Unit 14    Freedom fighters

unit 14    freedom fighters
period 1
teaching procedures;
step  i    lead-in and warming up
teacher says something about the picture. (show the picture or play a short video pro¬gram of jordan—a famous basketball player who is a black man.)
get some ss to say something about the following two pictures.
t:. many people devoted themselves to this. some were put into prison and some even lost their lives. look at the two pictures and read the notes about them. then have a discussion in groups of four. try to explain why they are great men and in which way struggle was an important part in the lives of these men.
(show the following pictures on the screen.)

martin luther king jr. born in 1929
graduation in 1955
worked in a church
organized his first actions in 1955
formed an organization for black leaders to work together in 1957
gave speech "i have a dream" in 1963 deceived the nobel prize in 1964 murdered in 1968

nelson mandela born in 1918
first actions while still at university in 1940
graduation in 1942
helped to found the anc youth league in 1944
led many peaceful actions during the 1950s
put in prison from 1962 to 1989
received the nobel prize in 1993
became the first black president of south africa from 1994                   to 1999
(give the students a few minutes to dis¬cuss the questions. then ask some of them to say their answers. )
step ii  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 black¬board 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……
step iii summary and homework
t: today, we've talked about two great men—martin luther king. jr. and nelson mandela. and we have also listened to the famous speech—i have a dream. besides, we've talked of two other great people—john brown and harriet tubman. after class, you should talk more about civil rights and freedom fighters, using the new words and expressions we've learnt in this class.