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Abraham Lincoln

Lesson 50

Unit 13

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Mount Rushmore

National Memorial

Abraham Lincoln

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or

True

False

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Listen to the tape and sum up main idea of each paragraph .

Para. 1

Para. 2

Para. 3

Para. 4

Para. 5

Lincoln’s childhood

Lincoln’s youth

Became President and the Civil War

Became President again and his death

Considered as one of the greatest presidents

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Please answer these questions:

What was Lincoln’s father ?

2. What happened in 1818?

3. Why did the boy get little education ?

A farmer.

Lincoln’s mother died.

Because the family was poor.

Para.1

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.???? Finish a form:

Kentucky, USA

Storekeeper, postmaster, lawyer

politics

Against slavery

Building a free state for all

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…that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain——that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom——and that government of the

people(民有), by the people(民

治), for the people(民享), shall

not perish from the earth.

—from Lincoln Gettysburg Address

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Para.3

????Read and answer two questions:???

1. Why did the Civil War break out?

Because the southern states set up their own country and wanted to keep slaves.

2. What was Lincoln’s greatest work?

He ended slavery and reunited the country.

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Freedom From Slavery

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Read in chorus, ask and answer the following questions:

In which year was Lincoln elected President for the second time?

Who hated him? Why ?

3. When and where was he shot?

4. When did he die?

5. How did the people feel?

In 1864.

Slave owners and rich people in big cities.

At a theatre on April 14th,1865.

On April 15th, 1865

Sad. The people had considered him to be a great leader, and a wise, kind and honest man.

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A grand funeral for President Lincoln

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O Captain! My Captain! (哦，船长，我的船长） by Walt Whitman after the assassination of President Lincoln（美/惠特曼）

O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done;The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim anddaring:But O heart! heart! heart!O the bleeding drops of red,Where on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.

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Discussion:

Why did people feel so sad at Lincoln’s death?

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Mount Rushmore

National Memorial

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His mother died.

Abraham Lincoln became

President of the United States.

Abraham Lincoln became

President for the second time.

Abraham Lincoln was shot

dead at a theatre.

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Written practice

Fill in the blanks with the missing words

Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky, USA in 1809. As a child he used to _______ his father on the farm. His mother ______ in 1818. Luckily, his stepmother was _____ to him and she did what she could ____ help him. Although Lincoln liked ____ , he couldn't get many books, because his family was very poor, His whole schooling came to no more than ____ year.

As a young man, he was a storekeeper then a post officer. He studied in his spare time and became a ____ . he was interested in politics and was against ______ .

help

died

kind

to

reading

one

lawyer

slavery

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In 1860, Abraham Lincoln became _______ of the USA. He worked even harder. The southern states set up their own country and wanted to keep ____ there. A war broke out. Four years later, the north _______. The country was reunited and the slaves were ____ free. But the slave owners and the rich people in big cities hated him, he was ___ at a theatre and died early the next morning. The whole nation felt very _____ at his death and they thought ________of their president.

Today, Abraham Lincoln is considered one of the _______ of all American presidents.

President

slaves

won

set

shot

sad

highly/well

greatest

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Oral Practice

If you are one of the neighbors of little Abraham Lincoln, tell us his childhood.Start like this:

I was lucky to be Lincoln’s neighbor. He …

Key words:

be born, used to work, help, die, be kind, like reading, be poor , get , spend

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2. An American student is asking the history teacher what Lincoln did after he became president and the reason why he was assassinated.

worked harder, set up a country, broke out, lasted 4 years, the North won, were set free;

became president again, many enemies, hated Lincoln, at a theatre, died

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The American civil war lasted four years. Tens of thousands of people died from the war and millions of people lost their homes. What do you think of the war? Is it necessary to launch(发动) such a war?

Discussion

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