外研社版高三选修 10

Module3 slavery and the american civil war

Vocabulary

abolishcome into existence

criticalagree to

surrendersympathetic

causebe born into

circusreveal

identify

v. 止，废除开始存在，开始形成adj. 批评的应允，同意v. 投降，自首adj. 赞成的，同情的n. 事业，活动出生于……n. 马戏团v. 透露，显示v. 辨认，确认

Have you read it before?

Mrs. Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin used the form of literary creation to reveal the origin of the American Civil War. And under the influence of the book, there were at least 200 million people became the antislavery movement members. President Lincoln once said: “The little lady who wrote the book made this great war.” (美国总统林肯曾经说过：“一个小妇人写了一本书引发了一场伟大的战争。” )

Imagine you are a slave in the southern cotton plantation. Make a list of words to describe your feeling or what you desire. Does it make you feel like struggling, or does it make you feel sad? If you are not a slave, what would you like to do most? You may want to say something. Please make a statement that starts with “Slavery is wrong because … ”.

Speaking

Pre-reading

cotton create owner slave slavery deserve

free freedom threaten equal

1 The salve _____ made them work very long hours every day.2 I think that all men are ______ equal.3 Uncle Tom’s Cabin is the story of a _____ called Tom.4 Tom had to work very hard in the _____ plantation for his owner.5 If the slaves didn’t work or acted slowly, the owners would ________ them with force.6 In fact, no matter whether they are white or black, all men are born _____.7 Though being a black, he _______ freedom as others do.8 They struggled for the _______ of all people.

owner

createdslave

cotton

threaten

equaldeserves

freedom

1 What was the reason for the American Civil War?2 Why was slavery so important to the South?3 Why was slavery eventually abolished?

Read the questions before starting Part 1.

Para. 1: the origin of the USAPara. 2: the origin of slavery in the USAPara. 3: anti-slavery movementsPara. 4: the beginning of the Civil WarPara. 5: the war ended in slavery abolished

Fast reading general idea

1789:

Careful reading important date

1787-1804:

The USA was a collection of 13 different states that had joined together.

This was the period during which the Northern states abolished slavery.

1860: President Abraham Lincoln was elected.

Seven Southern states left the Union and the Civil War began.

The Civil War ended.

1861:

1865:

1. The United States of American didn’t come into being until 1860.2. The slaves were carried from Africa and many died in America because the conditions were terrible.3. The Northern states of America abolished slavery because they didn’t need slaves as much as the south.

Careful reading true or false

4. Anti-slavery movements started in Europe and were spread to America during the late 18th century.5. Less than a month later after Lincoln was elected, the Civil War broke out.6. The Civil War ended with slavery abolished because Lincoln was murdered.

Topic of Para. 1

Topic of Para. 2

Topic of Para. 3

Topic of Para. 4

Part 2

Born free

Cheated to be a slave

Had been a slave for 12 yearsRevealed his identity and was free once more

1 How did Solomon Northrup become a slave? He was poisoned in Washington by two men who had offered hi

m playing the violin.2 How did he become a free man again? He revealed his identity to Bass and one of the Northrup family c

ame and identified him.

Part 2

1 The ________ of slavery shows that man can be very cruel.2 If you _______ someone, you pay them to work for you.3 The army __________ because most of their soldiers had been killed.

abolish collection condition critical employ existence reveal surrender sympathetic typical

existenceemploy

After reading

surrendered

4 Slavery was ________ because people realised it was not right to own another person.

5 The professor has a large ________ of books about the American Civil War.

6 Some people are ______ of the USA. They think it has made a lot of mistakes.

7 Many people felt ___________ towards slaves and wanted to help them.

abolished

collection

critical

sympathetic

8 He _______ that he had once been a free man.

9 Northrup was not a ______ slave. Most had been born into slavery or had been brought over from Africa.

10 When Northrup woke, he was very ill and in a terrible ________.

revealed

typical

condition

Reading comprehension

1 “Lincoln did not agree to this and less than a month later, on 12 April, 1861, the American Civil War began.” What does this refer to?A. The Northern states of America abolished slavery. B. The North became critical of the slavery in the South.C. Seven Southern states left the Union, and formed a new group of states.D. The American Civil War began.

2 Why were slaves beaten?

A. They stopped working in order to rest.

B. They did not pick the same amount of cotton each day.

C. They didn’t work 365 days.

D. Both A and B.

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