Unit 14 Freedom fighters教案

suggested answers;

1. blacks were not treated equally. the south had its own laws to continue the separation of blacks and whites. mixed-race marriages were forbidden by law. there were separate sections for blacks in public places. blacks were not allowed to get into hotels, schools or libraries. black children were educated in separate schools. black people had no right to vote.2. it tells us that thousands of black peo­ple marched on washington d. c. the capital of the usa in the summer of 1963, when martin luther king, jr. spoke to them at a meeting. his speech—"i have a dream"—spoke out the minds of the black people. inspired by his speech, people continued to struggle and succeeded in the end. soon he and his speech became known to the people all over the world.

3. he wanted black people to be treated equally as the whites. black people should not be separated but should be treated with respect in the same way as other people. they should have the right to vote.

4. in december 1955, king organized a boycott of the bus company and suc­ceeded after 381 days. later he led a new revolution to improve the housing condition for blacks in birmingham. in 1963.he led the march on washington d. c. as a result of that in the follow­ing year a new civil rights act was passed and in 1965 a new voting right bill became law.

to help the ss better understand the pas­sage, explain some words and ex­pressions

(show the following on the screen, and explain them to the students.)

useful words and expressions!

1. forbid

e. g. i forbid you to stay out after midnight.

he forbids smoking during office hours,

2. set an example to

e. g. tom worked hard and set a good example to his classmates,

3. demand

e. g. he demanded to be told every­thing.

they demanded that the right to vote (should) be given to every adult man.

4. achieve

e. g. achieve some victories, success, one's aims/purpose/goal achieve a lot, little, nothing, a great deal, etc.

step v  listening and reading

play the tape twice for ss. when playing it for the first time, listen carefully and pay attention to the pronunciation and in­tonation. when playing it for the second time, read after the tape. then read the text aloud by themselves

step vi  summary and homework

t: today, we've learnt a text "i have a dream". from this passage we've got a lot of information about a famous free­dom fighter—martin luther king jr. now, please look at the blackboard. make notes about him in the listed years and tell his belief and success. (teacher writes the years on the blackboard and gives the students some time to finish the task. then asks some students to write their answers on the blackboard.