Abraham Lincoln

1. Abraham Lincoln 1 设计者： 四平市第一高级中学 何景龙

2. 教者简介 2 • 何景龙，吉林省四平市第一高级中学英语高级教师，毕业于上海外国语大学英语二系本科，现为国际英语教师协会会员，全国外语学会理事，全国翻译学会会员，武汉现代英语研究所兼职研究员，四平市学科带头人和吉林省教育科研型名师. 十余部英语专著已由国家级出版社出版发行，并由美国芝加哥大学出版了其英语诗集Love The World .

3. 3 Abraham Lincoln A FAMOUS MAN 1. He was a political leader. 2. He became President of U.S.A in 1860. 3. He was shot in Washington D.C. in 1865.

4. 4 What was Lincoln’s greatest work? In all his political life, he worked hard to build a free state for all the people. Also he had set slaves free.

5. 5 Complete the form with the information from the passage: Name: Birth Date: Birthplace: 1818: Schooling: Abraham Lincoln February 12th, 1809 Kentucky His mother died No more than one year in all

6. 6 Lincoln’s Youth 1. Where did he work as a young man? 2. How did he become a lawyer? 3. What did he work for in all his political life? In a store and later in a post office. By studying law in his spare time. In all his political life, he worked hard to build a free state for all the people.

7. 7 American Civil War (内战) Time: Two sides of the war: Causes(起因) of the war: Results of the war: From 1861 to 1865 The Northern States & the Southern States • The South wanted to keep black slaves while • the north was against slavery. B. The South wanted to set up a country of their own but the north said it was wrong. A. The North won and the two sides joined up again. B. The slaves were set free.

8. 8 Abraham Lincoln’s Death: April 14, 1865 Time when he was shot: Time of his death: Place of his death: Cause of his death: People’s feeling about his death: April 15,1865 Washington,D.C. He had many enemies------ Slave owners and rich people who had grown rich on the work of slaves. They hated Lincoln because he fought for the freedom of all people Very sad at the news of his death.

9. 9 Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. Abraham Lincoln was shot at the theater on April 14th, 1865

10. 10 As later _____ a young man he worked in a store and _____ in a post office. He studied law ____ his spare time and became a ________. In all his political life, he worked hard to build a ____state for all the people. In 1860, Abraham Lincoln ______ President of the United States. Then he ______ still harder for the freedom of the slaves. But the Southern states wanted to ______ up a state of their own, where they could be free to ______ black slaves. Lincoln said It was not right for the South to _____ away from the Union.Fighting _____ out between the North and the South.This was the American Civil War, which ____ Four years. In the end the North ____. Northern and Southern states ______ up again as one country and the slaves were _____ free. in lawyer free became worked set keep break broke lasted won joined set