Sirga (ATOM Study Guide)

This study guide is written for senior primary and junior secondary students and teachers in years 5–8, with english, Geography, History, Social Studies, Art/Craft and French teachers collaborating on a cross-curriculum approach to the screening and subsequent follow up activities. Ouele and Lena's village of Pama is set in the modern African country of Cote D'Ivoire (The Ivory Coast), located on the west coast of Africa. In the south, which receives heavy rainfall, there is a coastal strip and the inland is covered in tropical rainforests. the land in the south is fertile and there are large plantations of coffee, cocoa and bananas. In the drier north, there is a higher, open granite plain covered in savannah grasslands. Situated in this region of the world, Sirga is a fable about people faced with great adversity and good conquering evil.