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Prologue-Chapter 5

· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Bruchac, Joseph. Code Talker. Penguin Group, 2005. Paperback.

· In “Listen, My Grandchildren,” Ned tells his grandchildren about a medal he has.

· On the medal is a man riding a horse.

· His name was Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian, and he and Ned fought on an island in the Pacific Ocean against the Japanese.

· Ira was one of many soldiers who fought to claim Mount Suribachi, and he and other men were photographed raising the American flag there.

· Ned mentions names that the Navajo Marines chose to represent places.

· These Navajo Marines were code takers.

· For many years, they could not even tell their families their role in the war.

· In Chapter 1, Ned was six when he was taken to boarding school by his uncle.

· At that time his name was Kii Yazhi.

· His mother dressed...

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