About fifty years ago, in Montgomery, Alabama, one black woman wouldn’t give up her seat to a white person on a bus. Blacks had to give up their seats to whites in those days, but she wouldn’t. The woman was Rosa Parks. She was arrested for breaking the "law."
　　　Mrs. Parks’ arrest made black people in Montgomery stand together. They decided not to use city buses until the law was changed. On the boycott day, all the buses were almost empty! Eighteen black taxi companies carried black people for the bus fare, 10 cents. Some people drove their own cars and gave others a ride. Some used horses. Many people walked!
（平成19年度版三省堂高等学校英語教科書VISTA English Series�T Lesson 12 The Bus Boycottより）

導入　【あいさつ・出欠確認】
Teacher: Good morning, everyone!
Students: Good morning, Mr. Ishiwata!
Teacher: How are you? How about Ayumi?
Ayumi: I’m fine, thank you.
Teacher: Good! I’ll call the roll. Is Tsutomu here?
Tsutomu: Here.
Teacher: Is Naoko here?
Naoko: Here.
Teacher: How’s the weather today?
Naoko: It’s sunny.
Teacher: Thank you.
…

☆ あいさつや出欠確認に，体調や天気などの質問を付け加えます。質問をひとつ付け加えるだけでも活気が出て，楽しく授業を始めることができます。やさしい英語のやりとりからはじめ，少しずつ内容のあることをやりとりできるようになるといいでしょう。

展開　【レッスンタイトルとテーマの確認】
Teacher: So let’s start today’s lesson! Kenji, where will we start today?
Kenji: We’ll start Lesson 12.
Teacher: Very good! What is the title of Lesson 12? How about Maho?
Maho: It is "The Bus Boycott".
Teacher: Great! What kind of story is it about? How about Shinichi?
Shinichi: I don’t know.
Teacher: OK. How about Yumi?
Yumi: It is about black people.
Teacher: Excellent!

☆ レッスンタイトルやテーマを生徒に確認させます。積極的にほめたり，間違いを気にさせないような雰囲気作りに努めましょう。テーマについての質問に，生徒がすぐに答えられない場合は，教科書に載っている写真をヒントにするとよいでしょう。

活動　【新出単語と語句の意味調べ，読みの練習】
Teacher: First let’s check the meanings of the new words and phrases! Please get into the groups of four or five to check them. I’ll give you 10 minutes.
(Ten minutes later)
Teacher: Time’s up! What does "give up her seat" mean? How about Haruo?
Haruo: It means "彼女の席を譲る".
Teacher: Very good! What does "arrest" mean? How about Karen?
Karen: It means "逮捕する".
Teacher: Great!
…
Teacher: Next let’s read the story together! Please repeat after me.
(Reading …)
Teacher: Please practice reading in each group.

☆ まず，新出単語と語句の意味をグループで調べさせます。全てを英語でやるという意識をなくし，グループ内では日本語を使ってよいことにします。次に，クラス全体で読みの練習をして，その後さらにグループで練習させます。

発表　【読みの発表，内容確認問題の発表】
Teacher: Please raise your hand if you want to read. Any volunteers?
(Masaru raises his hand.)
Teacher: Thank you, Masaru. Please read.
(Masaru’s group read very well.)
Teacher: Excellent!
(After group presentation)
Teacher: I’ll give you three questions in English. Please think about them for ten minutes.

Number one: Why was Rosa Park arrested?
Number two: What did black people decide to do after she was arrested?
Number three: How were the buses on the day of the boycott?

(Ten minutes later)
Teacher: Time’s up. Please raise your hand if you can answer the questions.
(Sayuri raises her hand.)
Teacher: Thank you, Sayuri. Please give your answer.
Sayuri: I’ll answer number one. The answer is "Because she broke the law.".
Teacher: Wonderful! Any other volunteers?
(Mikio raises his hand.)
Teacher: Thank you, Mikio. Please give your answer.
Mikio: I’ll answer number two. The answer is "They decided not to use city buses.".
Teacher: Perfect! How about number three?
(Emi raises her hand.)
Teacher: Thank you, Emi. Please give your answer.
Emi: I’ll answer number three. The answer is "They were almost empty.".
Teacher: Great! Thank you very much.

☆ まず，グループで読みの発表をしてもらい，次に，内容確認をします。さらに，レッスンテーマについて日本語で意見交換をさせれば，より内容理解を深めることができるでしょう。

まとめ　【宿題の提示・あいさつ】
Teacher: It’s time to say good-bye. You did a very good job. The homework is to translate the two paragraphs. See you next class.