1. King’s wife
King’s son
King’s family

2. Martin Luther King became a minister after he graduated from college.

3. A big civil rights march through the centre of Birmingham.

4. Martin Luther King, Jr was giving his famous speech “I Have a Dream”.

5. King was murdered. His wife and children were in deep sorrow.

6. Many people wanted to say “Good bye” to King.

7. King’s grave

8. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The 3rd Monday in Jan.

9. Reading I Have a Dream

10. Read the text and find out the main ideas of each paragraph.
Paragraphs
The background information of the speech.
King’s actions against racial discrimination
Martin Luther King’s message
King’s death
The famous speech “I have a dream”
King’s success
King’s opinion in the university
Rosa Parks’ event
Main Ideas 2 6 1 3 8 7 4 5

11. Listen to the tape and choose the best answers.
1.The separation of blacks and whites ____ in the southern states even in the 1950’s.
was allowed by law
B. was forbidden by law
C. was not permitted by law
D. was not allow by law

12. less education than white children more education than white children
2.For the text we can infer that black people’s children received ____ in the past.
less education than white children
more education than white children
as much education as white children
as little education as white children

13. peaceful revolutions marching C. boycotts D. all of the above
3. Martin Luther King, Jr. thought that it was right and necessary to fight for equal civil rights by _____.
peaceful revolutions
marching
C. boycotts
D. all of the above

14. 4. Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 because ____ .
he did his best to fight for political rights for black people in the USA
he was an important leader in the liberation of the blacks
he believed that black people should be treated as well as other people
all of the above

15. Read the text again and answer the following three questions.

16. 1.What were the situations of the blacks in the south at that time?
2.Martin Luther King, Jr fought for the civil rights of black people in America. Which civil rights did he want black people to get?
3.King believed that he could reach his goal through peaceful actions, not through violence . Give three examples of such peaceful actions.

17. 1.What were the situations of the blacks in the south at that time?
no right to vote
mixed race marriages
forbidden
situations
school
libraries
shops
separation of
blacks and whites
restaurants
hotels
buses
trains
hospitals

18. political rights equal rights voting rights
2.Which civil rights did he want black people to get? Find the sentences in the text.
King fought for political rights ……(Para. 3)
political rights
equal rights
……northern states, where black people had equal rights……(Para.4)
In 1965, a new Voting Rights Bill became a law. (Para. 7)
voting rights

19. Details of the three actions
3.Give three examples of such peaceful actions.
Details of the three actions
(1) A boycott of the bus company
(Para. 5)
(2) Non-violent demonstrations
(Para. 6)
(3) The “March on Washington DC
(Para. 7)

20. King’s peaceful actions (1)
Result 1
In 1955,King led a boycott of the bus company and succeeded after 381 days.
The bus company had to stop separating blacks from whites on the bus

21. King’s peaceful actions (2)
Result 2
In ____________
_______, he led a revolution to improve the housing condition for blacks.
Birmingham, Alabama
Housing condition is improved and more jobs are offered.

22. King’s peaceful actions (3)
Result 3
In 1963, he led a march on ______________ and gave the speech “I have a dream”.
In 1965, a new _______________ became law. From then on, all black people had the right to vote.
Voting Rights Bill
Washington D.C

23. Activity 1
Retell the biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

24. He led the ________ of the bus company. (Rosa Parks’ event) boycott
1944
He went to _________ at 15.
university
After 1956
Non-violent demonstrations/one in Birmingham, Alabama/house conditions ,more jobs
He led the ________ of the bus company. (Rosa Parks’ event)
boycott

25. Martin led a ________ on Washington DC and gave his speech… march
He received the ___________ ______ .
Nobel Peace Prize
The 3rd Monday in Jan. was a federal holiday in USA….
Martin was murdered because…

26. Activity 2 Discussion
As a freedom fighter, Martin Luther King was murdered at last.
Do you think it is worthy-while?
Why do you think so?

27. Examples
In my opinion, it is worthy-while because he has made great contributions to the black people. Though he was murdered, his actions benefited a lot of people.
In my opinion, it is not worthy-while……

28. Activity 3 Discussion
Martin Luther King fight for freedom in a peaceful way.
So do you think which is a better way to solve Taiwan problem, a peaceful way or a violent way? Why?

29. Thank You !

30. Rosa Parks’ Event Time: Who: What: on December 1, 1955
Rosa Parks, a black woman
What:
sat in the “Whites-only” section
refused to stand up for a white man
arrested by the police