American Pastime
Format: DVD
Rating: PG
Runtime: 107 mins

Powerful story about the dramatic impact WWII had in the home-front as Japanese American families were uprooted from their every day lives and placed into internment camps in Western US in the early 1940's. Faced with a country that now doubted their loyalty and struggling with their new situation, they turn to baseball as a way to handle their plight and find the strength to stand up for themselves becoming a true symbol of honor and pride.

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Diamonds in the Rough (35 minutes) VHS; Zeni and the Legacy of Japanese-American Baseball with Host and Narrator - Pat Morita

This poignant documentary pays tribute to Zeni; however, it is much more than the biography of one man, it is the story of a legacy in which baseball helped transcend bigotry and hatred to bring pride and respect to Japanese-American s who loved the game. Covering over 100 years of history, it is filled with great baseball memories - Produced by NBRP

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Through a Diamond
100 Years of Japanese American Baseball

by Kerry Yo Nakagawa and forward by Tom Seaver

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Wally Yonamine:
The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball

by Robert K. Fitts

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From Asahi to Zebras: Japanese American Baseball in San Jose, California

by Ralph M. Pearce

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Asian Pacific Americans and Baseball: A History

by Joel S. Franks

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Diamonds in the Rough:
Baseball and Japanese-American Internment

Written by Gary Mukai, Director, Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE); developed in collaboration with Kerry Yo Nakagawa.

This teacher guide/curriculum is an examination of Japanese-American Internment through the prism of baseball that encourages students to consider concepts such as civil liberties, team sports, acculturation, ethnicity, discrimination, cross-cultural conflict, conflict management, civil liberties, and civil rights.

BEST VALUE : Educational package includes three components:
1) DVD: Diamonds in the Rough Zeni and the Legacy of Japanese-American Baseball;
2) Book: Through a Diamond: 100 Years of Japanese American Baseball; and
3) the 52-page Curriculum with activities and three transparencies for overhead projection.

All three items for: $64.95

To place an order, visit the SPICE curriculum catalog.