Innovative Alphabet

Innovative Alphabet

Activity 2 – Lesson Plan on CDCode Making

• Step 1The Code talker wants to transmit the word “tank.” He says over transmitter the Navajo word “A-woh,” which in English means “tooth.”

• Step 2The other code talker receives the message. He takes the first letter “T” from the English word “tooth” and writes it down._T - __ - __ - __

• Step 3The first code talker says another Navajo word and takes the first letter from the English translation to create words and sentences.

Navajo Word Coded Word English Word

a-woh T Tooth

wo-la-chee A Ant

tsah N Needle

jad-ho-loni K Kettle

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.

“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?)

Answer:

S-U-R-I-B-A-C-H-I

The name of the mountain on Iwo Jima(description on pg. 96-99)