Unit 5 Nelson Mandela ---- a modern hero

Who are they?

Abraham Lincoln

Marie curie

William Tyndale

Norman Bethune

Sun Yat-sen

Neil Armstrong

Gandhi Nelson Mandela

• Discussion:

How can we tell if an important person is a great person?

Reading Ss read and make a timeline of Elias’ life until he

met Nelson Mandela.

1940___________________________

1942 ___________________________

1944 ___________________________

1946 ___________________________

1948 ___________________________

1950 ___________________________

1952 ___________________________

1954 ________________________

He was born

He was a two years old baby.

He was four years old.

He began school.

He left school.Nelson Mandela opened his law firm.

He was 12 and met Mandela.

He was fourteen and encouraged by Mandela.

• Read these statements and tell whether they are true or false and why.

1. Elias met Nelson Mandela at school.2. Nelson Mandela was a black lawyer.3. Elias was unable to read or write because he was

lazy.4. Nelson Mandela helped him keep his job.5. Elias was happy blowing up government

buildings.6. Nelson Mandela believed that black people were

being treated as well as white people in South Africa.

7. Nelson Mandela thought violence was a good way to help black people.

8. The government were happy with Nelson Mandela and the ANC.

TF

FT

F

F

F

F

• Ss read the whole passage and see how many parts the text can be divided into, and give the general idea of each part.

Part I paragraph 1-2

The life of Elias’ before he met Nelson Mandela.

Part II paragraph 3-5

The change of Elias’ life after he met Nelson Mandela and what Mandela did.

Discussion:

1. How the ANC Youth League fights the Government?

2. What can we learn from the text about Nelson Mandela?