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Burma (Myanmar),[object Object],Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins,[object Object]
Modern Burma,[object Object],Slightly smaller than Texas in size, the country of Burma shares borders with India, Laos, China, Bangladesh, Thailand and the Bay of Bengal.,[object Object],The country was once described as the “rice bowl of Asia” and enjoyed one of the highest literacy rates. in Southeast Asia.,[object Object],Sadly that didn’t last…. ,[object Object]
Today about 90% of Burma’s people live at or below the poverty line. ,[object Object],The country’s health system is ranked 2nd worst in the world.,[object Object],About 10% of children die before the age of 5.,[object Object],The literacy rate has been plummeting each year.,[object Object],So how did the region’s “rice bowl” become a place of suffering, disease and hunger? It’s a story of injustice and corruption…,[object Object]
Burma in the 1950s and 1960s,[object Object],Once ruled by Britain, Burma became an independent democracy in 1948,[object Object],Ethnic groups (like the Karen and the Shan) wanted to keep their independence and avoid being controlled by the Burmese majority.,[object Object], In 1962, military leaders staged a coup and took over the country (coup = a sudden attempt to seize power),[object Object],Things went from bad to worse….,[object Object]
From “bad” to “worse”…,[object Object],The army shut down free elections, took over newspapers and businesses,[object Object],The army prevented people from communicating freely and coming together to peacefully protest,[object Object],People tried to resist but the military brutally crushedstudent and worker protests in the 1960s and 70s,[object Object],The government tortured anyone brave enough to speak out,[object Object]
Ethnic groups in trouble,[object Object],The army tortures and kills members of minority ethnic groups, uses them for hard labor, and burns their villages,[object Object],Thousands of people hide in the jungle and others flee to the border of Thailand to seek shelter in refugee camps,[object Object],About 140,000 refugees live in 9 camps along the Thai-Burma border,[object Object],Since 2004, over 50,000 refugees from Burma have resettled in the US, Canada and Australia,[object Object]
Population & GOvernment,[object Object],http://country-facts.findthebest.com/compare/1-125/United-States-vs-Myanmar,[object Object]
WHY DID MitaliperkinswrIteBamboo People?,[object Object],Bamboo People is set along the Thai-Burma border and features two one male protagonists.For three years Ms. Perkins, her husband and her children lived in Chiang Mai, Thailand. While they were there they visited the Karenni refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border.,[object Object],She began to understand how tough life is for Burmese teenagers.,[object Object]
Teenage life in BUrma,[object Object],[object Object]
Most teenagers can’t find jobs

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