Unit4BreakingboundariesDevelopingideas—reading【版本：外研册别：选择性必修二】

LearningObjectivesGetthehistoricalbackgroundandmeaningoftheGettysburgspeech;Workoutthethematicmeaningofthespeech;Organizeanddeliveraspeech.

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Doyouknowwhatthesepicturesareabout?Slavery

Whenitcomestoslavery,whatpopsintoyourmind?Isit…?LincolnblackandwhitecrueltycottonfieldsUncleTom’sCabintheCivilWarSlaveryLet’swatchavideoandlearnmoreaboutslavery!

Howdidslaveownersregardtheirslaves?Whatwasaslave’slifelike?ReadandThink

1.Howdidslaveownersregardtheirslaves?ChecktheanswersTheydidn’tregardthemashumansbutasanimals,withoutrespectingthem.2.Whatwasaslave’slifelike?Dailylifeforaslaveinvolvedback-breakinglabour.Slaveshadtoworkalldaylongwithoutenoughrest.Theywereoftenphysicallyabusedbytheirownersandhadnolegalrights.

AbrahamLincoln,16thPresidentoftheUnitedStates.HeledtheAmericanCivilWar,issuedtheEmancipationProclamationofblackSlaves,openedthewayfortheUnitedStatestobecometheworld’slargestindustrialpowerinthe19thcentury,knownasthe“GreatEmancipator”.TheBattleofGettysburg(1-3July1863)wasafamousbattleoftheAmericanCivilWar.Itinvolvedmorethan160,000menandresultedinsomeoftheheaviestlossesofthewar,onbothsides.ThebattlewasadefeatfortheSouth,andisnowregardedbymanyastheturningpointofthecivilwar;indeed,thegreatslaughtergaverisetodoubtinsomequartersaboutthewisdomofcontinuingthewar.AbrahamLincolnsetthebattleattheheartofhisvisionforUnionvictorywhenhedeliveredTheGettysburgAddress,attheDedicationoftheNationalCemeteryatthebattlefieldsiteinNovember1863.TheGettysburgAddressAswecansee,slaverywascommoninsouthernstatesoftheUnitedStatesa