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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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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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.

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T

F

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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.

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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.