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Date: Jun 22, 2005
Level: Easier (Try the harder lesson.) Downloads: Word Doc | PDF Doc | Listening Audio: (2:17 - 268.7 KB - 16kbps) THE ARTICLEAn 80-year-old man has been found guilty in the killing of three men 41 years ago. A jury in Mississippi decided Edgar Ray Killen organized the murder of three civil rights workers in June 1964. He escaped murder charges but may spend up to twenty years in prison for manslaughter. Killen was first arrested 41 years ago but was released because of too little evidence. Police found new information recently and the trial reopened. The former Ku Klux Klan leader sank his head as the verdict was read. The victims’ relatives cheered outside the court. They said justice had finally been done. Killen organized the gang that beat and shot to death Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, white New Yorkers, and James Chaney, a black man from Mississippi. All three were in their early twenties. Their bodies were found seven weeks after they were ambushed and attacked. They were on a campaign in Mississippi to tell black people to vote in elections. America’s southern states were deeply segregated at that time. The terrible killings shocked America. They made the civil rights movement fight harder for equal rights. The story was made into a movie in 1988, called Mississippi Burning. WARM-UPS1. SKIN COLOR: In pairs / groups, talk about skin color - your own and your feelings about other colors. What kinds of racism are there towards other colors of skin in your country? Are you happy with your skin color? Has anything good or bad happened to you because of your skin color? What skin colors are there in the world? What words do you associate with each color? 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words are most interesting and which are most boring.
3. KU KLUX KLAN: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the Ku Klux Klan. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. 4. KKK TRIAL OPINIONS: To what degree do you agree or disagree with these opinions?
Talk first about the people in your neighboring countries. You could also talk about the following people:
BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words in the column on the right into the correct space. Ex-KKK leader guilty in 1964 killings
AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘civil’ and ‘right’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the gap fill. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. STUDENT RACISM SURVEY: In pairs / groups, write down questions about racism.
6. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall exactly how these were used in the text:
DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
AFTER DISCUSSION: Join another partner / group and tell them what you talked about.
SPEAKINGRACISM: In pairs / groups, discuss whether situations similar to the following happen in your country. What penalties (if any) should be given? Add three more examples in the empty rows at the bottom of the table.
Change partners and compare the penalties you decided with your previous partner(s). LISTENINGListen and fill in the spaces. Ex-KKK leader guilty in 1964 killingsAn 80-year-old man has ___ ____ ______ in the killing of three men 41 years ago. A jury in Mississippi decided Edgar Ray Killen _________ ___ ______ of three civil rights workers in June 1964. He _______ ______ _______ but may spend up to twenty years in prison ___ ___________. Killen was first arrested 41 years ago but was released because of ___ ______ ________. Police found new information recently and ___ _____ _________. The former Ku Klux Klan leader sank his head as ___ _______ was read. The victims’ relatives cheered outside the court. They said _______ ___ _______ been done. Killen organized the gang that beat and ____ __ _____ Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, _____ ___ _______, and James Chaney, a black man from Mississippi. All three were in ____ _____ ________. Their bodies were found seven weeks after they were _________ ___ ________. They were on a campaign in Mississippi to tell black people to ____ __ _________. America’s southern states were ______ __________ at that time. The terrible killings shocked America. They made the _____ ______ ________ fight harder for equal rights. The story was ____ ____ __ _____ in 1988, called Mississippi Burning. HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information on the Edgar Ray Killen case. Share your findings with your class in the next lesson. 3. REMOVE RACISM: Create an information poster outlining your ideas to remove racism in your country. Show your poster to your classmates in your next lesson. Did everyone have similar ideas? 4. BACKGROUND: Find out about the background to the 1964 Mississippi murders. What civil rights did black people have / not have? Who were the political and civil rights leaders? What were the turning points? Who were the heroes? Tell your classmates what you found out in your next lesson. Did you all write about similar things? (If it’s too difficult to find information on America in the 1960s, choose a civil rights story from your own / another country.) 5. MISSISSIPPI BURNING: Watch the video / DVD of the movie. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: Ex-KKK leader guilty in 1964 killingsAn 80-year-old man has been found guilty in the killing of three men 41 years ago. A jury in Mississippi decided Edgar Ray Killen organized the murder of three civil rights workers in June 1964. He escaped murder charges but may spend up to twenty years in prison for manslaughter. Killen was first arrested 41 years ago but was released because of too little evidence. Police found new information recently and the trial reopened. The former Ku Klux Klan leader sank his head as the verdict was read. The victims’ relatives cheered outside the court. They said justice had finally been done. Killen organized the gang that beat and shot to death Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, white New Yorkers, and James Chaney, a black man from Mississippi. All three were in their early twenties. Their bodies were found seven weeks after they were ambushed and attacked. They were on a campaign in Mississippi to tell black people to vote in elections. America’s southern states were deeply segregated at that time. The terrible killings shocked America. They made the civil rights movement fight harder for equal rights. The story was made into a movie in 1988, called Mississippi Burning.
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