A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Monday

What are we doing

• Africa Map• Africa is Diverse• Where is Sierra Leone?• Blood Diamonds• Graphic Organizer- Who

is Ishmael Beah

What are the objectives?

• Offer solutions to contemporary world problems- child soldiers/ blood diamonds.

• Explain how scarcity influences society.

What continent are they from?

• What continent are they from?

Where continent is he from?

• Where is

• he from?

What continent are they from?

• What continent are they from?

Africa

• Africa

Circle

Sierra

Leone

Quiz Fri

Where is this located?

• Where is this located?

Where is this located?

• Where is this?

Africa

• A continent- How many countries?

• 3 times the size of the US.

• 800 different languages

• 800 different groups- very diverse.

Sierra Leone

• What do you remember about Sierra Leone from the chart?

Sierra Leone

• Population: 5 million- roughly half the size of Ohio

• Per Capita GDP Per Person: $900/ US- $46,000

• Life Expectancy: 55/ US- 78

• Infant mortality: 12 deaths per 1,000- US deaths 6 per 1,000

Where is this located?

•

Sierra Leone

Ishmael Beah

• Born Nov 23, 1980 in Sierra Leone

• Civil War, 1991• Child Soldier at 13• Rescued, 1996 • NYC, 1997• Graduated from Oberlin

College, 2004

Civil War in Sierra Leone

• The Forgotten War:

The Sierra Leone Civil War

Ishmael Beah Foundation

www.beahfound.org

Ishmael Beah

• Video- http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8238302889157571517#

• Graphic Organizer-

• Who, What, When, Where and Why?