10. Understand Multiple Perspectives

Comparing Perspectives: US and Japanese Children Experiences During WWII

This link brings you to History's site on the US WWII Homefront
Have students explore the general overview and primary sources
Have students select one "text" about the homefront that they feel could be significant and fill out a KWL chart before deciphering

Have students compare and contrast the experiences from their chosen text to those of the characters, Seita and Setsuko, depicted in Grave of the Fireflies.
Focus questions

How have other historical viewpoints been neglected in past learning?
Were you aware of any "homefront" experiences outside of the US before this?
How are the described/shown experiences similar? How were they different?
What do you think influences these differences? What other "Homefront" perspectives interest you now?

Possible assessments: Comparative essay, simple exit ticket response, short presentation, class shareouts (individuals or groups), etc.

Select a historically and currently relevant topic like Civil Protests
Have students interview at least people of different ages they know about their feelings regarding protests
- - For example: a parent/guardian or teacher, a peer or sibling, and a grandparent or community elder
Provide your student an overview of interview practices and etiquette, informing students about the specifics of a genre beforehand can help reduce anxiety among B/MLLs (Garcia et al, 2017)
Have students develop interview questions and encourage the use of LOTEs or multiple languages
Have students note the differences in perspectives between generations and how those perspectives are also influenced by language and culture regarding civil protests

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