1、B R _ main,English Song Abraham, Martin & John,Text Prediction,Background Information,B R _ English Song _ main,English Song Abraham, Martin & John,Read the Script of the Song,People in the Song,Think While Listening,B R _ Background Information _ main,Background Information,Timeline of Slavery,The
2、Underground Railroad,Map Reading,Uncle Toms Cabin,B R _ Think While Listening,Think While Listening,Listen to the song Abraham, Martin & John, sung by Dion, and think about the following questions.,1. A few names are mentioned in this song. Can you make out who these people are?,They are Abraham Lin
3、coln, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy.,Clues: They are all Americans. All died young. They freed a lot of people.,2. Do you know why they all died young? 3. Whom did they free?,B R _ Read the Script of the Song 1,Abraham, Martin & John,Has anybody here, Seen my old friend Abrah
4、am? Can you tell me, where hes gone? He freed a lot of people, But it seems the good they die young, You know, I just looked around, And hes gone.Anybody here, Seen my old friend John? Can you tell me, where hes gone?,Read the Script of the Song,B R _ Read the Script of the Song 2,He freed a lot of
5、people, But it seems the good they young, I just looked around, And hes gone.Anybody here, Seen my old friend Martin? Can you tell me, where hes gone? He freed a lot of people, But it seems the good they die young, I just looked around, And hes gone.,B R _ Read the Script of the Song 3,Didnt you lov
6、e the things that they stood for? Didnt they try to find some good for you and me? And well be free, Someday soon its gonna be one day .Anybody here, Seen my old friend Bobby? Can you tell me, where hes gone?I thought I saw him walkin up over the hill, With Abraham, Martin and John.,B R _ People in
7、the Song 1,1. Abraham Lincoln,Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the US. As President, he issued The Emancipation Proclamation (解放黑人奴隶宣言) that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy (南部邦联).,People in the Song,During the Civil War Lincoln stated most movingly in dedicat
8、ing the military cemetery at Gettysburg: “that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”,B R _ People in the Son
9、g 2,On April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated at Fords Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, who somehow thought he was helping the South. The opposite was the result, for with Lincolns death, the possibility of peace died.,On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first th
10、ousand days in office, John F. Kennedy was killed by an assassins bullets as his motorcade (汽车队) wound through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die.,B R _ People in the Song 3,2. John F. Kennedy,John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the thirty-fifth preside
11、nt of the US. In his Inaugural Address (就职演说) he said: “Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country.” As President, he took vigorous action in the cause of equal rights, calling for new civil rights legislation.,Dr. King was a pivotal (关键) figure in the Civil Rights
12、 Movement. His lectures and dialogues stirred (激起) the concern and sparked the conscience of a generation.In one of his speeches, he said, “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged,judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their
13、character. I have a dream today. I have a dream that . one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with the little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today.”,B R _ People in the Song 4,3. Martin Luther King,Dr. King was
14、 shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. Dr. King was in Memphis to help lead sanitation workers in a protest against low wages and intolerable working conditions.,B R _ People in the Song 5,Kennedy enforced a Federal court order admitting the
15、 first African American student James Meredith to the University of Mississippi. The riot (暴动) that had followed Merediths registration (注册) had left two dead and hundreds injured. Robert Kennedy saw voting as the key,B R _ People in the Song 6,4. Bobby Kennedy,Bobby Kennedy or Robert F. Kennedy, wa
16、s the brother of President John F. Kennedy. He was appointed attorney general (司法部长) of the United States in the early 1960s. In September 1962, Attorney General,to racial (种族的) justice (正义) and collaborated (合作) with President Kennedy when he proposed the most far-reaching civil rights statute sinc
17、e Reconstruction, The Civil Rights Act of 1964, passed after President Kennedy was slain on November 22, 1963. Robert Francis Kennedy was slain on June 5, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. He was 42 years old. Although his life was cut short, Robert Kennedys vision and ideals
18、live on today.,B R _ People in the Song 7,1. What is an underground railroad in the normal sense? 2. What is this underground railroad special for? 3. Can you imagine what this railroad was built for?,B R _ Text Prediction 1,Text Prediction,Read the introductory part of the text and think about the
19、following questions.,In 2004 a center in honor of the “underground railroad” opens in Cincinnati. The railroad was unusual. It sold no tickets and had no trains. Yet it carried thousands of passengers to the destination of their dreams.,B R _ Text Prediction 2,4. What probably are the dreams of the
20、passengers? 5. What probably is the destination of their dreams? 6. What is the text probably about?,B R _ Map Reading 1,Map Reading,Read the following three maps and answer the following questions.,Click to see big picture.,B R _ Map Reading 2,1. Find the following states:,Alabama, Arkansas, Florid
21、a, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia.,2. Which states are most densely populated with slaves?,Which part do these states belong to, the Northern States or the Southern States?,3. Where did most slaves want to go?,B R _ Map Reading 3,B R _ Map
22、 Reading 4,B R _ Map Reading 5,B R _ Timeline of Slavery 1,Timeline of Slavery,1619 Slaves in Virginia Africans brought to Jamestown are the first slaves imported into Britains North American colonies.1705 Slaves as Property Describing slaves as real estate, Virginia lawmakers allowed owners to bequ
23、eath their slaves. The same law allowed masters to “kill and destroy” runaways.,B R _ Timeline of Slavery 2,1775 American Revolution Began Battles at the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord on April 19 sparked the war for American independence from Britain. 1776 Declaration of Independence
24、The Continental Congress asserted “that these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States”.,B R _ Timeline of Slavery 3,1783 American Revolution Ended Britain and the infant United States signed the Peace of Paris treaty. 1808 United States Banned Slave Trade Importing
25、African slaves was outlawed, but smuggling continued. 1860 Abraham Lincoln Elected Abraham Lincoln of Illinois became the first Republican to win the United States Presidency.,B R _ Timeline of Slavery 4,18611865 United States Civil War Four years of brutal conflict claimed 623,000 lives. 1863 The E
26、mancipation Proclamation President Abraham Lincoln decreed that all slaves in rebel territory were free on January 1, 1863. 1865 Slavery Abolished The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution outlawed slavery.,The Underground Railroad was not underground. Because escaping slaves and the peop
27、le who helped them were technically breaking the law, they had to stay out of sight. They went “underground” in terms of concealing their actions. Sometimes they even hid in unusual places. Many clever and creative ideas helped slaves during their escape. When abolitionist (废奴主义者) John Fairfield nee
28、ded to sneak (偷偷摸摸地进行) 28 slaves over the roads near Cincinnati, he hired a hearse (灵车) and disguised the group as a funeral procession.,B R _ The Underground Railroad 1,The Underground Railroad,1. General Information,B R _ The Underground Railroad 2,Henry “Box” Brown, a slave, had himself shipped f
29、rom Richmond to Philadelphia in a wooden box.,2. Routes to Freedom,The routes the slaves traveled appear in this map. The trip is 560 miles (900 kilometers) long. A strong, lucky runaway might have made it to freedom in two months. For others, especially in bad weather, the trek (跋涉) might have last
30、ed a year.,B R _ The Underground Railroad 3,B R _ The Underground Railroad 4,B R _ The Underground Railroad 5,Uncle Toms Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, is one of the most famous and popular pieces of Civil War literature. Drawn from selected pieces of real life anecdotes, Uncle Toms Cabin
31、was a book that drew many people into the fight over the institution of slavery. Northerners hailed (欢呼) the book, while southern slaveholders abhorred it.,B R _ Uncle Toms Cabin,Uncle Toms Cabin,G R _ main,True or False,Part Division of the Text,Further Understanding,G R _ Further Understanding,Fur
32、ther Understanding,Text Analysis,Questions and Answers,G R _ True or False 1,True or False,1. Just like Uncle Tom in Uncle Toms Cabin, Josiah Henson was a long-suffering slave who was unwilling to stand up for himself.,F,According to Barbara Carter, Josiah Henson was a man of principle and totally d
33、ifferent from Uncle Tom.,( ),2. All the men and women who forged the Underground Railroad were blacks.,F,Some whites were driven by religious convictions and took part in this movement.,( ),G R _ True or False 2,3. These railroad conductors were frequently faced with death threats and warnings from
34、the local government.,T,( ),4. Many fugitives chose Canada as their primary destination because slavery had been abolished there.,T,( ),G R _ Part Division of the Text,Part Division of the Text,Parts,Para(s),Main Ideas,1,15,It is high time to honor the heroes who helped liberate slaves by forging th
35、e Underground Railroad in the early civil-rights struggles in America.,2,623,By citing examples the author praises the exploits of civil-rights heroes who helped slaves travel the Underground Railroad to freedom.,G R _ Questions and Answers 1,Questions and Answers,Uncle Tom was an enduring slave and
36、 unwilling to struggle for himself, while Josiah Henson did what he believed was right and took an active part in the anti-slavery movement.,1. Both Josiah Henson and Uncle Tom were slaves. But in the eyes of Barbara Carter, they were different. In what way was Josiah Henson different from Uncle Tom
37、?,G R _ Questions and Answers 2,In the Bible, Moses was the leader who brought the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and led them to the Promised Land. Just like Moses, Henson helped hundreds of slaves escape to Canada and liberty, so he was called an African-American Moses.,2. Why was Henson calle
38、d an African-American Moses?,The Underground Railroad was a secret web of escape routes and safe houses. Many men and women, including both the blacks and whites, together forged it.,3. What was the Underground Railroad? Who forged it?,G R _ Questions and Answers 3,Because most of them remain too li
39、ttle remembered and their exploits are still largely unsung.,4. Why does the author want to tell the readers the stories of the heroes of the Underground Railroad?,G R _ Text Analysis 1,Text Analysis,In this part, the author tells the stories of three civil-rights heroes. Who are they? Give the main
40、 idea of each story.,Stories,Main Ideas,1,After winning his own freedom from slavery, John Parker helped other slaves escape north to Canada to get freedom.,Heroes,Para(s),John Parker,610,G R _ Text Analysis 2,Stories,Main Ideas,3,Supported by a strong religious conviction, the white man Levi Coffin
41、 helped black slaves escape at huge risk to himself.,Heroes,Para(s),Josiah Henson,1623,2,Levi Coffin,1115,By traveling the Underground Railroad, Josiah Henson reached his destination and became free at last.,A gentle breeze swept the Canadian plains as I stepped outside the small two-story house. Al
42、ongside me was a slender woman in a black dress, my guide back to a time when the surrounding settlement in Dresden, Ontario, was home to a hero in American history. As we walked toward a plain gray church, Barbara Carter spoke,proudly of her great-great-grandfather, Josiah Henson. “He was confident
43、 that the Creator intended all men to be created equal. And he never gave up struggling for that freedom.”,D R _ Text 1,THE FREEDOM GIVERS,Fergus M. Bordewich,Carters devotion to her ancestor is about more than personal pride: it is about family honor. For Josiah Henson has lived on through the char
44、acter in American fiction that he helped inspire: Uncle Tom, the long-suffering slave in Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin. Ironically, that character has come to symbolize everything Henson was not. A racial sellout unwilling to stand up for himself? Carter gets angry at the thought. “Josiah
45、Henson was a man of principle,” she said firmly.,D R _ Text 2,I had traveled here to Hensons last home now a historic site that Carter formerly directed to learn more about a man who was, in many ways, an African-American Moses. After winning his own freedom from slavery, Henson secretly helped hund
46、reds of other slaves to escape north to Canada and liberty. Many settled here in Dresden with him.Yet this stop was only part of a much larger mission for me. Josiah Henson is but one name on a long list of courageous men and women who together forged the Underground Railroad, a secret web of escape
47、 routes and safe houses that they used to liberate slaves from the American South. Between 1820 and 1860, as many as 100,000 slaves traveled the Railroad to freedom.,D R _ Text 3,D R _ Text 4,In October 2000, President Clinton authorized $16 million for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Cent
48、er to honor this first great civil-rights struggle in the U. S.,The center is scheduled to open in 2004 in Cincinnati. And its about time. For the heroes of the Underground Railroad remain too little remembered, their exploits still largely unsung. I was intent on telling their stories.,D R _ Text 5
49、,John Parker tensed when he heard the soft knock. Peering out his door into the night, he recognized the face of a trusted neighbor. “Theres a party of escaped slaves hiding in the woods,in Kentucky, twenty miles from the river,” the man whispered urgently. Parker didnt hesitate. “Ill go,” he said,
50、pushing a pair of pistols into his pockets.,Born a slave two decades before, in the 1820s, Parker had been taken from his mother at age eight and forced to walk in chains from Virginia to Alabama, where he was sold on the slave market. Determined to live free someday, he managed to get trained in ir
51、on molding. Eventually he saved enough money working at this trade on the side to buy his freedom. Now, by day, Parker worked in an iron foundry in the Ohio port of Ripley. By night he was a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, helping people slip by the slave hunters. In Kentucky, where he was now headed, there was a $1000 reward for his capture, dead or alive.,
