Day 2

A Long Way Gone Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Examining the Sierra Leone Civil War

    Kind of Activity:

    Research

    Objective:

    Students will be able to differentiate between different types of sources and analyze the limitations and advantages of each.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.9 Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.

    Structure:

    The Sierra Leone Civil War was an armed conflict that engulfed the country of Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002. It involved multiple political and military factions fighting over government control and the diamond mines that provided one of Sierra Leone's...

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