This document provides information about the Lost Boys of Sudan, a group of over 25,000 Dinka boys who fled civil war in Sudan. It discusses how they trekked across Africa to refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya. It then describes their journey from the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya to eventual resettlement in the United States, settling in 18 different states. Key terms like refugee, civil war, migration, and immigrant are defined.

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

2. Challenge!

3. 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=oz
sOLdgp_y0

4. Words we need to know:
Refugee
Civil War
Migration
Immigrant

5. 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.”

6. 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?

7. What physical aspects of Sudan
contribute to civil unrest?
What cultural aspects of Sudan
contribute to civil unrest?

8. 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/cou
ntries/sudan-facts/
What are the consequences of the civil war?
(which lasted over twenty years)
 orphaned children, violence, famine, and
disease.

9. Documentary - God Grew Tired of Us
This 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/

11. 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

12. 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.

13. 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/?ls=000000000000&f=481&t=1&b=1&bb
ox=147.51848%2C-67.27204%2C120.79973%2C67.27204

14. 1.) 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.?