Unit 8 Slavery Gave Me Nothing to Lose
Slavery Gave Me Nothing to Lose Unit 8
Stage 1: Warming-up Activities Stage 2: Reading-Centred Activities o Stage 3: After-Reading Activities Stage 4: Listening-and-Speaking Practice
Stage 1: Warming-up Activities Stage 2: Reading-Centred Activities Stage 3: After-Reading Activities Stage 4: Listening-and-Speaking Practice
s Warming-up Activities Group work ti Questions for thought and discussion Background information +e Enriching your vocabulary o Comparing the following words
Warming-up Activities Group work Questions for thought and discussion Background information Enriching your vocabulary Comparing the following words
o Group work Go over the preview, the pre reading questions and the title of the text before listening to the summary of the story and anticipate what we are going to read
Group work Go over the preview, the prereading questions and the title of the text before listening to the summary of the story and anticipate what we are going to read
Questions for thought and discussion Listen to a short passage carefully and then answer the following questions
Questions for thought and discussion Listen to a short passage carefully and then answer the following questions
Background information Eatonville: It is a small community of great significance to African-American history and culture. Located just north of Orlando Florida between Winter Park and maitland. it is historically recognized as the first incorporated African-American municipality in the united states and one of the oldest surviving African communities in the U.s. Following the Civil War,“fre” Africans settling in the area worked primarily as farm hands clearing land or helping in the construction of nearby Maitland, a white township
Background information • Eatonville: It is a small community of great significance to African-American history and culture. Located just north of Orlando, Florida between Winter Park and Maitland, it is historically recognized as the first incorporated African-American municipality in the United States and one of the oldest surviving African communities in the U.S. Following the Civil War, “free” Africans settling in the area worked primarily as farm hands clearing land or helping in the construction of nearby Maitland, a white township
Eatonville is culturally important for its renowned native daughter, Zora Neale hurston (c.f. Note 3 below), author, anthropologist and folklorist. Her words captured forever the culture of the community and painted an image of an environment typical of the rural Southern working-class African-American. Each January, Eatonville plays host to the zora Neale hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities. In addition to Zora Neale hurston. other notable residents of eatonville include hall of fame football player, Deacon Jones and Dr. Benjamin Perry, president of Florida a&M University
Eatonville is culturally important for its renowned native daughter, Zora Neale Hurston (c.f. Note 3 below), author, anthropologist and folklorist. Her words captured forever the culture of the community and painted an image of an environment typical of the rural Southern working-class African-American. Each January, Eatonville plays host to the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities. In addition to Zora Neale Hurston, other notable residents of Eatonville include Hall of Fame football player, Deacon Jones and Dr. Benjamin Perry, president of Florida A&M University
Orlando: It is the fifth-ranking U.s. destination of overseas travelers- after San francisco, Miami, Los Angeles and New York City-and it claims the second highest number of hotel rooms in the U.S., lagging just behind Las Vegas in the bedroom stakes. The city has also established itself as part of Florida's high-tech corridor, boasting not only the space technology industries focused on the Florida space Coast, but a healthy dose of bits and bytes makers as well
• Orlando: It is the fifth-ranking U.S. destination of overseas travelers — after San Francisco, Miami, Los Angeles and New York City — and it claims the second highest number of hotel rooms in the U.S., lagging just behind Las Vegas in the bedroom stakes. The city has also established itself as part of Florida's high-tech corridor, boasting not only the space technology industries focused on the Florida Space Coast, but a healthy dose of bits and bytes makers as well
There wasn't much to orlando untill Walt Disney started buying up property at the citys southwestern edge in the 1960s and the property he bought became Disney World in 1971. Since then, waterslides, roller coasters, fairy tale palaces and costumed characters have made Disney World one of the world's most visited tourist attractions
There wasn't much to Orlando until Walt Disney started buying up property at the city's southwestern edge in the 1960s and the property he bought became Disney World in 1971. Since then, waterslides, roller coasters, fairy tale palaces and costumed characters have made Disney World one of the world's most visited tourist attractions
Zora Neale Hurston(1891-1960): American writer, folklorist and anthropologist. Born in Eatonville. Florida. Hurston was educated at Howard University, at Barnard College, and at Columbia University, where she studied under German-American anthropologist Franz Boas. Eatonville was the first incorporated all-black town in the United States and hurston returned there after college for anthropological field study that influenced her later output in fiction as well as in folklore. hurston also collected folklore in Jamaica haiti. Bermuda and honduras
• Zora Neale Hurston (1891－1960): American writer, folklorist and anthropologist. Born in Eatonville, Florida, Hurston was educated at Howard University, at Barnard College, and at Columbia University, where she studied under German-American anthropologist Franz Boas. Eatonville was the first incorporated all-black town in the United States, and Hurston returned there after college for anthropological field study that influenced her later output in fiction as well as in folklore. Hurston also collected folklore in Jamaica, Haiti, Bermuda, and Honduras
