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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

1. Martin Luther King, Jr. went to 1. Martin Luther King, Jr. went to university when he was eighteen.university when he was eighteen.

2.Black people refused to take buses for 2.Black people refused to take buses for more than 18 months.more than 18 months.

3.Black girls could not marry white boys.3.Black girls could not marry white boys.4.Rose Parks was arrested for hitting a 4.Rose Parks was arrested for hitting a

white boys.white boys.5. The Civil Rights Act was passed 5. The Civil Rights Act was passed

in1965.in1965.

Fast-reading

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Scan the reading passage and decide which of the following sentences are true.

What happened in the following What happened in the following time?time?

19291929

19551955

19631963

19641964

19651965

19681968

King was born

gave the speech “I have a dream”

King received the Nobel Prize for Peace Civil Rights Act was passed

Voting Rights Bill became law

King was murdered

Led a boycott of the bus company, lasted 381, won at last.

Why did Martin Luther King

fight for civil rights for black

people?

Careful reading

Reasons

separation ofblacks and whites

mixed race marriages forbidden

no right to vote

shops

restaurants hospitals buses/trains

schools

Main idea of each paragraph

ParagraParagraphph

Main IdeaMain Idea

thethe backgroundbackground of the speech of the speech

King’s King’s actionaction against racial against racial discriminationdiscrimination

the famous the famous speechspeech “I have a dream”“I have a dream”

Martin Luther King’s Martin Luther King’s messagemessage

King’s King’s deathdeath

King’s King’s successsuccess

King’s King’s opinionopinion

Rosa Parks’Rosa Parks’ event event

2

6

1

3

8

74

5

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

1.Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for the 1.Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for the civil rights of black people in America. civil rights of black people in America. Which civil rights did he want black Which civil rights did he want black people to get?people to get?

Discussion

political rights

voting rightsequal 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 ______________ skin color, blacks and whites should _____________. He was the 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 _____________ . He showed that there are other ways of fighting, by non-violent peaceful means. In 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.

regardless of join hands

in part

set an example

_______________, he led many more peaceful demonstrations against racial discrimination. In his lifetime, Dr. King was arrested and ___________ 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”

From then on

put in prison