Unit 14 Freedom fighters
I. Teaching Goals
1. Talk about civil rights and freedom fighters.
2. Express logical relations.
3. Review the Passive Voice.
4. Practise argumentative writing.
II. Teaching Time: Five periods
The First Period
Teaching Aims:
1. Learn and master the new words and expressions in this period.
2. Talk about civil rights and freedom fighters to improve the students' speaking ability.
3. Do some listening practice to improve the students' listening ability.
4. Learn about some freedom fighters.
Teaching Important Points;
1. Talk about a favourite topic to improve the students' speaking ability.
2. Enable the students to grasp the main points in a listening material.
Teaching Difficult Points:
1. Help the students to improve their listening ability.
2. Help the students to express their own opinions and ideas.
Teaching Methods;
1. Talking method to improve the students' speaking ability.
2. Pair work or group work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Aids:
1. the multimedia
2. the blackboard
Teaching Procedures;
Step I Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual.
Step II Lead-in and Warming up
Teacher says something about the picture. (Show the picture or play a short video program of Jordan—a famous basketball player who is a black man.)
Get some Ss to say something about the following two pictures.
T:. Many people devoted themselves to this. Some were put into prison and some even lost their lives. Look at the two pictures and read the notes about them. Then have a discussion in groups of four. Try to explain why they are great men and in which way struggle was an important part in the lives of these men.
(Show the following pictures on the screen.)

Martin Luther King Jr. Born in 1929
Graduation in 1955
Worked in a church
Organized his first actions in 1955
Formed an organization for black leaders to work together in 1957
Gave speech "I have a dream" in 1963 deceived the Nobel Prize in 1964 Murdered in 1968

Nelson Mandela Born in 1918
First actions while still at university in 1940
Graduation in 1942
Helped to found the ANC Youth League in 1944
Led many peaceful actions during the 1950s
Put in prison from 1962 to 1989
Received the Nobel Prize in 1993
Became the first black president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999
(Give the students a few minutes to discuss the questions. Then ask some of them to say their answers. )
Martin Luther King Jr. is great. He worked for the freedom of all the blacks. He was born in 1929. After he graduated in 1955, he worked in a church and he organized his first actions in the same year. Two years later, he formed an organization for black leaders to work together. In 1963, he gave the famous speech "I have a dream". Because of his success in his work, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Unfortunately he was murdered in 1968.
About Nelson Mandela: He was the first black president in South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was born in 1918. He worked for the equal rights for the blacks of South Africa for many years. As early as in 1940, while he was still at university, he took his first actions. In 1944, he helped to found the ANC Youth League. During the 1950s, he led many peaceful actions. He was hated by his enemies and he had been kept a prisoner from 1962 to 1989. But he never gave up the struggle for the freedom of all the blacks, so he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. After he left his office, he has done much for the poor, especially the children. He also works for the equal rights of all the people and he wants a world without hunger and war,
Step III Listening
Before you listen to the tape, the Ss should go through the exercises on Page 25 and Page 26 first.
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