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Enjoy it: I have a dream that one day on the red hill of Georgia the sons of the former slaves and the sons of the 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. …… Unit14 Freedom Fighter reading Fast-reading Scan the reading passage and decide which of the following sentences are true. (F) 1. Martin Luther King, Jr. went to university when he was eighteen. (F) 2.Black people refused to take buses for more than 18 months. (T) 3.Black girls could not marry white boys. (F) 4.Rose Parks was arrested for hitting a white boys. (F)5. The Civil Rights Act was passed in1965. What happened in the following time? 1929 King was born 1955 Led a boycott of the bus company, lasted 381, won at last. gave the speech “I have a dream” 1963 1964 King received the Nobel Prize for Peace Civil Rights Act was passed 1965 Voting Rights Bill became law 1968 King was murdered Careful reading Why did Martin Luther King fight for civil rights for black people? mixed race marriages forbidden no right to vote Reasons separation of blacks and whites schools shops restaurants hospitals buses/trains Main idea of each paragraph Main Idea Paragrap h 2 the background of the speech 6 1 3 8 7 4 5 King’s action against racial discrimination the famous speech “I have a dream” Martin Luther King’s message King’s death King’s success King’s opinion Rosa Parks’ event Post reading If you were asked to move paragraph 1 to another place in the reading passage, where would it be better? Between Para.6 and 7 Discussion 1.Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for the civil rights of black people in America. Which civil rights did he want black people to get? voting rights equal rights political rights 2.King believed that he could reach his goal through peaceful actions, not through violence . Give three examples of such peaceful actions. (1)write letters (2) march on (3) boycott Imagine that the year is 1966 and that you are a television reporter.Interview Martin Luther King, Jr, using the phrases below. 1.What is life in the southern states like? 2.What are some of the problems that black people have? 3.What do black people want? 4.Why do you organise the Alabama bus company boycott? 5.Which problems do black people have in Birmingham ,Alabama? 6.Which Nobel Prize did you win? Fill in the blanks with phrases from the text.(P105) Martin Luther King. Jr. was an extraordinary man. He believed that ______________ regardless of skin color, blacks and whites should _____________. He was the join hands driving force in the push for racial equality during the 1950s and 1960s. To many people, struggle meant violence. To him, this was only true in part _____________ . He showed that there are other ways of fighting, by non-violent peaceful means. In set an example this, he _________________. Dr. King led a boycott of a bus company that had ordered a black woman off a bus because she refused to give up her seat to a white man. From then on _______________, he led many more peaceful demonstrations against racial discrimination. In his lifetime, Dr. King was arrested and put ___________ in prison several times, but neither prisons nor threats to his life could stop him. He called on all people with a sense of justice to be united in the peaceful struggle for justice and equality. He is especially remembered for leading the “March on Washington” in 1963, ending with his famous speech “ I have a dream”