Nelson Mandela a modern hero教案1

（allow the students enough time to prepare.）
t：are you ready？
ss：yes.
t：now any volunteers？
s11：i have a try.i think norman bethune is a great person because he fought against the german nazis and japanese invaders during world war ⅱ.besides，he worked in china as a doctor and saved many chinese soldiers.finally he lost his life for the liberation of chinese people.he is very unselfish.
t：very good.tom，what’s you opinion？
s12：in my opinion，gandhi is great.he gave up a rich life for his ideas and fought for his country to be free from the uk in a peaceful way.
t：well done.do you think if william tyndale is a great person，mary？
s13：i don’t think so.i think william tyndale is an important person because he just did an important thing—wrote the bible in english so all could read it.i think norman bethune，sun yat-sen，gandhi are great persons，because they devoted themselves to the liberation of mankind and they changed history while william tyndale and neil armstrong are important persons because they just did an important deed in history.
t：very good.but maybe different students have different ideas about that.do you agree nelson mandela is a great person？
ss：yes.
t：do you want to know more information about him？
ss：yes.
t：ok.let’s read the passage “elias’ story”.after you read the passage，i think you will learn a lot from it.now 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.）
1.elias met nelson mandela at school.
2.nelson mandela was a black lawyer.
3.elias was unable to read or write because he was lazy.
4.nelson mandela helped him keep his job.
5.elias was happy blowing up government buildings.
6.nelson mandela believed that black people were being treated as well as white people in south africa.
7.nelson mandela thought violence was a good way to help black people.
8.the government were happy with nelson mandela and the anc.
t：look at the first sentence，please.is it true？
s14：i think it is wrong，because elias met nelson mandela when he was a poor black worker.
t：how about the second sentence？
s15：it’s right，because in the passage we can find this sentence.it was in 1952 and he had opened a black law firm to advise poor black people on their problems.
t：very good.now who can tell us which of these sentences are correct？
s16：i think the fourth sentence is right.
t：do you agree with him/her？
ss：yes.
t：what about the third sentence？