Unit 5 Nelson Mandela -- a modern hero

Who is he?

Who is Nelson Mandela? He won Nobel Peace Prize in He became president of South Africa in He fought for black people and was in prison for almost thirty years. He helped black people get the same rights as white people.

Unit 5 Nelson Mandela -- a modern hero

Reading ELIAS’ STORY

What is the general idea of the story? A. the poor life of black people in South Africa. B. the life of Mandela. C. how Mandela helped Elias and black people in South Africa. D. how Elias met Mandela. The story is about __________. Fast reading

1. The text can be divided into two parts. Please fill in the blanks to get the main idea of each part. Part I: The life of Elias he met Nelson Mandela. The change of Elias’ life he met Nelson Mandela and what Mandela did. Part II: before after (Para. 1-2) (Para. 3-5)

Detailed reading

1. Elias left school because the school was too far from his home. 2. Elias had to get a passbook to continue his work. 3. Elias went to see Nelson Mandela when he was in trouble. 4. Nelson Mandela offered guidance to everyone. Exercise 1: Please read Part I (Para. 1-2), and then decide whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).

Exercise 2: Please read Part II (Para. 3-5), then answer the following questions. 1.How did Mandela help Elias? 2.What problems did black people face at that time in South Africa? 3.What solution did Mandela give? 4.What did Elias do to help Mandela?

1.How did Mandela help Elias? 2.What problems did black people face at that time in South Africa? He told him how to get the correct papers so he could stay in Johannesburg. They had no rights at all.

3. What solution did Mandela give? 4. What did Elias do to help Mandela? He chose to attack laws. He thought black people should break the law in a way which was peaceful; when this is not allowed, black people should answer violence with violence. Elias helped Mandela blow up some government buildings.

Elias had very little education. He had to leave school because his family could not afford the school f ______ and the bus fare. Later, he got a job in a gold mine. However, he needed a passbook to live in Johannesburg. He worried about becoming o ____________. At that time Mandela was a l ________, who offered g __________ to poor black people on their l ________ problems. He told Elias how to get the correct papers to stay in Johannesburg. Elias became more h ___________ about his future. He helped black people in South Africa to realize that they had no rights at all because black people could not v _________ or choose their leader. He pointed out the solution to this problem. He believed that black people should a ________ the laws. At first, they should break the law in a way which was peaceful. When this was not allowed, they should answer the v ________ with violence. In 1963 Elias helped b ________ up some government buildings because this helped realize their dream of making black and white people e _______. ees ut of work awyer egal uidance opeful ote ttack iolence low qual

Conclusion （总结）

How did Nelson Mandela change Elias’ life? before : ☆ He about being out of work. after : ☆ He became about his future. Although blowing up government buildings was dangerous, he was to help and fight for equality. worried hopeful happy

Homework: 2. Complete the Exercise 1&2 on page Read the text