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Nelson MandelaPart I Reading

Who is a great person?

Anne Frank

Wang Wei &Wang Kun

Nelson Mandela

Brainstorm

What qualities does a great person have?

qualities

Nelson Mandela ---A Modern Hero

Read the text quickly and then try to find the main idea of the text:The life of Elias’ before and after he met Nelson Mandela, and what Mandela did.

ReadingSs read and make a timeline of Elias’ life until he met Nelson Mandela. He was born 1940___________________________

He began school. 1946 ___________________________ 1948 ___________________________ He left school. He was 12 and met Mandela. 1952 ___________________________

True or false and why1.Elias went to see Nelson Mandela when he was in trouble. 2.Elias left school because the school was too far from his home. 3.Nelson Mandela helped him keep his job.

4.Elias trusted Nelson Mandela and he joined the ANC Youth League. 5. Elias was willing to blow up government buildings. 6.Nelson Mandela thought violence was a good way to help black people.

What was the unfair situation black people faced?could not vote or choose their leaders couldn’t get the jobs they wanted Their living places were decided by white people. They lived in the poorest parts of South Africa.

How did Mandela help Elias and other black people ?He offered guidance to them on legal problems. He organized the ANC Youth League.

He broke the law in a peaceful way first.He blew up some government buildings

Find out the great qualities of Mandela according to the passage. He advised poor black people on their legal problems. (Helpful) He told me how to get the correct papers

so I could stay in Johannesburg. (Kind & Intelligent)

We were put in a position in which we had either to accept we were less important, or fight the Government. We chose to attack the law. We first broke the law in a way which was peaceful; when this was not allowed… only then did we decide to answer violence with violence.

(Brave, Determined & Unselfish)

Find out the changes that happened to Elias before and after he met Nelson Mandela. Before: worried, helpless, hopeless, angry After: hopeful, confident brave, happy to help

summaryElias was a poor black worker. The time when he first met Nelson Mandela was ______ a ______ very difficult period of his life. Nelson guidance Mandela offered _________(guide) to poor black people on their legal problems. Elias was not at school for long, for his family could not afford his school fees and the bus fare. When he was worried about whether he of would be out ______ work because he didn’t have one passbook, Mandela told him what to happiest (happy) do. That day was one of Elias’ _______ days in his life.

summaryLater, Elias joined the ANC Youth League organized (organize) by Nelson Mandela. In __________ blow 1963, Elias helped Mandela ________ (blow) up some government buildings. It was very but Elias was happy because he dangerous _____ it thought _______ would help

them achieve their dream of making black and white people equal _________ (equality).