GOD GREW TIRED OF US

A National Geographic Film

Pre-Viewing Questions

After seeing the film posters… What are you thinking this

will be about? What does the statement,

“God grew tired of us” bring to mind? How does it make you feel? What inferences can you

make about the film?

Key Terms & Ideas

Civil war: conflict between groups in the same country or nation.

Culture: learned behavior of people, including their languages, belief systems, social structures, institutions, and material goods.

Cultural identity: the way a person views themselves in relation to the learned characteristics and behaviors of a group or community.

Key Terms & Ideas

Human migration: the movement of people from one place to another.

Refugee: person who flees their home, usually due to natural disaster or political upheaval.

Resettlement: transportation of people to a new residential area, usually following a natural or man-made disaster.

Peter Pan’s Lost Boys

Peter Pan and his friends formed a family and took care of each other in Never-Never Land. There was a group of over 25,000 young men who

ran away from a civil war. These young men trekked across sub-Saharan Africa in search of safety, and eventually found homes in the United States.

Relief workers called them the “Lost Boys” after the characters in the Barrie novel; the group is now known collectively as “The Lost Boys of Sudan.”

Clip/Day #1

Sudan and the War Who are the lost boys?

Refugee Camp Coming to America

“Lost Boys” Government Letter

Clip/Day #2

Adjusting and Adapting to America Culture and Identity

What does it mean to “lose your culture”? How/Why was this an important idea in the

film? How can you connect these ideas with those

we discussed with “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan? How can you connect these ideas with your

own life?

Day #3: Current Status and Issues

“Hope is never lost.”--John Dau

The John Dau Foundation is fulfilling the dream of the former “Lost Boy” and genocide survivor John Dau to provide healthcare in the war-torn region of South Sudan by building and sustaining medical clinics and training community health workers.

Would you pass the test?

Look over the 100 citizenship questions on the handout provided: How many would you get correct? What difficulties might a potential citizen

have with this exam?