Unit 14    Freedom fighters

step iv the design of the writing on the blackboard
unit 14    freedom fighters
the first period
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……

period 2
teaching procedures:
step i  greetings and revision
step ii  pre-reading
today, we'll read more about freedom fighters. turn to page 27 and have a look at the pictures. have a short discussion in pairs and describe what you sec to each other. (students practise for a moment and then teacher asks some of them to describe the pictures.)
description of the first picture:
the first picture shows us a terrible scene. in the picture we can see the nazi soldiers arrest a large group of people. this happened between the year 1933 and 1945. during that period, adolph hitler controlled germany. he invaded some countries and killed as many as twelve million persons, most of whom were jews, captured soldiers and common peo¬ple.
description of the second picture:
the second picture is about the southern states in the usa. during 1900 —1968. though slaves in the usa were set free in 1865, they didn't get equal i rights until 1965. before that, they didn't ' have the rights to vote and were treated unfairly. the blacks and whites couldn't go to the same schools. there were separate sections for blacks in public places.
description of the third picture:
the third picture is about south af¬rica. in 1990, mandela was set free and was elected the first black president of south africa in 1994. before that, the lo¬cal people there had no equal rights. they were ruled by the whites and were looked down upon.
step iii  fast reading
read the passage quickly and decide which of the sentences on the screen are true. (show the following sentences on the screen and give the students several minutes to finish the task.)
decide which of the following sentences are true,
1. martin luther king jr. was born in 1865.
2. black people refused to take buses for more than 18 months.
3. black girls could not marry white boys.
4. king spent some time in prison.
5. martin luther king jr. died of canc¬er in washington.

step iv  reading and understanding
read the text again and discuss the questions on the screen with partners. (show the following on the screen.)
discuss the following;
l. what was the situation for the blacks in the southern states at that time?