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William Tyndale (1494—1536) Britain

Mahandas Gandhi (1869—1948) India

He gave up a rich life for his ideas and fought for his country to be free from the UK in a peaceful way.

Nelson Mandela (1918— ) South Africa

He fought for black people and was in prison for almost thirty years. He helped the black people get the same rights as white people.

A. Strangers B. Friends C. Father and son D. Teacher and student What’s the relationship between these two men?

Elias was born. Elias began school. Elias left school. Elias went to Nelson Mandela for advice. 1940: 1946: 1948: 1952: Timeline: please find out what happened in Elias’ life in the following years? 自主学习

Read Para 1 and answer questions. 1. What is Elias? 2. What about his life when he first met Mandela? 3. What did Mandela do to help the black? 4. Why was Elias grateful to Mandela? 交流合作

1. Why did Elias need Mandela’s help? 2. How many years did Elias study at school? 3. Why did Elias have to leave school?

1. Why did Elias need Mandela’s help? 2. How many years did Elias study at school? 3. Why did Elias have to leave school? Because Elias had little education. Only two years. Because his family could not continue to pay school fees and the bus fare.

Because he trusted Nelson Mandela. 1. Why did Elias join the ANC as soon as he could?

Did Elias like violence? Why did he help blow some government buildings? No, he didn’t like. He helped blow some government buildings because he knew it would help them achieve their dream of making black and white people equal.

Decide whether they are 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. 教师精讲

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.

Elias is a poor _______ worker in South Africa. He studied only _____ years in a school. He had to ______ school because of his family’s ________ of money to pay the school _____ and the bus fare. When he was 12 years old, he was in _______, and he ____ met Nelson Mandela, a black lawyer who offered _________ to poor black people on their ______ problems. black two leave lacking fees troublefirst guidance legal 巩固提升

Nelson Mandela gave him so much help that he didn’t lose his ____. When Mandela _________ the ANC Youth League, he ______ it as soon as he could. Finally, he realized the truth: the last 30 years has ____ the greatest number of laws stopping their rights and progress, and they had almost ___ rights at all. When Mandela saw it was no use fighting in a ________ job organized joined seen no peaceful

way, he changed to ________, and Elias helped _____ ___ government buildings. __________ he did not like violence, he was happy to help because he knew it would help them achieve their ________ of making black and white _______. Although dream equal violence blow up