When the Emperor Was Divine: A Novel Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Julie Otsuka
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

When the Emperor Was Divine: A Novel Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Julie Otsuka
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Chapter 1 Evacuation Order No. 19

• WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE is the story of a Japanese-American family from Berkeley, California, who was forced to relocate to internment camps during World War II.

• The novel begins in the spring of 1942 as the family is preparing to report for internment.

• Signs all over town have instructed all people of Japanese descent to prepare to be relocated, so when the mother of the family sees this, she goes home to pack.
• The woman visits a hardware store to buy tape and twine and the store owner is especially kind in deference to her distressing situation.

• The woman separates the family's possessions between things they will take and those to be stored in the sunroom of the house.

• The sign about relocation says that pets cannot accompany the internees, so she gives the cat to the neighbors and kills the old dog by...

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