1. Bell-Ringer Write a poem about AFRICA.
Your poem should be at least 10 lines long.
If you want, then use this line to start your poem:
Dry your tears, Africa.
Escriba un poema acerca de Africa.
Tu poema debe ser por lo menos 10 líneas.
Si deseas, puedes utilizar esta línea para comenzar:
Seque las lágrimas, Africa.

2. Dry your tears, afrika. Bernard Dadié,
Poet from the west African country of Côte d’Ivoire
Dry your tears, afrika.

3. Entry Instructions, 3.14.12 Pick up Notes 14 from the podium.
BELL-RINGER
Respond to the following question on the back of Notes 14: What is the best course of action to take against a brutally violent army when that army is an army of children?

4. Objectives
I CAN…
Identify the following: Yoweri Museveni, Joseph Kony, the Lord’s Resistance Army, “Night Commuters”
Trace the history [chronology] of Ugandan governance from the late 1800s to present day
Analyze the child-soldiering crisis that gripped Uganda for 20+ years by identifying its causes and effects

5. Literacy objectives I CAN…
Gather information that is valid [accurate] and relevant [directly related to] the focus question:
How have the crimes of Joseph Kony and the LRA affected the society and economy of Uganda (now and in the future)?
Synthesize (Pull together) an argument based on sufficient evidence [enough to prove that my claim is correct or true]

6. Sample poem, written by a student in B6. What argument is she making?
Dry your tears, Africa! Your children come back to you. Ooh! Mama Africa, Ooh, how strong you are! You show me the way to freedom. Your bravery shines through our lives. We see hunger but you are so patient for help. You might be the most diseased, But they know nothing about you; They don’t know the happiness you bring into our lives. Society might deny you, But you the strongest.
Sample poem, written by a student in B6. What argument is she making?

7. OPPRESSION IN AFRICA CHILD SOLDIERING IMPERIALISM APARTHEID GENOCIDE
CIVIL WAR
DICTATORSHIP
REVOLUTION
POVERTY AND DISEASE

8. NOTES 06
"INVISIBLE CHILDREN"

9. Uganda’s “Invisible Children”
NOTES 06
Uganda’s “Invisible Children”
Background
English rule,
Uganda – part of the British Empire
Brutal dictatorships after English rule
Leaders abused Ugandan people, 1960s-1980s
Ex: Idi Amin
Civil wars and rebellions
"INVISIBLE CHILDREN"

10. Uganda’s “Invisible Children”
NOTES 06
Uganda’s “Invisible Children”
New leadership in 1986…
President Yoweri Museveni
National Liberation Army seized power in 1986
"INVISIBLE CHILDREN"

11. Uganda’s “Invisible Children”
NOTES 06
Uganda’s “Invisible Children”
Trouble in northern Uganda
Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)
Joseph Kony, Okot Odhiambo, Dominic Ongwen
Abducts children to fight against the government
"INVISIBLE CHILDREN"

12. There are still 25 countries in the world today that have child soldiers
Including: El Salvador, Honduras, Colombia, South Sudan, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Burundi, Angola, Uganda, Palestine, Myanmar, Russia, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Afghanistan, and Nepal.

13. Africa today

14. Uganda Today
Conflict with the LRA has spread to countries around Uganda.
Joseph Kony is not in Uganda.
Many of the people of Northern Uganda are still homeless and living in camps.
New disease called the nodding disease is spreading and killing 100s of children in Uganda.

15. Hope
5000 children who were child soldiers or sex slaves have been returned to their families and are recovering…