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Unit 16Unit 16 The The United United States States of Americaof America
Reading — The American South
Period 3
The Empire State building
It is said that the world trade center will be rebuilt.
Atlanta is famous for its Atlanta football team.
Harriet Tubman
Martin Luther King
John Brown
Freedom fighters
What is the order of the events ?
1. The American civil War2. The Great Depression 3. The civil Rights Movements4. The arrival of Native Americans5. The arrival of European settlers
4 5 1 2 3Did you do it all correctly?
New York
Washington
Atlanta
Los Angeles
ChicagoA
BC
DE
Chicago, Atlanta, Washington,
New York, Los Angeles
Match the letters with the cities:Match the letters with the cities:
What do you want to
know ?
What is the main idea of this passage?
Parts Paragraphs Main ideasParts Paragraphs Main ideas
Part1 Para 1 The suffering of the South in the past
Part2 Para 2-5 Hope and success of the South
Part3 Para 6 A new beginning of the South
1. The suffering of the Native Americans who were killed or driven off their land by European settlers.
2. The pains of slaves brought from Africa by greedy slave traders.
4. The hardships of unemployment and civil unrest in the post-war years and the Great Depression.
5. The many sacrifices of the Civil Rights Movements.
3. The death and poverty of the Civil War.
Please read para 1 carefully and match each event with the time and find out what hardship or suffering each event caused.Time Events Suffering
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1600
18611930s
1960s
The Great Depression:_____________
The Civil Rights movement: ________
The slave trades: ____________The arrival of European
Settlers:
_______________________The Civil War:_______________
Unemployment
Sacrifices
Pains of slaves
Native American’s being killed or driven off
Death & poverty
1. The people of Atlanta __________________________________________.2. Atlanta’s African-American community __________________________________________________.3. Segregation ___________ and Atlanta was a successful city________________________4. Atlanta becomes a place ______________ ____________________________.
struggled to rebuild
grew and black businesses became
disappearedproud of its cultural diversity
faith have replaced fear and doubt
the city and create a new South
more successful
where hope and
Read Part2 carefully and finish the table.
Atlanta’s rebuilding/Reconstruction
Fields Difficulty ResultsThe city Burnt
downOnly__ years to be rebuilt5
Economy $_____ A________ business center
Home of _______________
Sports & culture
In 1996_________________
Be proud of ______________
1.64 booming
largest companies
host Olympic Games
cultural diversity
Fields Difficulty Results
Society (civil rights)
___________ took away many of black’s right.
There were ____ fights between blacks & whites. ________was shot to death.
______and _______
could live together.
______________________________grew _____________ become successful.
_____________ eventually disappeared
segregation
fierce
Dr. King
Blacks whites
African-American communityblack businesses
segregation
The Phrase “in vain” in para4 of the text probably means _____.
A. Put into practice B. in trouble
C. Without success D. dangerous
Read the last paragraph and then do the following exercises.
In the last paragraph, the writer tries to support the point that__________.
A.The story of the South is about hope and success
B.It is hard for the south to develop further
C.Atlanta, Birmingham, Miami, and Little Rock are southern cities
D.There is no trouble with the development of the South A
( ) 1. The wounds from the past are quick to heal.( ) 2. The fighters between blacks and whites in the 1960s were fierce.( ) 3. It took a long time for Atlanta to recover from the destruction caused by the Civil War.
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F
T or F questions
( ) 4. The fight against segregation was widely supported.( ) 5. The South has taken a chance to display its new imageto the whole world.( ) 6. Till now the South has settled all the problems.( ) 7. The story of the South is also about hope and success.( ) 8. The south began to rebuilt from nothing.
T
T
F
T
T
1. Which of the following is wrong according to the passage?
A. Today the South has developed far better than the North
B. The fighters between blacks and whites in the 1960’s were fierce
C. There is no doubt that Atlanta is a typical Southern city in many ways
D.The south has overcome many difficulties ever since the Civil War
Post-reading
A
2. This passage is mainly about________.
A.The sufferings in the history of the South
B.The quick development of the South after the Civil War
C.The Civil Rights Movement of the black people
D.The famous cities of the South
B
What did Atlanta use to be like?
What is it like now?
Atlanta’s Today
Prosperous
BoomingDevelope
d
modern
People of many different backgrounds live and work together in Atlanta.
?
advantages disadvantages &
Cultural diversity
Why is Atlanta a typical Why is Atlanta a typical southern city? southern city?
It experienced the hardships of slavery, the Civil War, the
post-war years and the Great Depression.
Homework:
1. Read the text fluently.
2. Finish exercise on Page 118 in the textbook.
3. Recite words and phrases.
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