Code Talker 1
This is the name of the main character who tells the story.
Who is Ned Begay?
The Navajo code is never written down and must be learned this way.
What is memorization?
Ned was too short to play sports, so instead would do this while his classmates played.
What is cheer loudly?
Some of Ned's teachers pat him on the head like this animal.
What is a little pet monkey?
Ned kept a copy of a resolution passed by the Navajo Tribal Council folded up in this.
What is his wallet?
Ned is sent away from home to attend this type of school.
What is a boarding school?
This type of military action happens suddenly and without warning.
What is a sneak attack?
Finish this "compliment" from one of Ned's teachers.
"Neddie, you are almost as bright as a _____."
What is little white child?
This is the country Ned wrote a social studies paper on during his first year in high school.
What is Japan?
These natural disasters caused many Japanese people to be killed and their homes to be destroyed.
What are terrible earthquakes?
At the school, Ned is punished for speaking this language.
What is Navajo?
This is what some of Ned's classmates did to pass the time in boarding school.
What is play sports?
This is how tall Ned was.
This word describes someone who is able to be educated.
What is educable?
This is how the boys learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor.
What is the radio?
This part of Ned’s identity is attacked when his hair is cut and his language is banned.
What is his culture?
This is what the students at Navajo High School had in order to support the poor, hungry Japanese people.
What is a food drive?
Name one of two reasons Ned gives for not speaking up in class.
What is didn't want to call attention to himself or embarrass the other students?
Name one of two "good things" Ned gives for the high school program compared to the mission school?
Double points for both correct answers!
What is closer to home and/or better teaching?
This is what Ned had to wear when he greeted one of his friends near a teacher as a form of punishment.
What is a dunce cap?
The school’s goal is to force Native students to do this to survive.
What is give up their traditions and become “Americanized”?
This is the name of the heroic Indian athlete who wore a sports uniform and did great things on the playing field.
Who is Jim Thorpe?
The amount of Japanese people that lived on their small group of islands.
What is 80 million?
This is the teacher whose glasses with slip down his nose.
Who is Mr. Straight?
This is the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Month / Day / Year
What is December 7, 1941?