Unit 14 Freedom fighters -- Listening & Speaking

Warming-up: Brainstorming. What does “freedom” mean to you? Having the right to do as one pleases Being free to express your opinions freedom Your opinions ? Why?

Guess who he is? What kind of man is he? How was his ancestors’ life?

Born in 1918 First actions while still at university in 1940 Graduated in 1942 Helped to found the ANC Youth League in 1944 Led many peaceful actions during the 1950s Nelson Mandela

Put in prison from 1962 till 1989 Received the Noble Peace Prize in 1993 Became the first black president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999

Martin Luther King Born in 1929 Graduated in 1955 Worked in a church Organised his first action in 1955 Martin Luther King

Formed an organisation for black leaders to work together in 1957 Give speech “I Have a Dream” in 1963 Received the Nobel Peace Price in 1964 Murdered in 1968

Discussion As freedom fighters, Martin Luther King was murdered and Nelson Mandela was put in prison for about 30 years. Do you think it is worthy-while? Why do you think so?

A Brief Introduction of Martin Luther King, Jr Pre-listening : A Brief Introduction of Martin Luther King, Jr Birth: 1929, Atlanta, Georgia Career: Win an entrance prize to a college in one of the northern states at 15 Be a minister in the church in 1948 Continue his studies from 1948 to 1951 in Philadelphia Deliver the famous speech I Have A Dream on August 28, 1963 Receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 Be murdered on April 4th, 1968

Exercise 1: Answer the following questions. Listening: Exercise 1: Answer the following questions. What kind of talk did Martin Luther King, Jr give? What was his talk about? When did he give this talk? The talk he gave was a speech. The speech is about freedom for black people. The speech was given in 1963.

Exercise 2: Write down the phrases and short sentences repeated a few times in King’s speech. I have a dream. _______________________________________. Let freedom ring. Free at last.

Exercise 3: Complete the following sentences according to what you hear on the tape. We still have to ________ the __________ that the Negro was not ________. The hurricanes of revolution would continue to shake the foundations of the __________. My four children will one day live in a __________ where they will not be judged by the __________ of their skin but by the ________ of their __________. When we let freedom ________ we will b e able to join hands and __________ in the words of the old Negro song. face fact free nation country color content character ring sing

Suplement: I have a dream 1. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. 2. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice ,sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. 3. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a country where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.

Oral practice Activity 1: Introduce Martin Luther King to your partner according to the information given, ending with your own opinion about him.

Interview Activity 2: If you were a reporter, interview: Hero — John Brown Heroine —Harriet Tubman

John Brown Harriet Tubman

Useful expressions 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 …

Interview John Brown 1. Can you make a short self-introduction? 2. What do you think of slavery? 3. What did you do to help the slaves? 4. Do you fear that the slave owners will kill you? 5. Do you family support you? ……

Interview Harriet Tubman 1. As a slave, what about the living conditions of your family? 2. Why did you escape? 3. What happened after that? 4. What did you do to help other slaves? 5. Why did you do these things? ……

Sample She was born as a slave in 1820. she didn’t want to be a slave. What happened first was that she escaped to the north. She also help other slaves to run away. You could expect that led to the slave owners making a law to forbid people to help runaway slaves. After that she decided to join an underground group to help runaway slaves. As a result of it, she saved more than 300 slaves from 1851 to 1861. Then she fought in the Civil War, and rescued more than 750 slaves. As a girl, one of the reasons why she did this is that she wanted more slaves to be free, because she believed that all men are equal.

Activity 3: Choose one of the political leaders you are interested in and write a brief introduction about him or her. Three parts should be included: his / her contributions; his / her career; your opinion about his / her characters or political ideas.

Homework Talk more about civil rights and freedom fighters, using the new words learnt in this class.

Activity Three: Guessing game. Group work: Students can be divided into groups of four. Each student chooses one card and introduces the person to other students in their group. Try to guess who he / she is describing.

F T F F T Listening on Page 102. Exercise 1: Decide whether the following statements are True or False according to what you hear on the tape. The houses they lived in were in bad condition and Mrs. Baker hasn’t owned a radio up till now. Black people didn’t have many chances to enter the colleges at that time. Black people couldn’t work as waitresses , salesgirls or policemen, they could only be doctors, teachers and nurses in Britain. Black people could only have more room until white people got off the bus. It was not until late sixties that black people could vote. F T F F T

Exercise 2: What fobs could be taken and what jobs could not be taken by black men and women according to Mrs. Baker? Jobs they could not do Jobs they could do black men black women factory worker; lift boy; doctor, teacher or headmaster in black community only fireman; policeman; shop assistant nurse or teacher for white people; cook waitress; salesgirl

Activity Two: Debate. Which is more important, freedom or principles? Divide the students into two groups. They should write down their supporting details first, and then choose two or three students to state their ideas. Questioning and debating during the course are permitted. At the end of the debate students can choose best debaters. Useful expressions What happened first was that … That led to … … happened as a result of … One of the reasons why … is … You could expect … because … … is often followed by …