He was
a man o f influence himself, an owner o f grain mills, officer
in the Civil War, State Senator for 16 years and personal friend o f President
Abraham Lincoln, also from Illinois. John Addams encouraged his
daughter to pursue an education. Her schooling emphasized social
responsibility and passion for culture and good works. For a while, she set
her sights on becoming a doctor and stayed at
the school for another six
years.
After school Jane and a friend from college, Ellen Starr were touring
Europe and Britain when she visited
London’s East End and Toynbee Hall. Toynbee Hall was a
«settlement house», ministering to the needs o f London’s poor. They
decided to bring the concept to America, and found a decayed mansion on
Chicago’s Halstead Street originally built Щ 1; merchant named Charles
Hull. Hull house opened its doors for all
those who cared to enter on
September 18, 1889. So great was the need for basic social service that
2,000 people a day asked and received help. The old mansion grew to
include many firsts for Chicago, including a playground, gymnasium,
citizenship preparation classes, public baths and a swimming pool.
It led to
the enactment o f the first factory in Illinois, the first tenement code and
was the birthplace o f four labour unions. Hull house became a national
historic landmark in June o f 1967. Jane Addams made her childhood dream
of improving living conditions for the poor come true. She didn’t make it to
Oslo for the Nobel Prize, though, as her health had begun to fail by 1931.
When she passed away on May 21, 1935, a train carried her from the
funeral services at Hull
House to rest in Cedarville, the place where she
grew up and began her life’s passion o f service. So great has been the
lasting effect o f her works that Jane Addams has been described as one of
social work’s «founding mothers».
(Adaptedfrom Shepler, J. (1999)).
Fill in the sentences with the correct word (s) from the text.
a Jane Addams has been described as one o f social work’s « ..1..
mothers».
b She made her childhood dream o f ..2.. come true.
с Jane and a friend from college, Ellen Starr were touring ..3..when
she visited London’s East End and Toynbee Hall.
d So great was the need for ..4.. that 2,000 people a day asked and
received help.
e John Addams encouraged his daughter to ..5.. education
f Jane Addams described herself as an “ugly, ..6.. little girl” with a
crooked back.
Creating a timeline when reading helps you
to understand the order
o f events in the text. Some texts present a series o f events in chronological
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order. If you record these events on a timeline, it will help you to
understand and remember the order o f these events.
W hat do you know about the history of social work in our
country ? Find information about the main steps in the development of
social work in Russia and be ready to share it with your group.
The m anager of the company you work
for has asked employees
to give their opinions on the role of social work in modern Russian
society. W rite an article for a newspaper. Before you start writing, be
sure you know the main features of a newspaper article (see below
Language Learning Strategies section).
Articles are pieces o f writing which appear in newspapers or
magazines aiming to make a topic interesting to readers. They can be
formal or informal in style depending on the
type of publication and the
topic o f the article itself.
A good article should consist of: •
an eye-catching headline which gives the reader an idea of what
the article is about. Headlines are normally brief and are written in the
same style (i.e. formal or informal) as the article itself.
- an interesting introduction.
*
• a main body consisting o f two or more paragraphs where details on
the topic are given.
• a conclusion which gives an appropriate ending to the article.
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