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?