Unit 14 Freedom fighters教案

martin lu­ther king jr. is great. he worked for the freedom of all the blacks. he was born in 1929. after he graduated in 1955, he worked in a church and he organized his first actions in the same year. two years later, he formed an organization for black leaders to work together. in 1963, he gave the famous speech "i have a dream". because of his success in his work, he received the nobel peace prize in 1964. unfortu­nately he was murdered in 1968.

about nelson mandela: he was the first black president in south africa from 1994 to 1999. he was born in 1918. he worked for the equal rights for the blacks of south africa for many years. as early as in 1940, while he was still at university, he took his first actions. in 1944, he helped to found the anc youth league. during the 1950s, he led many peaceful actions. he was hated by his enemies and he had been kept a prison­er from 1962 to 1989. but he never gave up the struggle for the freedom of all the blacks, so he received the nobel peace prize in 1993. after he left his office, he has done much for the poor, especially the children. he also works for the equal rights of all the people and he wants a world without hunger and war,

step iii  listening

before you listen to the tape, the ss should go through the exercises on page 25 and page 26 first.

(allow the students a couple of minutes to prepare.)

ask the ss to listen to the tape carefully when i play it for the first time. the second time i play it, the ss should write down the answers quickly. after that, check their answers when the tape is played a third time. finally they may have a short discus­sion in pairs.

(play the tape for students to listen and finish the exercises. at last, check the answers together with the whole class. )

step iv  speaking

just now, we talked about two great men, and now we will talk about two other famous people—john brown and harriet tub man. please turn to page 26 and read the notes about them. work in groups of three. discuss the lives of them and talk about the reason why certain things happened and how they changed history. the useful expressions will be helpful . (write the following on the black­board and allow the students enough time to practise their dialogues. finally ask a pair to act out their dialogue.)

useful expressions:

what happened first was that……

---happened as a result of……

you could expect……because……

that led to……

one of the reason why-is……

……is often followed by……

sample dialogue: