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Date: Jun 22, 2005
Level: Harder (Try the easier lesson.) Downloads: Word Doc | PDF Doc | Listening Audio: (2:00 - 235.6 KB - 16kbps) THE ARTICLEAn 80-year-old former Ku Klux Klan leader, Edgar Ray Killen, has been found guilty of triple manslaughter over the mob killings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi, in 1964. Although he escaped charges of murder, he faces a maximum penalty of twenty years imprisonment, which means he will probably be incarcerated until his death. He was initially arrested for the murders 41 years ago but was released because of insufficient evidence. New evidence only recently came to light. The former white supremacist, now wheelchair bound, sank his head as the verdict was read and was consoled by relatives. The victims’ relatives waiting outside the court greeted the ruling with cheers of jubilation that justice had finally been done. Killen was convicted of organizing the lynch mob that ambushed and then beat and shot to death Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, white New Yorkers, and James Chaney, a black man from Mississippi. All were in their early twenties. Their bodies were found at a Mississippi roadside seven weeks after they were abducted. The three were on a campaign to encourage black people to vote in elections in America’s southern states, which were deeply segregated at the time. The brutal slayings shocked America and galvanized the U.S. civil rights movement into fighting to end segregation. Their story was dramatized in the 1988 movie Mississippi Burning. WARM-UPS1. SKIN COLOR: In pairs / groups, talk about skin color - your own and your feelings about other colors. What prejudices exist 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 / could 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 former Ku Klux Klan leader, Edgar Ray Killen, has been found ______ __ ______ ___________ over the mob killings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi, in 1964. Although he _______ _______ __ ______, he faces a maximum penalty of twenty years imprisonment, which means he will probably __ ____________ ____ ___ death. He was initially arrested for the murders 41 years ago but was released because __ ____________ ________. New evidence only ________ ____ __ _____. The former white supremacist, now wheelchair bound, sank his head as the verdict was read and was ________ __ _________. The victims’ relatives waiting outside the court greeted the ruling with ______ __ _______ that justice had finally been done. Killen was convicted of organizing the _____ ___ ____ ________ and then beat and ____ __ ______ Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, white New Yorkers, and James Chaney, a black man from Mississippi. All were in their early twenties. Their bodies were found at a Mississippi roadside seven weeks _____ ____ ____ ________. The three were on a campaign to encourage black people to vote in elections in America’s southern states, which were ______ __________ at the time. The ______ ________ shocked America and ____________ ___ ___ civil rights movement into fighting __ ___ __________. Their _____ ___ ____________ in the 1988 movie 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. STAMP OUT RACISM: Create an information poster outlining your ideas to stamp out 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 former Ku Klux Klan leader, Edgar Ray Killen, has been found guilty of triple manslaughter over the mob killings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi, in 1964. Although he escaped charges of murder, he faces a maximum penalty of twenty years imprisonment, which means he will probably be incarcerated until his death. He was initially arrested for the murders 41 years ago but was released because of insufficient evidence. New evidence only recently came to light. The former white supremacist, now wheelchair bound, sank his head as the verdict was read and was consoled by relatives. The victims’ relatives waiting outside the court greeted the ruling with cheers of jubilation that justice had finally been done. Killen was convicted of organizing the lynch mob that ambushed and then beat and shot to death Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, white New Yorkers, and James Chaney, a black man from Mississippi. All were in their early twenties. Their bodies were found at a Mississippi roadside seven weeks after they were abducted. The three were on a campaign to encourage black people to vote in elections in America’s southern states, which were deeply segregated at the time. The brutal slayings shocked America and galvanized the U.S. civil rights movement into fighting to end segregation. Their story was dramatized in the 1988 movie Mississippi Burning.
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