Unit 14 Freedom fighters
success: changed the whole society in the usa; black people started enjoying the rights
period 3
teaching procedures;
step i greetings and revision
ask the ss to say their answers one by one.
suggested answers.
1. was2. were3. what did/do black people want?4. why did you organize the alabama bus company boycott?
5. which problems did black people have in birmingham. alabama?6. why can't black people wait a bit longer?
7. which nobel prize did you win?
ask some pairs to act out their dia¬logues.
step ii word study
suggested answers to ex1 onp.29
1. slavery 2. forbidden 3. sections 4. demand 5. boycotts
ex 2. discuss the sentences with your partner to see which words should be chosen, and then translate them into chinese,
(allow the students a few minutes to prepare and then check the answers with the whole class.) suggested answers
1. separate; separate; separation2. politics; political3. achieve; achievement4. law; lawyer5. employed; employment
step iii grammar
the passive voice. turn to page 30. look at the first exercise. finish it first and then check answers with partners.
(allow the students a moment to finish the task and then check the answers with the whole class.)
suggested answers;
1. they are not treated as equal citizens in the southern states in the 1950s,
2. they were separated from white people in shops* restaurants, hospitals, buses, trains .etc,
3. they were educated in separated schools.
4. they were given no right to vote.
5. a new civil rights act was passed in 1964.enabling black people to vote.
finish the second exercise on page 30. (students are given a few minutes to finish the exercises and then some of them are asked to say their answers. finally, teacher checks the answers with the whole class.)
suggested answers:
1. rosa parks, who refused to stand up for a white man .was arrested (by the police).
2. many speeches against racial discrimi¬nation have been made (by civil rights activists).
3. more than 100 demonstrators were arrested and two were killed.
4. the whole society has greatly been changed in the usa.
5. martin luther king jr. will always be remembered.
6. the civil rights activists were put into prison.
step iv test
(teacher writes the following on the blackboard.)
1. at that time in the southern states, blacks ____(treat) as equal citi¬zens.
2. blacks ____ (allow) into hotels, schools or libraries for white people.
3. black people ____(should separate) but(should treat ) with respect,