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1、B R _ main,English Song Abraham, Martin he was the youngest to die.,B R _ People in the Song 3,2. John F. Kennedy,John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the thirty-fifth president 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.
2、” 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 Movement. His lectures and dialogues stirred (激起) the concern and sparked the conscience of a generation. In one of his speeches, he
3、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 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
4、 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 shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. Dr. King was in Memphis to help lea
5、d 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 first African American student James Meredith to the University of Mississippi. The riot (暴动) that had followed Merediths registrati
6、on (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, was 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 Sept
7、ember 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 since Reconstruction, The Civil Rights Act of 1964, passed after President Kennedy was slain on November 22, 1963. Robert Francis Kennedy
8、 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 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 railroa
9、d 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 following questions.,In 2004 a center in honor of the “underground railroad” opens in Cincinnati. The railroad was unusual. It sold n
10、o 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 passengers? 5. What probably is the destination of their dreams? 6. What is the text probably about?,B R _ Map Reading 1,Map Reading,
11、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, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia.,2. Which states are most densely popu
12、lated 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 Reading 4,B R _ Map Reading 5,B R _ Timeline of Slavery 1,Timeline of Slavery,1619 Slaves in Virginia Africans brought to Jamestown
13、are the first slaves imported into Britains North American colonies. 1705 Slaves as Property Describing slaves as real estate, Virginia lawmakers allowed owners to bequeath their slaves. The same law allowed masters to “kill and destroy” runaways.,B R _ Timeline of Slavery 2,1775 American Revolution
14、 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 The Continental Congress asserted “that these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States”.,B R _ Time
15、line of Slavery 3,1783 American Revolution EndedBritain and the infant United States signed the Peace of Paris treaty. 1808 United States Banned Slave TradeImporting African slaves was outlawed, but smuggling continued. 1860 Abraham Lincoln ElectedAbraham Lincoln of Illinois became the first Republi
16、can to win the United States Presidency.,B R _ Timeline of Slavery 4,18611865 United States Civil WarFour years of brutal conflict claimed 623,000 lives. 1863 The Emancipation ProclamationPresident Abraham Lincoln decreed that all slaves in rebel territory were free on January 1, 1863. 1865 Slavery AbolishedThe 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution outlawed slavery.,The Underground Railroad was not underground. Because escaping slaves and the people who helped them were technical
