Lost Names (Richard Kim)/When My Name was Keoko (Linda Sue Park)

I am so interested to incorporate the use of these two books into my third grade classroom.  I am still trying to come up with the best ways to do this, but I envision a lively discussion among my students about what it would mean if you were forced to change your name to some new foreign name.  I want to include photos of the Olympics involving the Korean Sohn Kee Chung who was wearing the Japanese uniform and was referred to as Kitei Son (his forced Japanese name).  How would you feel if you were forced to change your name?  What could you do to resist?  Would you, like the characters in Lost Names, try to find some foreign name that at least incorporated some significant meaning from your birth name?  Would you still compete in the Olympics if you were forced to wear an enemy's uniform?  Even though the Japanese were taking credit internationally for the Olympic victory, how did winning the Olympic gold medal bring pride to Koreans who were under Japanese occupation?