Enjoy it:

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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.
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Unit14 Freedom Fighter reading
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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.
• 2.Black people refused to take buses for more
  than 18 months.
• 3.Black girls could not marry white boys.
• 4.Rose Parks was arrested for hitting a white
  boys.
• 5. The Civil Rights Act was passed in1965.

(F)
(T)
(F)
(F)
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What happened in the following time?
1929 1955 1963 1964 1965 1968
King was born
Led a boycott of the bus company, lasted 381, won
at last.
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
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Careful reading
Why did Martin Luther King fight for civil rights
for black people?
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no right to vote
mixed race marriages forbidden
Reasons
separation of blacks and whites
schools
shops
restaurants
buses/trains
hospitals
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Main idea of each paragraph
Paragraph Main Idea
the background of the speech
Kings action against racial discrimination
the famous speech I have a dream
Martin Luther Kings message
Kings death
Kings success
Kings opinion
Rosa Parks event
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6
1
3
8
7
4
5
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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
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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
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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
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Interview
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?

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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
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From then on
_______________, 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
put in prison
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Thank You
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