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课件网) Unit 4 Unit 4 Breaking boundaries The Words That Changed A Nation To watch the video to know the miserable life of the black To read the passage and get the main idea of it To read and think how the speech moved people in the Civil War, even people today We have known something about black slaves in paintings, literature works, speeches, TV plays and movies. Exchange what you have known in groups. Black slaves’ miserable life. Roots The history of a black family in America. Uncle Tom’s Cabin Gone with the Wind good relationship Watch the video and answer the questions. 1. How did slave owners regard their slaves 2. What was a slave’s life like They didn’t regard them as humans but as animals, without respecting them. Daily life for a slave involved back-breaking labour. Slaves had to work all day long without enough rest. They were often physically abused by their owners and had no legal rights. The passage is about a speech. The speech changed the nation. What can you guess from the title and picture The Words That Changed A Nation Abraham Lincoln is making a speech. Look at the title and skim the passage. Choose the book in which you would most likely find the passage. 1. The Power of Speech 2. Famous US Presidents 3. Great Battles in History On a grey afternoon on 19 November 1863, a tall, thin man mounted a platform in a field in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and began to speak. The place was the site of a recent battle where thousands of soldiers had died. The man was Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America and he was there in memory of the soldiers who had died. The speech he gave was just 268 words long and lasted two minutes. But this address to the crowd changed the minds of his people and helped shape a nation. The outline of the passage Abraham Lincoln made a speech. Why he made the speech How his speech influenced America Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg address What nation people wished to set up when they first came to the land Why people gathered here and why the civil war broke out Why the civil war must continue until they succeeded Organise information from the passage and complete the notes. Speaker: Abraham Lincoln Setting (date & place): Background event: On 19 November 1863, in a field in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania The Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, which resulted in over 50,000 casualties. The Gettysburg Address How did Lincoln describe the founding of the US What challenges did the Civil War bring to the nation It was a new nation conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. / It aimed at bringing freedom to the people and was based on the principle that all men are created equal. It would test whether a nation conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal can long endure. How did Lincoln describe the men who fought in the war They gave their lives so that their nation ... ...
