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Princess Kate - the ordinary girl who will be queen
Martin Luther King - hero of civil rights

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Original source: https://linguapress.com/intermediate/a2-martin-luther-king.htm
What do you know about ... ?
Martin Luther
King Jr.

Slide 2 - Mind map

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Who is this lady
and what does 
she stand for?
Find:  blindfold,  sword,
(set of) scales,  robe
(and equality)

Slide 3 - Slide

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This is lady justice.
She stands for fair 
and equal treatment under the law.
fair = eerlijk
equal = gelijk
the law = de wet
laws = wetten/ regels
blindfold
(set of) 
scales
sword
robe

Slide 4 - Slide

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Slide 5 - Video

Use with automated subtitles in English.
Do you believe that the rules
you have to follow are fair?

Slide 6 - Open question

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Slide 7 - Video

Use with automated subtitles in English.
he was influenced by: he followed the ideas of
to hate: to really not like
to threaten: to say nasty things  
determined: to make a decision and to stick with it.
Act:
a law in the US

Jr.: junior,  same name as father
civil rights: the right of all people to be treated in the same way
equality: being equal (=gelijk)
segregate: to separate, on the basis of race
A
B
C
D
E
Important vocabulary before reading

Slide 8 - Slide

Original source: https://linguapress.com/intermediate/a2-martin-luther-king.htm
Read the text along with the speaker.
QUIZ on important info!

Slide 9 - Slide

Original source: https://linguapress.com/intermediate/a2-martin-luther-king.htm
1. Martin Luther King ____________
in Atlanta, the capital of Georgia, on January 15 1929
A
born
B
was born
C
was borne
D
was bored

Slide 10 - Quiz

Original source: https://linguapress.com/intermediate/a2-martin-luther-king.htm
2. In those days, parts of the southern USA _______________ .
A
were segregated
B
were segregating
C
segregated
D
was segregated

Slide 11 - Quiz

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3. Black children and white children _________________
to the same school together.
A
could not go
B
not could go
C
do not go

Slide 12 - Quiz

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4. King _______________
by his Christian parents, and later by the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi.
A
strongly influenced
B
was strong influenced
C
was strongly influenced

Slide 13 - Quiz

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5. He began ______________
as a leader in 1955.
A
to be seen
B
be seen
C
to see

Slide 14 - Quiz

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6. One day, a black lady __________
off a bus in the city of Montgomery,
A
was throwing
B
was throwed
C
was thrown

Slide 15 - Quiz

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7. because she ________
in a seat for whites.
A
sits
B
sat
C
sitted

Slide 16 - Quiz

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8. In protest, all the city's black people
_____________ the buses.....
A
stopped to used
B
stopped using
C
stopping use

Slide 17 - Quiz

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9. The bus boycott was successful, and the bus company _______________
segregated seats.
A
stopped have
B
stopped to have
C
stopped having

Slide 18 - Quiz

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10. America's "Civil Rights" movement had started, and nobody
________________ it.
A
can stopped
B
could stopping
C
could stop

Slide 19 - Quiz

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11. He ___________
to prison, and threatened; yet King always stayed calm and determined.
A
was sending
B
was sent
C
was send

Slide 20 - Quiz

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12. Finally, in 1964, the American Civil Rights Act __________ .
A
was passed
B
was passing
C
has passed

Slide 21 - Quiz

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13. Four years later, Martin Luther King
_____________ by a gunman in Memphis Tennessee.
A
killed
B
was killing
C
was killed

Slide 22 - Quiz

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14. But by then he ____________
to change the USA for ever.
A
had already helped
B
had always helped
C
had almost helped

Slide 23 - Quiz

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MLK's speech - 'I have a dream'   (1963)

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Slide 25 - Video

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I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.
MLK's speech - 'I have a dream'   (1963)

Slide 26 - Slide

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Evaluation:
Have you learned anything new about 
Martin Luther King Jr.? What exactly?

Why is it important to fight for civil rights?
Do we still need to fight?

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What types of things would
YOU like to read about?
more texts
about _____, please!

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