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Martin Luther King,Jr Unit14 Freedom Fighters Reading I Have a Dream Task one: listening Listen to the tape carefully,and think of these two questions below: 1.When did Martin Luther King,Jr give his famous speech “I have a dream”? In the summer of 1963 2.When was he murdered? In 1968 Task two:Fast reading Scan the text and then fill in the table Time What did Martin Luther King. Jr do 1929 1944 1955 (when he was fifteen) 1963 1964 1965 1968 (the following year) Time 1929 1944 1955 What did Martin Luther King. Jr do was born went to university led a boycott of the bus company 1963 gave a speech “I have a dream” 1964 receive the Nobel peace Prize 1965 a new Voting Rights Bill became law 1968 was murdered Task three:Detail reading 1. How(In how many sides) did South have its own law to continue the separation of blacks and whites?(Para2) 2.What happened to Rosa Parks on December 1,1955? Then what did King do? (Para5) 3. What kind of fight did King lead ?(Para4,6) 1. How did South have its own law to continue the separation of blacks and whites? What kinds of civil rights did King want black people to get? 1).Mixed-race marriages were forbidden by law. 2).There were separate sections for blacks in shops,restaurants,hospitals and on buses and trains. .Blacks were not allowed into hotels,schools or libraries at all. .Black children were educated in separate schools . separate sections in public places 3).Black people had no right to vote. The civil rights that King wanted black people to get 1 To marry white people To be allowed to go into any sections of public places To vote 2. What happened to Rosa Parks on December 1, 1955? Then what did king do? boycott 3. What kind of fight did King lead? Peaceful action March Non-violent demonstration Speech boycott Task four:Discussion Suppose you are a girl who lives in the far countryside,and you are not allowed to go to school any more after Junior middle school,because your parents think that you are a girl and going to school for girls is useless. Do you agree?What would you do? Useful sentence structures: No,I don’t think so. For help If I were that girl,I would… Persuade parents teachers local government CCTV reporters … King led black people to fight for equal civil rights To be allowed to go into any sections of public places Peaceful action murdered In 1968, he is____________ However, his struggle had already changed the whole of society in the USA. Speech I say to you today my friends - so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." …….when we allow freedom ring - when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children - black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics - will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" Homework 1.Read the text again after class for further understanding 2.Preview the language points appeared in the text