A Long Way Gone Web Quest

Posted on September 23, 2009 by msnev

Here are the links you will need to complete the WebQuest assigned in class. Be sure to follow the directions on your handout! If you need a copy of the handout, you can download one here: A Long Way Gone WebQuest

READ:

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5475.htm

http://www.sierra-leone.org/

http://www.childsoldiersglobalreport.org/content/sierra-leone

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/childrensrights/childrenofconflict/soldier.shtml

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-164221050/rehabilitation-revenge-prosecuting-child.html

http://www.unwire.org/unwire/20010102/12341_story.asp

LISTEN:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1417144

http://hbpub.vo.llnwd.net/o16/video/olmk/alongwaygonewebclip.mp3

WATCH:

Ishmael Beah speaks to a crowd at IUPUI on March 12, 2009: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuYi0apoIJA

Go to http://www.alongwaygone.com/media.html and scroll down for several clips of a long interview with Ishmael Beah. (This is what we watched in class on Thursday, 9/24.)

CBS Interview with Ishmael Beah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozsOLdgp_y0

Ishmael discusses the issue of child soldiers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9Tku-Aztiw

UNICEF on children of conflict: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Qse0ofA_I

The following several links will treat you to the music Ishmael listened to on dubbed cassette tapes (before rap became what it is today):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diiL9bqvalo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alw95s04obo