1. First things first…
Turn in your homework! Theme splash paragraph
with theme page that you wrote on yesterday
(stapled together)
Posionwood Bible response question and Guns,
Germs and Steel graphic organizer (if you haven’t
turned it in yet)
Permission slips?
For today, you will need ALWG out, 2 sheets of
paper, and something to write with

2. A Long Way Gone:
Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
INTRODUCTION
10/24/2013

3. Journal Writing
What ideas does this prologue raise and how does it
prepare the reader for what is to come?

4. Brief History of Sierra Leone
1787 – Freetown established as a settlement for freed
and rescued slaves from US, Nova Scotia, and UK.
1808 – Sierra Leone becomes a colony of the British
1961 – Sierra Leone gains their independence (52 yrs)
1967 – the first of many failed military coup (a
sudden disposition or removal of government)

5. (Republic of) Sierra Leone
West African Country
Tropical landscape
Krio(Creole language) and English
Mining and exporting diamonds

6. Civil War in Sierra Leone
1991 – Civil War begins – rebels against the
government’s “rotten politics”
Revolutionary United Front (RUF) resented the
existing government – corruption
Promised to liberate the people of Sierra Leone from
poverty – free education & free healthcare
“Power & wealth to the people”
Developed a reputation for cruelty and
violence
Foday Saybana Sankoh

7. Journal Writing #2
What did the old man in Kabati mean when he said,
“We must strive to be like the moon”? Is this advice
that could apply to you? Why or why not?

8. Themes for ALWG
The Damages of War
Power
Survival
Hope
Family, Friends, and Community
Memory
Fear
Loss of Innocence