1. Innovative Alphabet

2. Activity 2 – Lesson Plan on CD Code Making Step 1 The Code talker wants to transmit the word “tank.” He says over transmitter the Navajo word “A-woh,” which in English means “tooth.” Step 2 The other code talker receives the message. He takes the first letter “T” from the English word “tooth” and writes it down. _T - __ - __ - __ Step 3 The first code talker says another Navajo word and takes the first letter from the English translation to create words and sentences. Navajo WordCoded WordEnglish Word a-wohTTooth wo-la-cheeAAnt tsahNNeedle jad-ho-loniKKettle

3. Your Turn! Now that you have the code, decode the following Navajo transmissions. SHUSH/TSE NILL/D-AH/THAN ZIE/DIBEH-YAZZIE/AH- NAH ____ ____ ____ DZEH/A-CHIN/AH-NAH/BE-TAS-TNI/TSAH-AS-ZIH ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ Now create some code words of your own.

4. “When the American flag was raised on top of Iwo Jima’s mountain, the victory was announced in code to the American fleet:” Sheep-Uncle-Ram-Ice-Bear-Ant-Cat-Horse-Itch Use Navajo Code Talker dictionary handout. (What was transmitted?) (What was transmitted?)

5. Answer: S-U-R-I-B-A-C-H-I The name of the mountain on Iwo Jima (description on pg. 96-99)