MS4 Project Two File 4 "Then and Now" Part Two lessons' plans How to write a biography, notes taking, tribes of Native Americans,the true story of Pocahontas, story of black America.....MLK

1. Research and Report
Imagine you are a TV quiz show presenter. Do an internet research about
Harun Al- Rashid
Harun Al Rashid
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Caliph Harun Rashid ruled the Muslims from
786 to 809, and his Abbassid reign was marked
by scientific, cultural, and religious prosperity.
Art and music flourished significantly during
his reign. He established a library Bayt al-
Hikma.
His life and the fabulous court over which he
held sway have been the subject of many tales:
some are factual but most are believed to be
fictitious. The famous, the book of One
Thousand and One Nights contained many
stories that might have been inspired by
Harun’s magnificent court.
Name : Harun Al Rashid
Date and place of birth: 765 AD Rayy, Persia (Iran)
Father: Caliph El Mahdi
Mother: Khayzuran, a former slave from Yemen
Occupation: Caliph from 786AD to 809 AD
Married: Zubayda, his cousin 782 AD
Hobbies: reading short stories, listening to music, playing chess
His friends: Khalid Al Barmak, Fadl Djaffar, Yahia
His pen friend: Charlemagne, King of the Franks. Sent gifts to
Charlemagne: silk robes, elephant, chess game, clock
Hero of a famous tale: One Thousand and One Nights
Habits: walking in the streets of Baghdad in disguise at night
Death: died inTus in eastern Persia in 809, during an expedition to
restore order thereIt's a collection
of Arabic
stories; one of
them is the
story of Aladdin
that Disney
used to make
its movie.
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What is the One
Thousand and
One Nights?
What is a caliph?
He is religious and political leader of an Islamic
state.
An elephant for Charlemagne
Caliph El Mahdi

2. Biography Writing
What is a BIOGRAPHY ?
BIO
Life
GRAPHY
Field of study
Biography means the study of someone’s life
It is simply the history of a lifetime. It narrates the most important facts
of someone’s life, his or her childhood, adolescence, military service,
wars he or she lived through, educational background, professional life,
marriage, children, and most outstanding achievements. Also it tells
anecdotes, memories, trips and dearly cherished moments. It is our most
precious legacy to the world and mainly to our family. A biography
involves a whole life, building a bridge between generations, bringing us
close to our grandchildren, great grand children and future generations,
planting in their hearts the pride of belonging
Biography.com
If you are writing a biography,
you will need the following
Information:
Birth
informa
tion
Family
informa
tion
Education Death
informa
tion
Major
accompli
shments

3. Birth
informa
tion
_________________ was born in
Full name
___________________________ on
place
________________________.
date
Family
informati
on
---------------‘s mother was -----------------------
name mother’s name
and his / her father was ------------------------
father’s name/job
He/She married _____________________ on
husband’s/wife’s name
______________________.
wedding date
Early life /
Education
When _________was young, he/she was
name
-------------------------------
character/ personality
______________went to ____________
name university
to study __________. He / She graduated
subject
in ________.
date

4. What made him / her famous? What did he / she do to become famous?
Major
Accomplishments
thought/ led/ went/ spoke/
helped /wrote /won / helped /fought
protested/ taught/ believed/
supported
How did his / her accomplishents change the world?
Freedom /peace /equality/ fair wages
/understanding/ liberty /challenge
Prejudice/ justice/ goodwill /inspiration
opportunities/ poverty /independence social
change charity
Death
information
__________________ died on ___________
Name date
____________ in __________________.
Place

5. Your task is to write a biography of a famous
person. You could write about an author, an
athlete, a musician, an artist, a politician, a war
hero, a movie star, a designer – or even a
relative of yours! Find out as much information
as possible about the person you have chosen.
Use two or more sources to gather facts and
build your biography as follows
Paragraph 1: Introduction
Write an introduction that really grabs the reader’s attention!
What is this person famous for?
When was he/she born? Where did he/she grow up? Find out about
his/her family background and education.
Paragraph2: Adulthood
Write something about this person’s life as an adult: marital
status, children, career and other facts you find interesting.
Paragraph 3: Talents and Accomplishments
What talent does he/she have and what are his/her biggest
achievements? Has this person had any setbacks in life and
how has he/she overcome them?
Paragraph 5: Death and Conclusion
Write about this person’s death’s date and place
According to your opinion, why is it important to learn
about this person? What can we learn from this person’s
accomplishments?

6. Harun al-Rashid became the fifth caliph of the Abbasid
dynasty (ruling family) in September 786 at the age of
twenty. During his reign the power and prosperity of the
dynasty was at its height.
Harun al-Rashid was born at Reyy near Tehran, Iran, in
766. He was the third son of the third Abbasid caliph,
Mohammed al-Mahdi and his wife Khayzuran, a former
slave from Yemen. Harun was raised as a prince in the
court at Baghdad, Iran. He married his cousin, Zubayda in
782.
Rashid's instructor and aide during his early youth
was Yahya ibn Khalid the Barmakid (a powerful Persian
family) and for the first seventeen years of his reign, relied
to a great extent on his vizier and two of the vizier's sons,
al-Fadl and Jafar. One of his closest pen friends was
Charlemagne, who was the King of the Franks. Harun was
generous with him. To show his friendship, harun sent silk
robes, a chess game, a clock and an elephant to
Charlemagne.
Harun Al Rashid was a man who was very fond of
music, science and literature. He gave his protection to
many scientists and writers during his reign. What he
disliked most was dishonesty. He was the hero of the
famous tales called “One Thousand and One Nights”, where
Harun Al Rashid is portrayed as a man walking in the
streets of Baghdad in disguise at night.
Rashid died at Tus in eastern Persia in 809, during
an expedition to restore order there.

7. *The Italian Leonardo Fibonacci, who was a merchant and also
a learned mathematician, introduced Arabic numerals to
Western Europe. He was educated in present-day Bejaia, on
the North African coast, where his father was a commercial
agent. When he returned to Italy, he published a book of
mathematics, which he called “The Book of the Abacus”
Do you Know ?
The Arabs numbered many excellent physicians. Among the
best known was Rhazes, who was an alchemist as well as a
physician. His most famous book was “The Comprehensive
Book” which summed up the medical knowledge of ancient
Greeks.
The Moslems/ Arabs made important contributions to
mathematics. The outstanding Arabic work in this field
was the Arithemetic of the Persian Al Khawarizmi
(9thcentury), which introduced the number system that
we use today. The Arabs called the Arabic numerals the
gobar numbers. Al Khawarizmi derived the system of the
Arabic numerals from Hindu mathematicians, who
worked out the system as early as the 3rd century BC in
India.
The foremost Arab physis twas Alhazen of Basra, who was
borna round 965 and who died around 1038 ?. His chief
works were The Treasury of Optics and On the Burning
Sphere. His theory of the process of vision, which he
developed in his book, marked a definite advance over Euclid
and ancient Greek scientists who had taught that the eye
sends out rays to the object that is seen.
Avicenna was born around 980 and died in 1037. He
was both a distinguished philosopher and a famous
physician. He was the author of a medical textbook
which he called The Canon of Medicine

8. Listening and Speaking
Aim : Students will be able to cope with interruptions in a conversation
Listen for specific information
Listen and check (correct oneself)
Presentation:
1-What will you do in the following situations? Circle the correct answer
A –You can’t hear well what your interlocutor says. You will say
B-Could you repeat that, please?
B –You make a mistake while speaking to someone. You will
C-Say sorry and correct the mistake
C –You don’t understand what your interlocutor says. You will say
A-Pardon?
2-Listen and circle the letter of the correct answer
Go through the coping window with your students before you move to the
practice activity in your turn to speak
Aim: Students will be able to write a short dialogue simulating the roles of
teacher and students
A-Hold on ! James has not finished yet.
The teacher responds like this because
a-James hasn’t waited for his turn to speak.
B-3 Now, who can tell me who was Powhattan’s daughter?
The teacher uses the word “now” to say that:
c-He wants to change the topic of the conversation
Coping Window
Your Turn to Speak

9. Imagine you are a teacher of History and Geography. Conduct a class on
the American Indians using the map below and the strategies in the box
above
Example:
You: Which Indian tribe used to live in the southeast of America?
Your partner: The Indian tribe which used to live in the southeast of
America is The Powhatan.
Name of the
tribe
Region
Apache
Cherokee
Cheyenne
Kiowa
Dakota
Sioux
Powhatan
Southwest
Southeast
Great plains
South
Northwest
Southeast
Powhatan Indian

10. Write it Up
Aim : Students will be able to take notes and develop them to write a
biography
Taking notes is an essential skill because....
1. Writing down important information helps you to remember it.
2. Reviewing your notes is an essential part of studying for exams.
3. Taking notes helps in identifying -- and then clarifying -- difficult
or confusing points.
What to include in your notes?
1. The main idea / topic + the secondary ideas / topics being
developed.
2. Dates, facts and figures.
3. Repeated information is probably important -- include it in your
notes.
4. Examples must be written.
5. Write definitions in your notes exactly as the teacher presented
them
Techniques for Effective Note-taking
1. Date your notes, number each page.
2. Use the column system: draw a vertical line on the page about 1/3
from the left edge of the paper. Take notes on the right side of the
page and leave the left side blank. Later, use the left side to write
down key words, phrases and symbols that will help you find
important parts of your notes.
3. Use abbreviations and symbols so you can write more information
in less time. You must understand abbreviations later! Omitting
most vowels is one good way to shorten words. In the left margin,
put a * or ! next to important ideas. If you don't understand, write ?
in the margin; leave space to fill it in later.
6. Include examples the teacher used to illustrate or clarify
concepts.
7. Leave LOTS OF WHITE SPACE. This makes notes easier to read
and helps you to find information when you study.
When you are listening to your instructor and trying to take notes at the
same time, it can be a little bit difficult to write quickly enough. Using
symbols in your notes will help you write more quickly;

11. Listen to your teacher reading the text about Indians and make notes
using the headings in column B.
Develop your notes to re-write the story of Pocahontas
Date of colonists’ arrival : 1607
Indian tribe : The Powhatan
Indian chief: Powhatan
What did he look like: Tall, dignified man with a stern face
What was he like: cruel to his enemies, love to his daughter
His age: 60
Daughter’s name: Pocahontas
Her age: 13

12. Pocahontas was born in 1595 in what
today is known as the state of Virginia, USA.
She was an Indian princess. Her father was a
powerful and important chief of the
Algonquian Indians and his name was
Powhatan. Her real name was Matoaka but
her nickname was Pocahontas which means
playful little girl.
She was about 12 years old when she first saw white men. Together
with her tribe, Pocahontas watched the colonists build a fort and
search for food.
She was interested in meeting the white men and she learned some
English words. She traded with the colonists and brought messages
from her father.
The colonists treated the Algonquian Indians badly. Then the
Indians stopped helping the white men. Winter came and the colonists
did not have enough food and were dying. Pocahontas helped them by
bringing food to them.
A colonist called John Smith was captured by the Indians. He was
brought to chief Powhatan who decided that Smith had to be killed.
Pocahontas saved the colonist’s life by putting herself between John
Smith and the Indians who were going to kill him.
Pocahontas was kidnapped by some white men in 1614. While being
captive she converted to Christianity, was baptized Rebecca and got
married to John Rolfe who was a colonist. They had a son called
Thomas.
Because of this marriage there were several years of peace between
the Indians and the colonists.
Pocahontas, her husband John Rolfe and their son Thomas sailed to
England in 1616. The family travelled around England to help raise
money to the Virginia colony. In England people were excited to meet
a real Indian princess and she was treated very well. She even visited
King James and Queen Anne.
She was called “Lady Rebecca”. Unfortunately she got very sick. She
had contracted small pox. She died in March 1617 at the age of
twenty-one and was buried in Gravesend, England.

13. Long before the arrival of Europeans on the Canadian prairie (the wide
grasslands of what is now called Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba),
the First Nations people lived in a harmonious relationship with their
natural surroundings. Every item of their culture, from sewing needles
to homes was obtained from nature. Their homes were called teepees
and were like large tents made from the skins of deer. These people -
tribes with names like the Blackfoot, the Peigan and the Blood people
- were nomadic, which means that they travelled from place to place
following the animals they hunted or the growth of the berries and
fruits on the bushes and trees.
They had horses, although horses came to North America after
escaping from the Spanish explorers who brought them here to
explore the areas around Mexico and Texas. Boys and girls were
both expert riders. They did not use saddles or reins or stirrups;
they rode "bareback". Their clothes were made from deer skins
and buffalo skins and decorated with the parts of other animals -
tails from squirrels and rabbits, quills from porcupines and the
delicate bones of birds
These children of nature did not ever have to go to school.
They did not have to study to get into a prestigious college,
nor did they have to worry about finding a job after
graduation. This does not mean their life was easy. The
winters were very long and very cold and there were
sometimes wars between tribes. There were also the very
great dangers involved in the buffalo hunt. Warriors rode at
top speed (with no saddle) beside the huge buffalo shooting
arrows to bring them down. The chances of a buffalo turning
suddenly or of falling off the horse were very great. We must
remember that there were also no hospitals in those days.
Even so, the young people of the tribes must have
enjoyed a very pleasant lifestyle: fishing and gathering
berries in summer, hunting in the forests in the early
morning, dancing around the fire at night and listening
to the old people tell stories and legends from long ago.

14. Aim: Students will be able to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant
information supposed to be included in a short newspaper article about
Martin Luther King
Presentation:
Invite your students to look at the picture p107 and ask them whether
they know any kind of information about MLK
African Americans were first brought to Jamestown colony which
the British colonists founded in 1607, while the United States did
not exist. The slaves came from Africa, which is why black people
are called African Americans.
History records that the first African came to North America with
the French explorer Samuel De Champlain, as an interpreter. African
American refers to an American of African descent. Most were brought
to America as slaves to work for rich white people who saw them as
a cheap source of labour, mainly but not exclusively in the
southern states.
"On August 20, 1619, a Dutch ship arrived at Jamestown.
Twenty captured Africans, who were sold as slaves at
Jamestown, were on board. The initial Blacks to arrive
were considered indentured servants
Reading and Writing
Do you know the man on this photo?
Try to describe his appearance, especially
his skin’s colour and nationality.
The man is black. AND
What nationality is he?
He is African. OR –He’s American, but he
descended from African origin.
This is an African American man.
This is a GREAT man
He is
When did the Africans come to the Americas?

15. 1619 First black slaves
taken from Africa to be
used as slaves in
America.
1793 Invention of the
cotton gin calls for more
slave labour.
1800 Gabriel Prosser tries to
lead a revolt against his slave
masters. He is found and
hanged.
1852 Influential anti-
slavery novel Uncle
Tom’s Cabin is
published.
1849 Harriet Tubman
escapes slavery and
becomes a celebrated
leader.
1808 Congress bans the
importation of slaves
from Africa.
1831 Nat Turner,
leads the biggest slave
revolt in US history. He is
captured and hanged
1831 William Garrison
begins to publish Liberator
which argues for slavery to
be abolished.

16. 1861 The American Civil
War begins. 1863 President Lincoln states
that all blacks in the northern
states are now free men.
1857 Dred Scott case
states that all blacks are
not citizens.
1865 The Civil War ends
and all slaves throughout
America are granted their
freedom.
1870 Black men get the
right to vote, but
treatment of the blacks is
still harsh.
1877 Attempts to give
blacks basic civil rights in
southern states fail. They
are outcasts.
1896 Laws passed
which allow whites and
blacks to be
segregated.
1909 The National Association for the
Advancement of Coloured People is
founded in New York by prominent
black and white intellectuals and led
by W.E.B. Du Bois.
1920’s The Harlem
Renaissance. This literary,
artistic, and intellectual
movement forwards a new
black cultural identity.
1931 Nine black youths are
charged with raping two white
women. Although the evidence
was slim, the southern jury
sentenced them to death.
1948 Black men are now
allowed to fight alongside
white men during war.
1955 Rosa Parks refuses
to give up her seat in a
white-area on a bus. She
is arrested.
2008 Barack Obama
goes into the history as
he becomes America’s
first black President.
1968 Black civil rights
leader, Martin Luther
King, is assassinated in
Tennessee. The world is
in shock.
1962 James Meredith becomes the
first black student to be admitted
into Mississippi University. 5,000
soldiers are sent to make sure he is
let in to study.

17. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, on January
15, 1929. Martin was a very good student. In college, he
studied to become a minister. He studied Mahatma Gandhi,
who believed in resistance without violence. He became a
pastor at a church in Alabama.
In 1955, a woman named Rosa Parks started a boycott
that would change Martin's life. Rosa did not offer her seat
on the bus to a white woman and she was arrested. For
years, Martin protested against the inequality towards the
blacks. On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. led a
march on Washington D.C. and he gave his famous “I Have a
Dream” speech. He was given the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered
at a hotel in Tennessee. He will always be remembered for
his work. In 1986, President Ronald Reagan created a
national holiday for him. He said that the third Monday of
every January would be “Martin Luther King Jr. Day”.
Martin Luther King Day
Each year on the third Monday of
January, schools, federal offices, post
offices and banks across America close
as they celebrate the birth, the life and
the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
MLK day is the 3rd
Monday of January,
which more or less coincides with MLK’s
birthday.
(the 15th
of January)
A few years after MLK’s death, many
people wanted to thank him for what he
did.

18. Read and check
Read the notes below and cross out the ones which you won’t use in a
short newspaper article about Martin Luther King Day
The irrelevant information is the following:
d-married Coretta Scott h-baseball fan
Why?
Because the topic of the article is: Martin Luther King, the political leader
not about his private life.
Read again the letter of opinion on the previous page and answer the
following questions
A-The author states his/her opinion in the first sentence of the letter
Martin Luther King Junior never starred in a Hollywood film, and he never
“killed the bad guys”, but he was my hero.
B-The author organises his/her text by: listing and explaining a series of
arguments
C-To organise his/her ideas, he/she uses the sequencers: first, second,
third, finally
Read the text on the previous page and find the suitable words
Famous= well-known
Man of peace He never preached violence against white people who
hated the black population in America.
peace=/= violence
courage=/= afraid
hate=/= love

19. Write it Out
Aim: Students will be able to obtain the biography of Ghandi
Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi was India’s most
important political and spiritual leader. He is
honored in India as Father of the Nation. His non-
violent protests led to independence for India from
the British.
His beliefs and actions have inspired civil rights
movements across the globe. He is an icon of world
peace. His birthday, 2nd
October, is commemorated
worldwide as the International Day of Non-Violence.
Gandhi was born in Gujarat, Western India, in
1869. He grew up surrounded by religious traditions
of compassion, vegetarianism, and tolerance for all
people. He got married at the age of 13. When he
was 19, he went to London to study law. He
returned to India to practice as a lawyer but was
hampered by British officials, so he accepted a job
in South Africa.
In South Africa, Gandhi faced discrimination and
hardship wherever he went. He was treated as a
third-class citizen by white people. This awakened
in him questions about social justice and the role of
the British in India. He returned to India in 1915,
ready to put to work the concept of passive
resistance he developed in South Africa.
Between 1916 and 1945, Gandhi campaigned
tirelessly to set India free from British rule. He
started by leading protests against British taxes and
landlords, and walked across India encouraging non-
cooperation with the British. He was arrested and
imprisoned for creating unrest. Gandhi's fame
spread all over the nation. He was assassinated in
1948. Two years later, India became an independent
republic.

20. Albelhamid Ben Badis was born on
Wednesday, December 4, 1889 in
Constantine and died on April 16, 1940 in
the same city. He was an emblematic figure
of the Muslim reformist movement in
Algeria.. Albelhamid Ben Badis was the son
of a family of old urban bourgeoisie, which
he claimed the Berber origins dating back to
Zirids Muslim dynasty founded in the tenth
century by Ibn Bologhine Ziri.
Ben Badis grew up in a scholarly and
religious household and as a result
memorized the Quran at the age of thirteen
Ben Badis founded the Association of the
Algerian Muslim Scholars in 1931.
It is in the monthly al-Shihab that he
published from 1925 until his death, his
reformist ideas which concerned both the
religious and political.
Though Abdelhamid Ben
Badis didn’t participate in the
War of Independence, he was
for me the greatest hero of the
Algerian Revolution. I hold
this opinion for four main
reasons. First, he was among
the Algerian intellectuals who
laid the foundation of the
Algerian nation. Second, he
lived and worked for
independence of Algeria. We
are right to celebrate Science
Day on April 16th
of every year