Brainstorming Being free to express your opinions Having the right to do as one pleases freedom Your opinions? Why?

Demonstration Struggle Speech Saving slaves Help them run away War Take actions Oppression is often followed by war.

Discussion What do they have in common? What was the situation like in their times? Has the situation improved?

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?

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

Interview 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? ……

Singing |: John Brown’s body lies a-mouldering in the grave, John Brown’s body lies a-mouldering in the grave. :| But his soul goes marching on. Chorus |: Glory, glory, hallelujah, :| Glory, glory, hallelujah, Glory, glory, hallelujah, His soul goes marching on.

King’s _________ in Georgia birthplace

son of a _______ in the church minister

In 1955 his first action King led the movement in Alabama, asking the blacks not to take the city buses.

In 1963 King made a ______to thousands of blacks in Washington. speech

In 1963 King led the Great March, asking for the equal civil rights.

(1) What kind of talk did Martin Luther king, Jr give? The talk he gave was a speech. (2) What was his talk about? The speech is about freedom for black people. (3) When did he give this talk? The speech was given in 1963.

 2. While listen 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

3. Listen to the tape again and complete the following sentences or parts of 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_____. ace ace ree ation

(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. ountry olor ontent haracter ing ing

Listening text President Lincoln signed the paper that gave hope to millions of Negro slaves in 1863.

the Negro still lives on a lonely island of the poor in the middle of a vast ocean of the rich.”

the hurricanes of revolution would continue to shake the foundation of the nation until the bright day of justice would come.

It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. 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.

I have a dream that my four 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.”

He also said that he hoped that one day the leader of the state, whose lips were dripping with promises, would make it possible …