Unit3   Fairness For All

step ii   pre-reading
task one: brainstorm background information
t: what happened in picture one?
ss: a black man suffered beatings and was injured seriously.
t: picture two was the poor area where most black people lived. what kind of condition did they live in?
ss: they lived a hard life. their houses were shabby and rubbish could be seen everywhere.
t: from picture three we can see a sign "white waiting room", why was there such a sign?
ss: before 1950s in most southern states the government carried out the separation policy. the black people were not allowed to mix with the white  people. therefore they were restricted to use poor and uncomfortable public facilities.
t: what conclusions can you draw from these three pictures?
ss: the black people were discriminated by the white people and the government.
task two: find the facts
t: look at the facts below and find out what were the restrictions that the black people suffered before the civil rights movement?
sa: the black people were not regarded as full citizens. their rights were strongly restricted and the whole social system was not in favor of the black   people.
sb: there were obvious different treatment for black people and white people.  the black people must sit at the back of buses or trolleybuses; they go to special schools for blacks and they take jobs with lower pay than whites.
task three: "experience" the poor life of black people
t: if you were a black young student, you would have to go to a far-away school for schooling. on your way from and to school you would often be   bullied by the white students. how would you feel if you suffered such unfair treatment?
sa: i would feel very angry and take up actions to fight for better and fairer treatment.
sb: l would feel it's unfair and find it hard to accept such a fact, because people in the same society should enjoy equal rights whatever their color is.
t: the black people shared the same feeling with you. they also wanted to find a way out of their bad situations.

step iii   while-reading
task one:  predict the content according to the title ( top - down)
t: in china, it is said: "where there is oppression, there is rebellion." the black people suffered such unfair treatment. they had to fight for equality. there came a revolution. please look at the title of the reading the start of the civil rights movement and guess who started the civil rights movement.
sa: it should be the black people in the usa.
t: yes. you're right. what was the civil rights movement about?