1. Unit 5 Nelson Mandela
Period 2
By Phoebe Wang

2. A great person is someone who devotes his/her life to helping others or to the society.

3. What qualities does a great person have?
Brainstorm
What qualities does a great person have?

4. Reading
Elias’ story

5. I.Skimming(Fast Reading )
①It is a story so we should find out the essential items in a story.
In the middle of 1900s
Time
Place
Characters
Events
South Africa
Elias and Mandela
How Mandela helped Elias and the black people in South Africa. 5

6. Get the main idea with each part of the passage
★ before
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
The hard life of Eliasbefore he met Mandela.
Part I
Part II
★after
The change of Elias’ life after he met Nelson Mandela and what Mandela did.

7. Careful reading and tasks for you!
introduction
a timeline of Elias
questions
true or false

8. The hard life of Elias before he met Mandela
introduction
Information about Mandela
Information about Elias
Elias’ problem

9. Get to know Elias Timeline Elias was born. Elias began school.
1940
Elias began school.
1946
1948
Elias left school.
1950
Elias fist met Nelson Mandela for advice
1952
Elias helped Mandela blow up
some government buildings.
1963

10. Detail Reading T
Elias went to see Nelson Mandela when he was in trouble.
Elias left school because the school was too far from his home.
Nelson Mandela helped him keep his job.
Elias trusted Nelson Mandela and he joined the ANC Youth League.
Elias was willing to blow up government buildings.
Nelson Mandela thought violence was a good way to help black people. F T T F F

11. Ask and answer
What was Elias’ attitude towards the unfair situation black people faced? How do you know?
Why did Nelson Mandela turn to violence to make black and white people equal?
What was Elias’ feelings towards Nelson Mandela’s using violence?

12. Please discuss this question:
Use some adjectives to describe Nelson Mandela’s qualities?
Helpful
Brave (勇敢)
Persistent (坚持不懈)
Kind (亲切，仁慈)
Determined(坚定) ……

13. Interview
Suppose one is the host of dialogue CCTV9, and the other is Elias or Mandela. Have a short interview between each other.