Unit5Whatwereyoudoingwhentherainstormcame?SectionBPeriod5ReadingEvent1AnAfricanAmericanAcivilrightleaderFamousforthespeechIhaveadreamNobelPeacePrizewinner(1964)gotkilledattheageof39Lead-in:guesstwohistoricaleventsinAmericaEvent2TwoplaneshitahighbuildinginAmericaThiseventwasdonebyTalibanterrorists

Lookatthepicturesandtitleinthepassage.Whatdoyouthinkthepassageisabout?2aDoYouRememberwhatyouweredoing?

Whatdoyouthinkthepassageisabout?

Readquicklyandcheckyouridea.

Firstsentencesofeachparagraph.2aP1.Peopleoftenrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheyheardthenewsofimportanteventsinhistory.P2.RobertAllenisnowover50,buthewasaschoolpupilatthattime.P3.Morerecently,mostAmericansrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheWorldTradeCenterwastakendownbyterrorists.P4.ThiswasadayKateSmithwillneverforget.MainideaofthepassageRobertAllenandKateSmithrememberwhattheyweredoingwhenimportanteventsinhistoryhappened.

1.Whatarethetwoeventsinthepassage?

2.Whendidtheyhappen?2b2bEventTimeDr.MartinLutherKingwaskilled.OnApril4,1968TheWorldTradeCenterinNewYorkwastakendownbyterrorists.OnSeptember11,2001ReadthememoryofRobertAllenaboutthemurderofMartinLutherKingandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.WhatwasRobertAllendoingwhenheheardthenews?Hewaseatingdinnerinthekitchen.2.Howdidhisparentsfeel?Theywerecompletelyshocked.3.Howdoyouunderstand‘wefinishedourdinnerinsilence?TheyweredeeplysorryandmournedforMartinLutherKing.4.WhywasthemurderofMartinLutherKinganimportanteventinAmericanhistory?BecauseAmericanslostagreatfighterwhofoughtforequalitybetweenthewhiteandtheblack,whofoughtfortherightsforworkers,whofoughtforpeace..2c:(option)IntensivereadingBackgroundinformation.MartinLutherKinwasassassinatedbyaracistwithaguninMemphiswhilehewashavingameetingtoargueformorerightsforworkersinMemphis..Hecalledfornon-violence.Hemadehisanti-Vietnamwarspeechatthe

UniversityofMinnesotain1967..HeorganizedtheWashingtonMarchforjobsandfreedomoftheblackpeopleandmadehismostfamousspeechIhaveadream.PresidentJohnsonsignsthe

CivilRightsActof1964.AmongtheguestsbehindhimisMartinLutherKing.BackgroundinformationStatueatBirminghamKingMemorialChurchNationalCivilRightsMuseumthethirdMondayofJanuaryReadthememoryofKateSmithabouttheattacktotheWorldTradeCenterandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.WhatwasKateSmithdoingwhensheheardthenews?Shewasworkingintheofficenearthetwotowers.2.Didshebelievewhatherfriendtoldher?

No.Shedidn’tbelieveituntilshelookedoutofthewindowandrealizeditwastrue.3.Howdidshefeel?

Shewassoscaredthat

shecouldhardlythinkclearlyafterthat.4.WhatmeaningdoesthiseventhavetoAmericans?Theircountryisnolongersafe.Manypeoplelosttheirfamilymembersandhadtraumaforever.2c:(option)IntensivereadingBackgroundinformation.Nearly3000peopledied.Somepeoplesurvivedtheeventbutdiedofillnesscausedbytheeventlater.PeoplebegantorebuildtheirlifeandlivepositivelyUnderlinesentencesfromthepassagewithsimilarmeaningstotheonesbelow.Noteveryonewillrememberwhokilledhim,buttheycanrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheyheardthathegotkilled.2.Noonesaidanythingfortherestofthedinner.Althoughmanypeoplemaynotrememberwhokilledhim,theyrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheyheardthenews.Wefinishedtherestofourdinnerinsilence.2dUnderlinesentencesfromthepassagewithsimilarmeaningstotheonesbelow.September11,2001---thedatealonemeanssomethingtomostpeopletheUS.4.IhadtroublethinkingclearlyafterthatbecauseIwasveryafraid.September11,2011--hasmeaningtomostAmericans.

IwassoscaredthatIcouldhardlythinkclearlyafterthat.2d2eHowmuchdoyourememberabouttheeventsinthepassage?Testyourpartner.WhendidDr.MartinLutherKingd