1. Warm-Up
Please complete the Anticipation Guide Worksheet by putting an A for Agree and a D for disagree next to each statement.
When you are finished put a star next to the 4 statement you feel strongest about. (you can strongly agree or disagree)

2. Sudan Civil War: Creation of Sudan and South Sudan

3. Geography Owned by Egypt and Britain Freed 1956
2011 South Sudan voted for their freedom

4. Geography Sudan Population 45.7 million
Languages Arabic, English(official)
Major religion Islam
Life expectancy 61 years
South Sudan
Population  million
Languages English, Arabic (both official)
Major religions: Traditional religions, Christianity
Life expectancy: 54 years
Question:
1) What does life expectancy indicate about these countries?
2) From the stats listed above explain a potential source of conflict between the two nations?

6. Geography- Economics South Sudan Sudan
Oil – 35th in the world/ 7th in Africa
Gold
Cotton
Sudan
Oil Pipelines
Agriculture, mostly subsistence
Cotton
Gold
Question:
From the stats listed above, list a potential source of conflict between the two nations.
Video:

7. Omar Bashir 1989- Military Coup that captured the country
Dissolved Parliament
Banned Opposition Parties
1991- Instituted Sharia Law
1996- Was “elected” President, allowed parliament again
1999- Dissolved Parliament when they threatened to remove him from power

8. What is Sharia Law Islamic Religious Law
Examples of Sharia Law
Theft is punishable by amputation of the right hand (above).
Criticizing or denying any part of the Quran is punishable by death.
Criticizing Muhammad or denying that he is a prophet is punishable by death.
Criticizing or denying Allah, the god of Islam is punishable by death.
A Muslim who becomes a non-Muslim is punishable by death.
 A man can beat his wife for insubordination.
 Testimonies of four male witnesses are required to prove rape against a woman.
A woman cannot drive a car, as it leads to fitnah (upheaval). • A woman cannot speak alone to a man who is not her husband or relative.
A man can marry an infant girl and consummate the marriage when she is 9 years old.
Islamic Religious Law
Regulates public behavior, private behavior and even private belief

9. Dafur 2003- Anti-Government rebels rose up against Omar Bashir
Tribes felt left out of government
Regional drought caused migration to other areas
Government policy of ethnic cleansing of non -Arab people
2014 area was declared worst humanitarian crisis in the world
2.3 million people have been displaced to refugee camps
300,000 have died

10. Dafur

11. South Sudan Independence “It took a combination of BULLETS and BALLOTS to attain INDEPENDENCE”
Southern Sudan was mostly Christian and Tribal religion
Bashir instituted Sharia Law and kept non-Muslims out of government
Rebellion 1960’s and 1980’s
Government forces bombed villages, enslaved children, massacred civilians
July 9th, South Sudan becomes independent

12. Consequences of Civil War
Starvation
Food Shortages
Water Shortages
Kidnapping
Child Soldiers
Orphans

13. Lost Boys
1000’s of boys (ages 5-17) have been orphaned through this crisis
They have joined together in bands walking across Africa to find refugee camps

14. Why Just Boys?
Girls in the villages were either killed, raped, or taken as slaves for the Arabs in the North.
Young boys were thought to be a burden to the soldiers so were allowed to wander in hopes they wouldn’t survive.
Older boys were often out in fields tending herds when villages were destroyed and so were able to run away.

15. 60 Minutes Lost Boys Part 1- Part 2
Part 2

16. Keepin It Real What is the farthest distance you have ever walked
How many miles to Medford?
How many miles to Portland?
How many miles to Los Angeles?
How many days can someone live without food?
Without water?
How much water does the average American family use everyday
Average African?
What is the longest river in the world?
Medford- 12 miles
Portland- 274 miles
LA- 692 miles
Food- 21 days
Water- 3 days
Daily Water Consumption USA- 552 gallons
Africa- 5 gallons
The longest river in the world is the Nile River, it reaches 6650 kilometers in length (4132 miles)

17. Long Walk To Water Activity-
On the provided map draw in the towns, countries, physical features and landmarks
Countries
Ethiopia
Enya
Sudan
South Sudan
Dafur
Uganda
Cities/Camps
Loun-Ariik
Juba
Irang
Kakuma
Ifo
Nairobi
Kampala
Landmarks
Akobo Desert
Nile River
Gilo River

18. Summative Reading Journal/Visual Vocabulary Journal
On a blank sheet of paper write:
Name, period
Title: Long Walk to Water Journal
You will keep this journal the whole time we read this story. After each chapter you will be given discussion questions, vocabulary, or other activities that you will write down on these pages. You can add pages as necessary. The whole journal will be collected at the end of unit.

19. Long Walk To Water Book Trailer

20. Journal Entry #1 Your Task- Africa Haiku A haiku is a 3 line poem
Line one has 5 syllables
Line two has 7 syllables
Line three has 5 syllables
Example:
Your Task-
Using what you have learned about Africa, The Lost Boys, The Sudan Civil War write a Haiku to demonstrate your knowledge.

21. How to do Visual Vocabulary
Need to Include
Word
Definition from internet
Definition in your own words (how you would explain this to someone else)
Example
Visual (picture that represents what the word means to you)

22. Journal Entry #2 Chapter 1
Visual Vocabulary
Bush “Hide in the bush”
Rebels “The rebels led an uprising”
Droned “The teacher droned on”
Dress “Help clean and dress this animal”
Discussion Questions
Describe Salva as a student, his school, what he learns. Can you make any connections to your own life?
What are the issues for which the rebels are fighting the government? What does it mean for Sudan to become Muslim?
What are you wondering about as this chapter ends?

23. Journal Entry #3 Chapter 2
Visual Vocabulary
Sharia Law
Darfur
Civil War
Discussi0n Questions
Using what you have learned about the civil war in Sudan, what happened to Salva’s village?
Where do you think the group from Loun Ariik went at the end of the chapter? Why was Salva alone?

24. Journal Entry #4 Chapter 3
Visual Vocabulary
Lost boys
Refugee
Gourd “Nya took the hallowed out gourd”
Discussion Questions
Why is Salva insulted to be called an orphan?
Why would it have been more dangerous for the woman to travel with Salva?
Predict who you think the people who approach the house at the end of the chapter are.

25. Journal Entry #5 The History of Sudan
What do you learn about Sudan from this story?
How does this story compare the story told in Long Walk to Water?

26. Journal Entry #6 Chapter 4
Discussion Questions
In each of the chapters so far, the author tells Nya’s story first. Why do you think she does this?
What has been the purpose of Nya’s journey every day?
Why doesn’t the group want Salva along? Why is he ultimately taken along by the man and woman?
What does it mean they are “walking to nowhere”? How do they survive?

27. Journal Entry #6 Chapter 5
Visual Vocabulary
Nuer- traits of, what makes them unique
Dinka- traits of, what makes them unique
Discussion Questions
What makes water drinkable? What happens to you if you drink dirty water? (research this)
What do Salva and Marial have in common? What does it mean that Salva “heard that sigh all the way to his heart?”
Salva is amazed at the end of this chapter. Predict the cause of his speechlessness

28. Journal Entry #7 Chapter 6 and 7
Visual Vocabulary
Take a moment and skim through both chapters. Pick two words that you don’t know the definition to and make two visual vocabulary entries.
Discussion Questions
In Nya’s story, what is wrong with Akeer? What are her symptoms? What is the choice facing her family?
In Salva’s story, list all the elements working against the groups survival
What changes as the group approaches the Nile? How do they get across?
Fear grips Salva in Chapter 7, how does he overcome this fear?

29. Journal Entry #8 Chapter 8
Visual Vocabulary
Malaria (look up what this disease is and what it does to people on Google)
Research Question
1. The fishermen of the Nile solved the problem of the mosquitoes with netting and channels they dug from inside the nets. Read the following article about malaria proof mosquitoes .
What did you learn? Is this a logical solution for Africa?

30. Journal Entry #9 Chapter 9
Visual Vocabulary:
Arid- “Each minute of walking in that arid heat felt like an hour.”
Parched – “His lips became cracked and parched”
Tamarind – “He took out a tamarind and handed it to Salva”
Discussion Questions:
How does the village chief welcome strangers? What do you think they want?
How is the Akobo the worst element yet for the villagers to survive?
This chapter is very powerful because of the serious subject and the difficulties that Salva must overcome. What is a phrase or sentence in this chapter best summarizes the main idea or theme?

31. Journal Entry #10 Chapter 10
Visual Vocabulary:
Refugee Camp – “By the end of the day, they would be out of the desert, and after that, it would not be far to the Itang refugee camp in Ethiopia.”
Revived – “Like a miracle, the small amounts of water revived them.”
Discussion Questions:
Why didn’t Salva give his water to the men? Did anyone? What were the results? Who was right?
Where did the six men come from? What does it mean, “There was something evil in their laughter?”
What role should the United States play in the refugee problems around the world? Should it be our concern?

32. Journal Entry #11 Chapter 11
Visual Vocabulary:
Scythed – “the long grass had to be scythed and hoed under”
Emaciated – “It did not seem as if the camp could possibly hold any more, but still they kept coming: long lines of people, some emaciated,”
Discussion Questions:
What are the positive and negative aspects of the refugee camp? Is Salva happy to finally stop walking?
What does the orange scarf mean to Salva?

33. Journal Entry #12 Chapter 12
Visual Vocabulary:
Surge – “Salva was caught up in the surge at once.”
Merciless – “Swollen by the rains, the Gilo’s current would be merciless.”
Discussion Questions:
How does it feel to Salva to be without a family? What has he lost?
What is the purpose of any government? What will be the outcome of the Ethiopian government’s actions?
What have you learned from this chapter? What are some questions you have after reading this chapter?

34. Journal Entry #13 Chapter 13
Visual Vocabulary:
Prodding – “The soldiers were forcing some of them into the water, prodding them into their rifle butts…”
Welter – “The rain, the mad current, the bullets, the crocodiles, the welter of arms and legs, the screams, the blood… He had to get out somehow.”
Discussion Questions:
What is the government trying to do by driving people into the water?
Does Salva have a duty to the others, especially the boy clinging to him? Why was Salva one of the lucky ones and not one of the thousands that died?
Would you follow Salva? Why did he become a leader? What do they hope to find in Africa?

35. Journal Entry #14 Chapter 14
Discussion Questions:
Why does Nya’s village celebrate? What could It mean that the new water is full of mud?
How were the conditions in camp Ifo different to Salva?
Write up questions you think would be important to ask a refugee in order to decide if they should leave their country and be able to enter another? How might have Salva answered these questions?

36. Journal Entry #15 Chapter 15 and 16
Discussion Questions:
Why can’t the boys drink the water spraying from the hole? When will Nya lose her job?
Think about our life in America and think about Salva’s life in sudan. What do you think will be some of the biggest hurdles he and the boys will have to face here? Think about our culture and find experiences and products that would be totally unfamiliar to the boys.

37. Journal Entry #16 Chapter 17
Research Questions: You will need to use Google to find the answers to these questions
What are some effects of drinking contaminated water?
What are some illnesses that can be contracted through drinking contaminated water?
How many deaths are there per year from drinking the contaminated water in Africa?