Unit 5 Nelson Mandela
-a modern hero
Period I Warming up, Pre-reading, and Reading
warm-hearted
devoted
selfless
Generous
cruel
mean
selfish
determined
He wrote the Bible in English so all could Read it. He died for his ideas but his work was later used in the Bible.
William Tyndale
(1494-1536)
Britain
Norman Bethune
(1890-1939)
Canada
He fought against the German Nazis and Japanese invaders during WWII. He worked in China as a doctor and saved many Chinese soldiers.
Sun Yat-sen
(1866-1925)
China
He founded the first Republic in China
in 1911 after many years’ fighting. He
Strongly believed in the three principles:nationalism; people’s rights; people’s livelihood.
Gandhi
(1869-1948)
India
He gave up a rich way for his ideas and fought for his country to be free from the UK in a peaceful way. He is called “Father of India”.
1940 completed law degree
1944 formed ANC Youth League
1952 Set up law office to help poor black people in Johannesburg
1962 sentenced to five years hard labour
1963 ANC began to blow up buildings
1964-1990 stayed in the prison
1993 won the Nopel Peace Prize
1994 became President of South Africa
Fast Reading
Para 1 Black people’s rights
Para 2 Elias’ Self-introduction
Para 3 Mandela helped Elias
Para 5 Elias’ true feeling and actions
Para 7 Elias’ trouble –Poor education and job
Pare 4 and 6 Mandela’s speeches
Step IV Skimming
1. Who is Elias?
He is a poor black worker in south African.
2. Why did Elias need help from Nelson Mandela?
Because he had very little education and he can’t get a passbook to live in Johannesburg.
3. What advice did Mandela give to Elias?
Mandela told Elias how to get the correct papers so he could stay in Johannesburg.
4. What organization did Elias join?
ANC Youth League
5. How is the life of black people in South Africa?
Paragraph 5
6. Why did he support violence when he did not agree with it?
Because he knew it would help us achieve our dream of making black and white people.
True or False?
1.Elias went to see Nelson Mandela when he was in trouble.
2.Elias left school because the school was too far from his home.
3.Nelson Mandela helped him keep his job.
4.Elias trusted Nelson Mandela and he joined the ANC Youth League.
5.Elias was willing to blow up government buildings.
6.Nelson Mandela thought violence was a good way to help black people.
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F
two
the school fees
the bus fare
passbook to live
losing
leaving there
turned to
ANC Youth League
blow up
buildings
black lawyer
poor black people
legal problems
equal rights
vote
their leaders
the jobs
the poorest parts
rights
violence with violence
Role- playing
Suppose that you were Mandela, with the help of the textbook ,try to give a speech to the black people to encourage them to fight against unfairness in the law.
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. - Martin Luther King
homework
Read the rest of Elias story on P38
Thank you!