Guiding Questions for A Long Walk to Water. I can provide examples of the 5 themes of geography in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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2 Guiding Questions for A Long Walk to Water Directions: These are the big ideas we will focus on while we read this novel. Keep these in mind as we read, discuss and do the activities. I can provide examples of the 5 themes of geography in Sub-Saharan Africa. I can identify examples of conflict and cooperation in Africa. I can explain the role of men vs. women in Africa. I can describe the impact of a global problem; such as water shortages. I can comprehend, analyze, summarize and make connections using text and supporting activities.

3 Chapter Assigned Pages Assigned Date Due End 1. Label the Red Sea. 2. Label the Sudan and South Sudan below. Draw a dotted line along the border between the two countries. 3. Label Ethiopia and draw an X on the southwest border of Ethiopia. 4. Label Kenya and Put an X on the northwest border of Kenya.

4 5 Themes of Geography Directions: List examples of the five themes of geography as you read the novel. Theme Examples Movement Region Human Environment Interaction Location Place

5 Theme Exploration Survival Theme: Survival plays a key role in both Salva and Nya s stories. They will stop at nothing to survive their hardships. As you read the novel, collect evidence using the graphic organizers that helps support the question below: HOW DO INDIVIDUALS SURVIVE CHALLENGING ENVIROMENTS? Page # Character Challenges Faced How they survived

6 Chapters 1-3 Discussion Questions Directions: After reading the assigned chapters, answer the following questions. 1. What do we learn about Salva s life and culture from the first chapter? Is it anything like your own? 2. What three questions occupy Salva s thoughts? Predict the answers to those questions. What might be going through your mind under the same circumstances? 3. Describe and explain Nya s journey every day. How would you feel if you had such an essential responsibility like her? 4. How do different tribes tell themselves apart from each other? What are some ways you tell yourself apart from students of other cultures?

7 Chapters 4-6 Discussion Questions Directions: After reading the assigned chapters, answer the following questions. 1. Why doesn t the group want Salva along? How do you feel about the fact that the group is willing to isolate and reject him? 2. Explain how water dictates Nya s life. What one thing most dictates your life? 3. This story describes many challenges to survival. Describe three you ve learned about so far. Do you think Salva is doing a good job learning to survive in these circumstances? Why? 4. Compare Nya s life at the lake camp with her life at home (consider the availability of water, shelter and safety).

8 A Day in the Life of Nya For 7 months out of the year, Nya walks twice a day to retrieve water from a pond. She starts early in the morning and arrives back home by noon. Then she begins her second trip to the pond and back. Nya says it will take nearly a full day of walking altogether. She walks between warring tribes and through lion country barefoot. Why is Nya chosen to fetch water instead of her brothers or one of her parents? Why does Nya s family live so far from the water? Question Quote from Book with a clue Your Answer Estimate: The amount of water Nya carries in a full container. Research: How fast the average 11 year old might walk per hour. From the Book: When does Nya finish her 1st trip? Estimate when she will finish her second trip. Research: Approximate distance from Petoskey Middle School to Boyne City, MI (use google maps) Estimate: How many miles does Nya walk each day? Estimate: How many miles does Nya walk each year? Estimate: How many miles does Nya walk each day until she turns 18? Using this information, fill in Nya s Daily Schedule below. Activity Approximate Time of Day Nya leaves her House for the pond. Nya arrives at the pond. Nya arrives back at her house. Nya eats boiled sorghum meal and milk. Nya leaves for 2 nd trip to pond with Akeer. Nya arrives at pond the 2 nd time. Nya returns home. Repeat every day for 7 months out of the year until your 18!

9 1st Trip Home and Back Time Nya leaves home at: am Time Nya leaves pond to go home at: Rate she walks: mph Rate she walks: mph Hours: hours Hours: hours 1st Trip Total Time: 1st Trip Total Distance: 2 nd Trip Home and Back Time Nya leaves home at: am Time Nya leaves pond to go home at: Rate she walks: mph Rate she walks: mph Hours: hours Hours: hours 2nd Trip Total Time: 2nd Trip Total Distance: To Sum Up Combined Trips Total Time: Combined Trips Total Distance: How many hours in you in school in one day? 783 million people do not have access to clean and safe water. 37% of those people live in Sub-Saharan Africa. The United Nations estimates that Sub-Saharan Africa alone loses 40 billion hours per year collecting water; the same as an entire year s labor in all of France! 1 and 9 people worldwide do not have access to safe and clean drinking water Source: Briefly explain why it is so important that families like Nya s have access to clean water?

10 Chapters 7-9 Discussion Questions Directions: After reading the assigned chapters, answer the following questions. 1. Fear grips Salva and without the assurances of his uncle would have driven him crazy. How does Salva overcome his fear? Have you experienced such fear and overcame it? 2. Of all the elements Salva has faced, which do you think is the worst? How could the desert be the worst? 3. How does uncle help Salva to keep walking? What might have happened to Salva without his uncle? How can you apply his uncle s strategy in your life? 4. Chapter 9 is powerful because of the difficulties Salva must overcome. What s one sentence in this chapter that best summarized the main idea and/or theme?

11 Tweet Summary on Salva Create a summary of Salva s story from chapters 7-9 in 140 characters or less.

12 Analyzing Infographic

13 Statistics: Get the Facts 783 million people do not have access to clean and safe water. 37% of those people live in Sub-Saharan Africa. 1 in 9 people worldwide do not have access to safe and clean drinking water. 443 million school days are lost each year due to water-related diseases. Half of the world's hospital beds are filled with people suffering from a water-related disease. Girls under the age of 15 are twice as likely as boys to be the family member responsible for fetching water. Less than 1 in 3 people in Sub-Saharan Africa have access to a proper toilet. 84% of the people who don't have access to improved water, live in rural areas, where they live principally through subsistence agriculture. The average container for water collection in Africa, the jerry can, weighs over 40 lbs. when full. Almost two-thirds, 64% of households rely on women to get the family's water when there is no water source in the home. Nearly 1 out of every 5 deaths under the age of 5 worldwide is due to a water-related disease. According to the World Health Organization, for every $1 invested in water and sanitation, there is an economic return of between $3 and $34! By investing in clean water alone, young children around the world can gain more than 413 million days of health! The United Nations estimates that Sub-Saharan Africa alone loses 40 billion hours per year collecting water; the same as an entire year's labor in all of France! Research has shown that for every 10% increase in women's literacy, a country's whole economy can grow by up to 0.3%. Source:

14 Directions: Use the Infographic above to answer these questions. The Stats on Clean Water According to the infographic, what percent of people do not have access to clean water? Effects of Lack of clean water According to the infographic, list three effects from lack of access to clean water. Importance of clean water According to the infographic, how does access to clean water affect education? How many hours per year are spent collecting water in Sub- Saharan Africa? What is the equivalent weight women carry in barrels of water? Summarize two more reasons why access to clean water matters? What is the theme of this infographic (remember theme is not a subject, it s an opinion of the subject). Is the information/data credible? Are sources provided? If so, what are they? Explain how infographics are easier to read than other types of text:

15 Chapters Discussion Questions Directions: After reading the assigned chapters, answer the following questions. 1. Salva has a half a gourd of water and wants to share it with the others, but Uncle says no. He later asks if he were older and stronger, would he share? What do you think he would do? 2. Why do you think that Uncle wants to go back and fight in the War and leave Salva on his own? 3. Why does the group s attitude towards Salva change? What do you think Salva will do to change their minds? 4. What event within the camp makes Salva realize that his family is gone and what memory helps him to survive in the camp?

16 Quote Analysis Each time, Salva would think of his family and his village, and he was somehow able to keep his wounded feet moving forward, one painful step at a time. Speaker and Audience: Who said this? What is the purpose? Context: What is happening in the story when it is being said? Importance: What does the quote mean? What does it reveal about the characters/conflict/theme? Connections: What does this quote mean to you? How do you see this idea in the world? How is this significant to you and/or the world?

17 Chapters Discussion Questions Directions: After reading the assigned chapters, answer the following questions. 1. Nya spends a lot of time observing The Boss. What does she observe about him and why do you think this works as a leadership style within the village? 2. When Salva begins his journey to Kenya, he meets up with other boys, eventually become their de facto leader. Compare and contrast his leadership style to that of The Boss. 3. Why do you think that Michael helped Salva? Why is it important to Salva that he learn as much as he can from Michael? 4. Who are The Lost Boys? How would you feel about going to a new country and family, if you were given the chance?

18 Paired Reading

19 1. What are similarities between Salva and Amira s living conditions? 2. How do both Salva and Amira pass the time while living at the camps? 3. How would you feel living on a camp? Explain.

20 The Lost Boys of Sudan Power Point Notes Questions 1. Who are the lost boys? 2. Where they were located? 3. What were some of their experiences? 4. What physical aspects of Sudan led to civil unrest? 5. What cultural aspects of Sudan led to civil unrest? Activity: Put yourself in the position of one of the lost boys moving to America. Write a letter to describe what your new life is like in America. Be sure to make comparisons about your new home to your former home in Africa. Also, use adjectives to describe how you feel about the move. (to be handwritten or typed depending on your teacher s instructions)

21 Chapters Discussion Questions Directions: After reading the assigned chapters, answer the following questions. 1. What do you think that Nya s father is referring to when he says Can t you guess? 2. Compare and Contrast Rochester to Salva s home. 3. Salva wants to return to his family in Sudan, but his father is against the idea? Do you think he should have ignored his father s request, so that he could see his family? 4. Water is central to everything in our story. Do you think water has the power to bring people together or drive them apart?

22 Tweet Summary Imagine you are Nya today. Flashback to , and describe how you felt in her shoes in 140 characters or less.

23 Can a Children s Book Save the World? Linda Sue Park: After your first viewing of the TED Talk, please note the following and be ready to discuss. Connections What connections do you draw between the message in this TED talk and the author s message in A Long Walk to Water? Challenges Does Linda Sue Park challenge you to question your beliefs or to think about something in a new way? Does she challenge you to take action? Compare the challenge in this talk with these guiding questions: How can an individual make an impact on a global problem? How can we work together with others to solve a problem? Concepts What was the speaker s overarching message (theme)? What ideas do you think are important and worth holding onto from the talk? Changes How has your thinking changed after watching this talk? Was it the speaker s use of logic and facts or an appeal to emotions that caused you to want to make a change in your actions, thoughts, or behavior?

24 #EndofLesson After reading the novel, A Long Walk to Water, respond to the following topics by giving appropriate #hashtags to reflect what you have learned. 1. #WhatStuckWithMe (What will you remember in the future after reading this novel?) 2. #StillThinkingAbout (What are questions that you still have related to the novel/topic?) 3. #ApplicationsToRealLife (How does what you learned apply to the world today?) 4. #ConnectedTo (What can you connect your learning to?) How would you rate this book on a scale of 1-5, with 1 being low?