UNIT4BreakingboundariesDevelopingideasTheWordsThatChangedANationPre-readingActicity1Watchthevideoandanswerthequestions.1.Howdidslaveownersregardtheirslaves?Theydidn’tregardthemashumansbutasanimals,withoutrespectingthem.2.Whatwasaslave’slifelike?Dailylifeforaslaveinvolvedback-breakinglabour.Slaveshadtoworkalldaylongwithoutenoughrest.Theywereoftenphysicallyabusedbytheirownersandhadnolegalrights.FastreadingLookatthetitleandskimthepassage.Choosethebookinwhichyouwouldmostlikelyfindthepassage.ThePowerofSpeechFamousUSPresidentsGreatBattlesinHistoryCarefulreading1WhatwasLincoln’spurposeingivingthespeech?BATodeclareacivilwar.BInmemoryofthesoldierswhodiedinthewar.CTocelebrateavictory.2Howlongdidtheworstbattlelast?CAOneday.BTwodays.CThreedays.DFourdays.3WhatdidLincolnthinkthenationshouldaltogetherdoinafittingandproperway?BATheyshouldbeengagedinthecivilwar.BTheyshoulddevotetotheirnationforthedeadsoldiers.CTheyshouldmeetthereonagreatbattlefieldofthatwar.DTheyshouldfightforfreedomandequality.4HowdidLincolndescribethemenwhofoughtinthewar?AABraveanddedicated.BSelfless.CGenerous.DHard-working.5Whatwasthe“greattask”thatLincolndescribed?BAWinningthewaragainstSouth.BAchievinghumanequality.CBuildingastrongerAmerica.DMakingpeopleliveabetterlife.IntensivereadingOrganiseinformationfromthepassageandcompletethenotes.●On19November1863,inafieldinGettysburg,Pennsylvania●TheBattleofGettysburgin1863,whichresultedinover50,000casualties.ItwasanewnationconceivedinLibertyanddedicatedtothepropositionthatallmenarecreatedequal./Itaimedatbringingfreedomtothepeopleandwasbasedontheprinciplethatallmenarecreatedequal.ItwouldtestwhetheranationconceivedinLibertyanddedicatedtothepropositionthatallmenarecreatedequalcanlongendure.Theygavetheirlivessothattheirnationmightlive.Theywerebravemenwhosestruggleshadconsecratedtheground.Thatthisnationshallhaveanewbirthoffreedom;andthatthisgovernmentofthepeople,bythepeople,forthepeople,shallnotperishfromtheearth.Thelivingshouldbededicatedtothetask.Thinkandshare1.WhatwasLincoln’spurposeingivingthespeech?Hewantedtogivethepeoplehope,beliefandareasontolooktothefuture.2.Lincolntalkedaboutgovernment“ofthepeople,bythepeople,forthepeople”.Whatdoesthismean?“Ofthepeople”meansthatgovernmentshouldbemadeupofordrawnfromthepeople;“bythepeople”meansthatgovernmentshouldberunbyordinarypeople;“forthepeople”meansthatgovernmentshoulduseitspowerforthepeople’sbenefit.3.Whatotherspeechescanyouthinkofthatstresstheimportanceofbreakingboundaries?Example:IHaveaDreamIhaveadreamthatonedayontheredhillsofGeorgia,thesonsofformerslavesandthesonsofformerslaveownerswillbeabletositdowntogetheratthetableofbrotherhood.4.Whateffortstobreakboundariesaredescribedinthetworeadingpassagesinthisunit?Inthefirstpassage,doctorsorotherpeopleofdifferentbackgroundsworkedtogethertosavepeopleindanger.Inthesecondpassage,LincolncalledonthepeopleoftheUnitedStatestostriveforafreenationwhereallmenareequal.PostreadingWorkingroups.GiveatalkaboutthesignificanceofabolishingslaveryintheUS.1.Organiseyourideasbyansweringthequestions.?WhatwastheUSlikebeforeslaverywasabolished??Howwasitdifferentafterwards??Inwhatwaysdidtheabolitionofslaveryhelptobreakboundaries?1.TheUSwasdividedintostatesintheNorththatprohibitedslavery,andstatesintheSouthwhichallowedslaveryanddependeduponslaveryeconomically.Slaverywasaverycruelinstitution,andcausedgreathumansufferinginthestatesthatpermittedit.RelianceonslaveryalsomadetheSouthlesstechnologicallyadvancedthantheNorth.2.Slaveswerefreedandwereregardedasequalunderthelaw,atleastintheory.Inpractice,blackAmericanscontinuedtosuffergreatdiscriminationintheSouthforthenexthundredyears,untilthebirthofthemoderncivilrightsmovementinthe1960s.ThelegacyofslaverycontinuestoaffectracerelationsintheUStoday.3.Theabolitionofslaverymadeformerslavesandtheirformermastersequalbeforethelaw.Thiswasthefirststeptowardstrueequality.直擊高考AbrahamLincoln,PresidentoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica,madeaspeechon19November,1863inGettysburg,Pennsylvaniainmemoryofthesoldierswho1________(die).Atthattime,Americawas2_________(bitter)divided.Fortwoyears,itspeoplehadbeendeepinacivilwarbetweenSouthandNorth.TheUnionsidewonbut3_________agreatcost.Peoplelosthopeandpurpose.Lincolnunderstoodthefeelingsofthe4____________(civil)people.Hisspeechgavethemhope,5__________(believe)andareasontolooktothefuture.Hegavethemanewvisionof6_________theUnitedStatesofAmericashouldbe,7__________(base)ontheidealssetdownbyitsFoundingFathers87yearsbefore.8_________waswhatthesoldiershaddied