Unit3   Fairness For All

step ⅱ lead-in
task one: fact box
t: read the following facts about martin luther king, jr and answer the questions. the major events of martin will help you know more about him.
fact box:
1. martin luther king was born on january 15, 1929.
2. montgomery bus boycott lasted 382 days. during these days of boycott,  king was arrested, his home was bombed, he was subjected to personal  abuse,  but at the same time he emerged as a negro leader of the first rank (一流的).
3. in 1957 he was elected president of the southern christian leadership conference, an organization for the now burgeoning civil rights movement.
4. between 1957 and 1968, king traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times, appearing wherever there was injustice, protest, and action; and meanwhile he wrote five books as well as numerous articles.
5. he directed the peaceful march in washington, d. c. of 250,000 people to whom he delivered his address --- "i have a dream" on the steps of the lincoln memorial.
6. he was named man of the year by time magazine in 1963.
7. at the age of thirty-five, martin luther king, jr. was the youngest man to have received the nobel  peace prize.
8. on the evening of april 4, 1968, he was murdered.
9. he became not only the symbolic leader of american blacks but also a world figure.
questions:
1. what did martin lead in montgomery, alabama?
2. what was the famous speech that martin gave in washington, d.c.?
3. where did he give "i have a dream"?
4. what great honor did martin receive in 1964?
5. how did martin die?
answers:
1. he led a boycott of the buses in montgomery from 1955 to 1956.
2. on august 28, 1963 martin gave his famous "i have a dream" speech.
3. he spoke on the steps of the lincoln memorial in washington, d.c.
4. martin was awarded the nobel prize for peace.
5. martin luther king jr. was murdered in 1968.

step ⅲ pre-reading
task one: predict and inquiry
t: look at the title --- "i have a dream", what dream did martin have?
ss: martin wanted to see equality and justice in the usa, where the black people were discriminated as the second class citizens.
t: look at the title and make up some questions on the title.
possible questions:
1. what emotion did martin want to express in his speech?
2. on what condition did martin make the speech?
3. why did he make the speech?
possible answers:
1. martin wanted to show his good will, strong wish  and desire to seek freedom, liberty and equality  for the black people.
2. martin made the speech in washington d.c., capital city of america after a march. the speech inspired the whole audience and the whole black   people.