Entry Task:

Define the following terms: human migration, immigrant and refugee. Use the internet if needed.

Challenge! Political

Instability & Refugees

Political Instability & Refugees:

Read aloud from “A Long Way Gone,” written by Ishmael Beah. A child soldier and refugee from Sierra Leone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozsOLdgp_y0

Lost Boys of Sudan Words we need to know:

RefugeeCivil WarMigration Immigrant

Have you ever heard of Peter Pan’s Lost Boys—characters in the J.M. Barrie novel Peter Pan who formed a family and took care of each other in Never-Never Land?

There is a group of over 25,000 young Dinka men who ran away from a civil war. These young men trekked across sub-Saharan Africa in search of safety, and eventually found homes in the United States.

Relief workers called them the “Lost Boys” after the characters in the J.M. Barrie novel, and the media picked up on this; the group is now known collectively as “The Lost Boys of Sudan.”

Where is Sudan?

The homeland of the Dinka—in southern Sudan along the White Nile.

Why do you think there is a North Sudan & South Sudan?

What physical aspects of Sudan contribute to civil unrest?

What cultural aspects of Sudan contribute to civil unrest?

Sudan’s second civil war was caused by conflicts between northern and southern Sudan over oil and religion.

National Geographic's Sudan Facts Page: http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/sudan-facts/

What are the consequences of the civil war? (which lasted over twenty years) orphaned children, violence, famine, and disease.

Documentary - God Grew Tired of UsThis movie documents the story of the Lost Boys of Sudan as they fled civil war, spent a decade growing up in a Kenyan refugee camp, and were eventually resettled in the United States.

Excerpt, called "From Sudan to the United States." The excerpt includes stories from the Kakuma refugee camp.

http://education.nationalgeographic.org/activity/god-grew-tired-of-us-the-lost-boys-of-sudan/

Mapping the Migration of the Lost Boys

What routes did the Lost Boys take on their migration journey from Sudanto the United States?

What were the physical challenges of those routes?

Migration Route: Dinka homelands in southern Sudan to refugee camps in western Ethiopia

Refugee camps in western Ethiopia, across the border into Sudan, and to Kakuma refugee camp in northwestern Kenya

Kakuma, Kenya to Nairobi, Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya to Brussels, Belgium

Brussels, Belgium to New York City

From New York, the Lost Boys have settled in 18 states in the United States, including:

Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.

In small groups, use the MapMaker Interactive to map the journey of the Lost Boys.

1.) Load the MapMaker Interactive.

2.) Save a map for you group to work on.

3.) Map the different segments of the Lost Boys' journey using bookmarks, labels, drawing tools, and markers. http://mapmaker.education.nationalgeographic.com/?

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Lost Boys of Sudan Questions1.) Why did the Lost Boys have to flee Sudan? 2.) What are the reasons they could not stay in Ethiopia? 3.) What was life like in the refugee camp? 4.) What new things did the Lost Boys experience on the journey from Kenya to the U.S.?