Lesson Plans

War and Famine

A woman with her child in the International Medical Corps hospital in Juba, South Sudan. Image by Jane Ferguson. South Sudan, 2017.

A woman with her child in the International Medical Corps hospital in Juba, South Sudan. Image by Jane Ferguson. South Sudan, 2017. 

A child in South Sudan. South Sudan, 2017.

A child in South Sudan. South Sudan, 2017.

South Sudan, 2017.

South Sudan, 2017.

South Sudan, 2017.

South Sudan, 2017.

Still from the PBS NewsHour broadcast on May 1, 2017.

Internally displaced South Sudanese walk past a U.N. peacekeeper in Bentiu. Image by Cassandra Vinograd. South Sudan, 2016.

Internally displaced South Sudanese walk past a U.N. peacekeeper in Bentiu. Image by Cassandra Vinograd. South Sudan, 2016.

Elizabeth poses for a photo on Dec. 15, 2015 at the U.N. base in Bentiu, South Sudan. She fled recent fighting in Leer County. Image by Cassandra Vinograd. South Sudan, 2016.

Elizabeth poses for a photo on Dec. 15, 2015 at the U.N. base in Bentiu, South Sudan. She fled recent fighting in Leer County. Image by Cassandra Vinograd. South Sudan, 2016.

Raby, 8 years old, at the transit center of Wau, Northern Bar el Ghazal, that welcomes the returnees from the North and the IDPs (internally displaced persons) who fled fighting in Abyei between the armed forces of Sudan and South Sudan. Image by Cédric Gerbehaye. South Sudan, 2012.

A child from Sudan's Nuba Mountains shows signs of severe malnutrition in a feeding center at the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan. Image by Trevor Snapp. Sudan, 2012.

Cattle camp of Bir-Diak of the Pakam clan of the Dinka tribe, Rumbek North country, Lakes State. During the civil war cattle keepers were forced to carry the weapons and ammunition for the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). Since the peace agreement of 2005, it has been easy to obtain weapons left over from Sudan’s civil war. Image by Cédric Gerbehaye. South Sudan, 2012.

Sudanese people who fled the Nuba Mountains line up to be registered at the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan. Image by Trevor Snapp. Sudan, 2012.

Bir-Diak cattle camp of the Pakam clan of the Dinka tribe, Lakes State. The social structures of the pastoralist societies are based on the possession and successful retention of cattle. Image by Cédric Gerbehaye. South Sudan, 2012.

Sudanese families from Tess now live in caves after their town was destroyed by bombs dropped by the Sudan Armed Forces. They survive on leaves from trees and what little grains they have left. As much as 50 percent of the population has left for the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan. Image by Trevor Snapp. Sudan, 2012.

Bir-Diak cattle camp of the Pakam clan of the Dinka tribe, Lakes State. Cattle keepers refused to surrender their weapons during the last disarmament program because they have to remain armed to defend themselves during cattle raids that cost many lives each year. Image by Cédric Gerbehaye. South Sudan, 2012.

Familes from the town of Tess now living in caves survive on boiling leaves from trees and what little grains they have left. Image by Trevor Snapp. Sudan, 2012.

Sunday mass at the church of Gogrial in the Warab State. Southern Sudan is mainly Christian-animist. Image by Cédric Gerbehaye. South Sudan, 2012.

Nubans pile onto the back of a truck heading towards Yida refugee camp in South Sudan. The numbers of Sudanese arriving at Yida is dramtically increasing each week, according to medics working at the camp. Image by Trevor Snapp. Sudan, 2012.

A mother with her child in the hospital of Pibor in Jonglei State. Maternal mortality rates in South Sudan are among the world’s highest. Image by Cédric Gerbehaye. South Sudan, 2012.

A girl holds her malnourished brother after hiking for days with her family to get to Yida camp for food and treatment. Image by Trevor Snapp. Sudan, 2012.

Inside Juba’s prison. Rehabilitation of the prison is supported by the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and is part of the capacity-building efforts in South Sudan. Image by Cédric Gerbehaye. South Sudan, 2012.

Rebel fighters of the SPLA-North prepare for an attack on a garrison of the Sudan army in Talodi. The rebels say they have armed themselves with weapons they captured from the army in previous battles. Image by Trevor Snapp. Sudan, 2012.

A young boy, with an amputated leg due to lack of care after being bitten by a snake, stands on the banks of the Gilo River, Jonglei State. Access to health care is a major challenge for South Sudan. Image by Cédric Gerbehaye. South Sudan, 2012.

Rebel fighters from SPLA-North move from the frontline near Talodi in Sudan's South Kordofan state. Image by Trevor Snapp. Sudan, 2012.

A woman waiting for consultation at Aweil hospital, Northern Bahr-El-Ghazal State. South Sudan has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world–with one in seven women likely to die due to pregnancy-related causes. Image by Cédric Gerbehaye. South Sudan, 2012.

SPLA-North General Abdulaziz Adam Al-Hilu, who is working to unite his rebels with other Sudanese rebel groups fighting against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's government. Image by Trevor Snapp. Sudan, 2012.

Students in a village school in Owachi, located next to the Nile, in the Upper Nile State. Women's literacy in South Sudan stands at 16 percent. A 15-year-old girl has a greater chance of dying in childbirth than of completing her education. Image by Cédric Gerbehaye. South Sudan, 2012.

New SPLA-North trainees march during drills at their camp in the Nuba Mountains. Image by Trevor Snapp. Sudan, 2012.

Before Sunday prayer at the Catholic Church of Mary in Abyei. Image by Cédric Gerbehaye. South Sudan, 2012.

Abdellah Kuma looks after his daughter Orchelim. She just had her right arm amputated. Her house at Al Buram in the Nuba Mountains in Southern Khordofan, Sudan, was bombarded by the SAF (Sudanese Armed Forces) while she was preparing breakfast for her family. Image by Cédric Gerbehaye. South Sudan, 2011.

From his desk, the shopkeeper of Geng Petroleum gas station observes his customers the day after the gas station opened. This is the first gas station owned by a Bentiu inhabitant, Unity State. Image by Cédric Gerbehaye. South Sudan, 2012.

Educator Notes: 

This is the first draft of an Economics lesson exploring the causes of famine.

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