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Andrea Davis PinkneyA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
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Short Answer
1. Locate the country of Sudan on a world map and take note of its neighboring countries. What do you know about the culture of Sudan? Who are the Janjaweed, and what role have they played in the country’s history?
Teaching Suggestion: The Red Pencil takes place within the specific sociohistorical context of the Sudanese government-backed Janjaweed attacks on villages in Darfur. Establishing the location of Sudan on the world map will help students comprehend how the country is composed of people of both Arab and African ethnicities; this provides history context for the Janjaweed and why the group initially emerged.
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