach that fosters a deep appreciation for diversity, justice, and the need for vigilant protection of our civil and constitutional rights. 2 0 obj The game also features period music by Japanese American artists, including asong composed and recorded by Mary Nomura, also known as the Songbird of Manzanar, while she wasincarcerated at Manzanar. Picture Brides. Match. R-Rated Christopher Robin Hybrid Comedy in the Works. He is the head of the Tanaka household, and spends most of his time working on the strawberry farm. He keeps a diary that he illustrates with sketches. "Mission US: Prisoner in My Homeland is an innovative and creative introduction to exploring what life was like for those in the American concentration camps," Nakagawa said of the project. After the Tanakas are forcibly removed to Manzanar, Mr. Flores looks after the farm, but severe labor shortages limit his ability to harvest the crop. It's 1941. The year is 1941. About The Mission MISSION US: "Prisoner in my Homeland" At the start of Part 3, a JACL leader is beaten up by a masked group and Harry Ueno is arrested and jailed for the crime. 716 Following. Locate the downloaded file named mission06_pc_v1.zip on your computer and double-click to extract the game files. Prisoner in My Homeland. Enter your email address if you would like to receive occasional updates about Mission US. The sixth mission in the series provides a valuable tool for at-home and in-school history learning, letting. Designed for use in middle school history classrooms, the mission and supporting educator materials will be available free at https://mission-us.org beginning September 14, 2020. In the game, Tanaka's family is forced to leave their home on Bainbridge Island, Washington, for a prison camp in Manzanar, California. Michelle Chen is senior producer. Ueno lives in Block 22 and works in the Block 22 mess hall as a cooks assistant. Learn. He is expected to attend Japanese school and help out on the farm by weeding the fields, planting and harvesting strawberry plants, and doing other chores. When the government forces you and 120,000 other innocent Japanese Americans into camps, how will you react? Players grapple with the choices and challenges faced by more than 120,000 Japanese Americans as they coped with their unjust incarceration during World War II. | Not yet registered? Additional funding is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities; U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences; U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program; The Page & Otto Marx, Jr. Foundation; Estate of Dr. Bhagwant Gill; Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III; Atran Foundation; Tamara L. Harris Foundation; Helena Rubinstein Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; and Canary Academy Online Inc. Lily Tanaka (fictional character) is Henrys thirteen-year-old younger sister. Lg"Ntn)YA!Mh8Qa%C!&FX%" ,a@ fP^05j~C5kRR)Zx(R1Tl>w SN6eb/!mQ!ON=\eu:O\c&JTiXE," 9 ^.vLNJ~08xXMyQqzW. Players must make decisions that reflect broader strategies of survival and resistance: will they help their community, focus on family, support the war effort, resist injustice? Research has shown that by assuming the roles of peers from the past, students playing Mission USdevelop a more personal, memorable and meaningful connection with complex historical content andcontext. Watch Trailer Start Mission. She is smart, thoughtful and motivated to do well. Mission US is an award-winning educational media project that immerses young people in transformational moments in U.S. history. Densho, a digital archive that preserves oral histories and other primary source materials on the incarceration, consulted on content development for the game and its supporting educator curriculum guide. 2. You are 16-year-old Henry Tanaka. << /Length 5 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> .n>:)^p"2 P3IB"\l ==VVT>;PUc$?TgYSc8 sR"E The year is 1941. She expects Henry to attend Japanese school, watch after his sister, and work on the farm. September 17, 2020. A large protest of his arrest by incarcerees leads to a military response in which ten people are shot and two killed. You are 16-year-old Henry Tanaka. Download ALL educator materials for Prisoner in My Homeland (39 MB), Timeline of Historical Events Before, During, and After the Mission, Glossary of Smartwords and Other Period-Appropriate Words, Educators Primer on the Historical Period, Prologue Document-Based Activity Executive Order/JACL/Stanley Diary, Part 3 Document-Based Activity: Loyalty Questionnaire, Bainbridge Island Oral History Yaeko Sakai Yoshihara pre WWII, Bainbridge Island Oral History Jerry Nakata pre WWII, Photo Mr. and Mrs. Moji and their Dog, King, Photo Japanese Americans Walk Down the Eagledale Ferry Dock, JACL Plan for West Coast Communities: JACL Seattle Statement, Bainbridge Newspaper Editorial Supporting Japanese, Dr. Seuss anti-Japanese Propganda, Alley Cats, Dr. Seuss anti-Japanese Propganda, Waiting for a Signal, Removal Notice: Instructions to all Persons of Japanese Ancestry, Resistance Document Gordon Hirabayshi Letter, Manzanar Kango Takamura Collection First Impression of Manzanar., Dorothea Lange Photo Dust Storm at this War Relocation Authority Center, Dorothea Lange Photo An Elementary School, Ansel Adams Photo Manzanar Street Scene, Clouds, Manzanar Free Press Article on Work in the Camp Camouflage Net Work, Essays by Incarcerated Students Kaizo Kubo The Years Between, Stanley Hayami Essay: My Viewpoint of the Evacuation, Kango Takamura Collection Making Rice Cakes (mochi-tsuki). Funding for Mission US is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. nd q!NerVf 'XpF[8LA+!%GE4EaN{}~NTe&NbBBoQ"n@ Trump's latest attack addresses DeSantis' overseas trips to the U.K., Israel, Florida's Covid-19 record, and polling support for the 2024 Presidential race. Meiko Yamamoto (fictional character) is Mr. and Mrs. Yamamotos only daughter. Match. "We hope that the game and the supporting educator resources will promote thoughtful discussion and deeper reflection on the critical issues of both our past and present.". (D2.His.2.6-8) Classify series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity. Team Behind A Calling. PRU$7,RPD[e@ z#B t|%xVtlG/SYqgN~ h8_t&j(zX2I9=|gj(wm)=_=\{w5~wg[yWFdlKgBg %h]fX2orBKr2,z90|.fD&\"i\{/MRw"af a OG?U9Lf T'goQ)Lg]aOS1lOU-T;/l7M_`a#T`|#&"UL?TpztN".j"5K`i~i u t)E%uW)XdmN^H? The website also includes tips for parents and educators seeking to use Mission US as a resource for at-home history learning. Watch Trailer Start Mission. The sixth mission in the series provides a valuable tool for at-home and in-school history learning, lettingstudents experience life from the perspective of a Japanese American teen during World War II. First Clip Revealed for The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon One Piece Film Red Captains Crunchyrolls July Home Video Highlights. An overview of the award-winning Mission US game, Prisoner in My Homeland, which follows the experiences of teenager Henry Tanaka, whose family is forced to leave their home on Bainbridge Island, WA, for a prison camp in Manzanar, CA. x[iF_QVZ6L1acw2+hfLuHW'S|2MI+/Gny|tS~i>22/1WQ?p>of2}Me7[cc{8sF;z\}f>l[`.&P`^g(ZFW&d|,+U,tvb@tmwHG*-UzwU m^=_~JZ4TSwA,n%h!!dscNdp'Ia'DKL]7a%22y[27S,8 S8! V5uAFAH X\pDMb>V Historical Background. 3) Play the game. To the Sea Details the Making of SEGA to Acquire Angry Birds Studio Rovio, Baobob Expands Hit Franchise Momoguro with Roblox Game, TV Series, Toonstar Launches Animated Comedy Space Junk from Jon Heder, Tony Cavalero & Dominic Russo, Baby Shark and Sesame Street Team Up for Animated Music Video. First Name * Last Initial * Need help logging in? Funding for Mission US is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, withadditional support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, U.S. Department of EducationsInstitute of Education Sciences (IES) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Fund, The Page and OttoMarx, Jr., Foundation, and Atran Foundation. . 1 talking about this. Double-click on the icon labeled Mission06. Players may choose to log in with their Mission US account, or to play offline. students experience life from the perspective of a Japanese American teen during World War II. Players grapple with the choices and challenges faced by more than 120,000 Japanese Americans as they cope with their unjust incarceration during World War II. Surprised by her discovery her grandfather had never spoken about his incarceration during World War II she reaches out to Great-Aunt Lily (Henrys sister, Lily, now an elderly woman) to learn more and is inspired to dig deeper into the past. Thewebsite also includes tips for parents and educators seeking to use Mission US as a resource for at-homehistory learning. 1) Download the game to your computer. Mission US is an award-winning educational media project that immerses young people in transformational moments in U.S. history. About "Prisoner in My Homeland" Top 5 Things to Know Before You Play; Mission At A Glance; Essential Questions; Models of Instruction; Learning Goals; National Standards Alignment. 1941 World War II. This character was loosely based on Eleanor Gerard Sekerak, a teacher at the War Relocation Authority concentration camp in Topaz, Utah. 1. The Mission US team collaborated closely with humanities advisors and members of theJapanese American community to develop Prisoner in My Homeland. Densho, a digital archivethat preserves oral histories and other primary source materials on the incarceration, consulted oncontent development for the game and its supporting educator curriculum guide. !qD,:dIMD MMt9BG +gN$Sr':"Ky ^86Z S)R vw}`*Tb*)pBqgc*Pfe/b1MLoT9|!XB sD`:%7SZ?maNHj9JI,X_S U!O2IIIbApC =k%z+OU^9-QKA4 p3W6B&RC?; ;{8W!v8C,ih0Q8?Gh]lc{O8kS(?xVH3,\@(sd%'LXu>Kga)P8$. Mr. Yamamoto (fictional character) is a Nisei Japanese American who runs a grocery store on Bainbridge Island. When the government forces you and 120,000 other innocent Japanese Americans into camps, how will you react? 2. "This . Created by. Kinzo Tanaka (fictional character), Henry and Lilys father, is an Issei Japanese American in his late 50s. Likeall the games in the critically-acclaimed Mission US series, Prisoner in My Homeland is designed toincrease young peoples knowledge and understanding of our nations past by immersing them in a criticalmoment in U.S. history. 1 0 obj The strikes left 34 people injured, including three children, and caused widespread damage. WNET THIRTEEN's Award-Winning Game Series Mission US Brings Pivotal Moment in History to Life for Teens with "Prisoner in My Homeland". . <>/Metadata 490 0 R/ViewerPreferences 491 0 R>> An advisory board of leading scholars and researchers of the history of the incarceration guided development of the game's historical content, including Martha Nakagawa, author and researcher at the UCLA Jack and Aiko Herzig Collection and Eji Suyama Endowment project. rBwRf+ Tk`J}:+*C>ojSsR C Mission US is a deeply-researched, award-winning educational media project with proven positive impact on history learning. Estimated time: 1.5-2 hours. The game shows middle and high school students what life was like through the eyes of a Japanese American teenager named Henry Tanaka during World War II. The attack occurred on December 7, 1941 at the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. This video provides a summary of the game narrative, game features, educator support materials, and development process behind the game. Mission US is an award-winning role-playing game series from PBS station THIRTEEN. NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- THIRTEEN announces the launch of "Prisoner in My Homeland," the sixth role-playing game in the multi-award-winning Mission US series, debuting at mission . Mission US is an award-winning educational media project that immerses young people in transformatio She lives with her family on the strawberry farm on Bainbridge Island. Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community. Reset your password. The year is 1941. MISSION US: "Prisoner in My Homeland" 5. Additional funding is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities; U.S . The installation simply creates a folder containing the application and all the necessary assets and data. . The Last of Us: Creating VFX That Grow On You for in HBOs Apocalyptic CBS VFX Builds the Eye-Popping, Upside-Down World of Rabbit Hole. When incarcerated at Manzanar, she joins the majorettes and practices baton throwing. 1839. Learn more at https://mission-us.org. Download ALL educator materials for Prisoner in My Homeland (39 MB), Timeline of Historical Events Before, During, and After the Mission, Glossary of Smartwords and Other Period-Appropriate Words, Educators Primer on the Historical Period, Prologue Document-Based Activity Executive Order/JACL/Stanley Diary, Part 3 Document-Based Activity: Loyalty Questionnaire, Bainbridge Island Oral History Yaeko Sakai Yoshihara pre WWII, Bainbridge Island Oral History Jerry Nakata pre WWII, Photo Mr. and Mrs. Moji and their Dog, King, Photo Japanese Americans Walk Down the Eagledale Ferry Dock, JACL Plan for West Coast Communities: JACL Seattle Statement, Bainbridge Newspaper Editorial Supporting Japanese, Dr. Seuss anti-Japanese Propganda, Alley Cats, Dr. Seuss anti-Japanese Propganda, Waiting for a Signal, Removal Notice: Instructions to all Persons of Japanese Ancestry, Resistance Document Gordon Hirabayshi Letter, Manzanar Kango Takamura Collection First Impression of Manzanar., Dorothea Lange Photo Dust Storm at this War Relocation Authority Center, Dorothea Lange Photo An Elementary School, Ansel Adams Photo Manzanar Street Scene, Clouds, Manzanar Free Press Article on Work in the Camp Camouflage Net Work, Essays by Incarcerated Students Kaizo Kubo The Years Between, Stanley Hayami Essay: My Viewpoint of the Evacuation, Kango Takamura Collection Making Rice Cakes (mochi-tsuki). % 4 0 obj Learn. Funding for Mission US is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. My hope is that this new Mission US game gives players a more nuanced understanding of thepast, while offering educators a valuable, easily accessible tool for deepening history learning both in theclassroom and at home, said Sandra Sheppard, Executive-in-Charge of Mission US and WNET Director ofKids Media and Education.