Unit 14 Freedom fighters

1. Unit 14 Freedom fighters

2. Oprah Winfrey (TV show host) She is not just a very successful TV personality in the US, she is also a woman who has inspired millions.

3. Michael Jordan

5. What’s the impression that the blacks give on you? Black skin White teeth Strong Friendly Successful Sensitive

6. What do “freedom fighters” really mean? Freedom fighters are people who get up to fight forjustice and fair/equal treatment of a group of people.( …fight for people’s civil rights.) They mostly use non-violent actions such as protest marches, speeches, boycotts, ect.

7. Do you know any freedom fighters? Civil rights Justice injustice Peaceful action Revolution Freedom fighters Martin Luther King, Jr (马丁.路德.金)

8. Born in 1929 Graduated in 1955 Worked in a church Organized his first ______in 1955 Formed an ____________for black leaders to work together in 1957 Gave speech “_______________” in 1963 Received ____________________in 1964 ____________in 1968 actions organisation Martin Luther King, Jr I Have a Dream the Nobel Peace Price Murdered On Monday of the third week in January , …in honor of him.

9. Do you know any freedom fighters? Nelson Mandela (纳尔逊.曼德拉) The first black President of South Africa

10. Born in 1918 First actions while still at university in 1940 Graduated in 1942 Helped to found___________________ ______ in 1944 Led many ______________ during the 1950s ______________from 1962 till 1989 Received the Noble Peace Prize in 1993 Because the first black president of ____________from 1994 to 1999 African National Congress the ANC Youth League (非洲人国民大会) peaceful actions Put in prison South Africa

11. .Born in 1800 Worked as a farmer Believed that slavery was bad Made friends and lived with free black people in the 1840 Helped ________slaves in the 1850s In 1855 he and five of his sons fought to create a safe area for black people runaway John Brown

12. Born as a slave in 1820 Escaped in 1849 In 1850 a law was made toforbid people to help runaway slaves Joined an action group to help runaway slaves in 1850 Saved more than 300 slaves from 1851 to 1861 Fought in the Civil War and rescued more than 750 slaves Active in the women’s rights movements after the war Opened a home for old and poor black people in 1908 Harriet Tubman (哈丽特.塔布曼)

13. 1.What do you think of the slavery? 2.What were they in the greatest need of? cruel inhuman unequal freedom

14. (Pair work)Talking in pairs: 1. If you were a slave,what will you do for freedom? 2.Can you find good ideas to save the poor slaves? demonstration struggle Speech Saving slaves war Helpthemrunaway Takeactions Oppression is often followed by war.

15. Anti-slaverymovements The American Civil War

16. Listening Talk I have a dream!

17. 1. Listen to the tape and choose the best answer. (1)When did Martin Luther King give his talk? A.In 1863 B.In 1873 C.In 1963 (2)What kind of talk did Martin Luther King, Jr give? A. A debate B. A speech C. A report (3)What was his talk about? A. Freedom for black people B. Freedom for Negro slaves

18. 2.While listening to the tape you will hear that some phrases and short sentences repeated a few times. Write down three of them. (1)___________________. (2)___________________. (3)___________________. I have a dream Let freedom ring Free at last

19. 3.Listen to the tape again and complete the following sentences. (1)We still had to f______ the f_______ that the Negro was not f_____. (2)The hurricanes of revolution will continue to shake the foundations of the n_______. (3)My four children will one day live in a c_____ where they will not be judged by the c________ of their skin but by the c_______ of their c_________. (4) When we let freedom r________we will be able to join hands and s_______in the words of the Negro song. ace act ree ation ountry olor ontent haracter ing ing

20. 4. In the listening text you hear some words that were spoken by Martin Luther King, but also some Indirect Speech.. Paraphrase parts of the speech using Indirect Speech and complete the following sentences: (1)King said that one hundred years later black people still_______________. (2)Martin Luther King dreamt of the day when his four children_______________________________________ (3) He hoped that one day black children and ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ (3)He believed that the day would come when _________________________________. were not free would not be judged by their color of skin. White children would walk together as brothers and sisters. black people were free at last.

21. 1.As freedom fighters, Martin Luther King was murdered and Nelson Mandela was put in prison for about 30 years. Discussion Do you think it is worth while(值得的)? Are they great men? glorious(光荣的) Why do you think so? Martin Luther King, Jr stood up to fight for the rights of black people in America. Mandela fought for the freedom of black people in South Africa.

22. 2.Interview Talk about the reasons why certain things happened and how they changed the history.The following useful expressions may help you: What happened first was that … …happened as a result of … You could expect …because… That led to … One of the reasons why…is … …is often followed by … From above, we have learnt something about the following heroes or heroines. If you were a reporter, interview one of the heroes—Martin Luther king, Nelson Mandela, John Brown and heroine—Harriet Tubman. Nelson Mandela Harriet Tubman Martin Luther King John Brown