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Teachingmethods教学方法

Skimming,scanninganddiscussion.

Teachingaids教具准备

Arecorder,acomputer,aprojectorandsomepictures.

Teachingprocedures&

ways教学过程与方式

StepⅠLead-in

T:

Boysandgirls,we’velearnedEnglishseveralyears.WeknowthatEnglishismainlyusedinEngland,Australia,theUnitedStatesofAmerica,etc.Andwe’renowlearningAmericanEnglish.ButhowmuchdoyouknowabouttheUnitedStatesofAmerica—alandofdiversity?

Asweallknow,theUSisaworldpowerwiththemostdevelopedeconomy.ItliesintheNorthAmerica,borderingboththeNorthAtlanticOceanandtheNorthPacificOcean,betweenCanadaandMexico.TherearefiftystatesintheUS.Forty-eightofthemareinthesingleregionbetweenCanadaandMexico;

thisgroupisreferredto,asthecontinentalorcontiguousUnitedStates.Twoofthe50states,Alaska（astateinnorthwesternNorthAmerica）andHawaii（astateinthecentralPacificontheHawaiianIslands）,arenotcontiguouswithanyoftheotherstates.Inthepastfewyears,we’veseenorheardmanyoftheworld’seventswhichhavesomethingtodowiththeUS,suchastheSeptember11attacks,Iraqiwar,KartrinaHurricane,etc.Todaywearegoingtolearnmoreaboutthispowerfulcountry.First,lookatthefollowingpictures.

Showsomepicturesonthescreen.

Allright.Nowpleasetellmewhatyouknowaboutthem?

Whowantstohaveatry?

S1:

TheAmericanflagistheStar-SpangledBanner.Thereare50starswithwhiteandredstripsontherestoftheflag.

S2:

Thestarsstandfor50states.Theredcolorsymbolizescourage;

thewhitesymbolizesfreedomandthebluemeansloyaltyandjustice.

S3:

TheWhiteHouseistheexecutivemansionofthePresidentoftheUnitedStates.TheAmericanPresidentlivesandworksinthebuilding.

S4:

Therearemanyimportantplacesinit,suchasthepressroomandtheovaloffice.

S5:

TheStatueofLibertyisstandingonasmallislandinNewYorkHarbor.

S6:

In1886,FrenchsentitasagiftforAmericanIndependenceDayonher100thanniversary.

S7:

Thecrownedladyis46metershigh,withatorchinherrighthandholdingaloftandDeclarationofIndependenceinherleft.

S8:

Foracentury,theLibertyhasbeenstandingontheIslandproudlysymbolizingthespiritofindependenceoftheUSA.

Veryexactly.WhatelsedoyouknowabouttheUSA?

S9:

Afederalrepublic,UnitedStatesofAmericaiscomposedofafederaldistrict,WashingtonDCand50states.AllthestatesexceptforHawaiiislandsaresituatedinmainlandAmerica.

S10:

Ithasapopulationofabout2,900million.Itsareais9,370,000sqkm.

S11:

TheclimateofUSAismainlytemperateinnaturebutinHawaiiandFlorida,itistropical.

S12:

ThelanguagetheymainlyuseisEnglish.

StepⅡWarmingup

Askthestudentstoturntopage1andlookatthemapoftheUSAandtalkaboutitingroupsof4.

Fillinthegivenform.Thenwriteonthemapthenamesoftheoceans,countries,mountainranges,lakes,riversandbigcities.Atlast,checktheanswerswiththewholeclass.

Goodjob!

DoyouwanttolearnmoreknowledgeabouttheUSA?

Nowpleaseopenyourbooksandturntopage1.HereisamapoftheUSA.Pleaselookatitcarefully.Trytowriteonthemapthenamesoftheoceans,countries,mountainranges,lakes,riversandbigcities.

Oceans

Countries

MountainRanges

Lakes

Rivers

Cities

East

West

North

South

Huron,

Ontario,Michigan,

Erie,

Superior

Mississippi

Washington,

NewYork,

LosAngeles,

Chicago,

Houston,

Philadelphia,

Miami,Atlanta,

SanFrancisco

Pacific

Atlantic

Canada

Mexico

Cascade,

Coast,

Brook,

Alaska,

Rocky

Appalachian

StepⅢPre-reading

CanyoufindthelocationofCalifornia?

Wheredoesitlie?

Yes,itislyingonthePacificOceaninthewestandonMexicointhesouth.

CaliforniaisonthewestcoastoftheUnitedStates,whichisdiverseintopography,climateandecologicalenvironment.

Correct.Anythingelsedoyouknowaboutthestate?

Ithasanareaof411squarekilometers.AnditisoneoftheAmericanstatesofthelargestpopulation,withthemostdevelopedeconomy.

Youareright.Itseconomytakesthefirstplaceamongallthestates.Soit’soneofthemostimportantstates.

Thepleasantweather,longbeachandgracefulnaturallandscapemakethetourismprosperous.

Welldone!

JustaspeoplegototheUSAfrommanyplacestoday,sodidinancienttimes.Todaywe’regoingtolearntheshorthistoryofCalifornia.NowpleaselookatthepicturesaboutCalifornia.Anddiscussingroupsof4whateachpicturemeanstoyou.Afewminuteslater,I’llasksomeofyoutosaysomethingaboutthem.

Afewminuteslater.

OK,nowI’dlikesomeofyoutosaysomethingaboutthepictures.

IcanseeaNativeAmericanfarmerintheleftpictureonpage1.Hewasstandingbesideacampintheforest.Itseemedthathefeltveryhappy.Maybehehadagoodharvest.

Thevillagersmovedtothesevariouscampsintheforestsduringtheharvestseason,dependingonthetypeofcropbeinggathered.

Inthemiddlepicture,amanwaspanninggold.Helookednotonlythinandweak,butalsothirstyandtired.

Ithinkitwasdifficultforthemtoachievethedreamofbecomingrich.

Hemighthavetogiveup,leaveCaliforniaandgobackhome.

TherightpictureillustratesmodernCaliforniawithbeautifulbuildingsandbusystreet.

By1990,thenationsbeingimmigratedfromdifferentpartsoftheworldhadmadeCaliforniaintothemostraciallyandethnicallydiversestateinthecountry.

Thepictureonpage2showsusaSpanishreligiousman.

Thepictureonpage3showsusIndianchildrenwereallowedtoattendpublicschools.

ThenumberofAfricanAmericansinCaliforniaincreaseddramaticallyfollowingtheturnofthe20thcentury.

StepⅣReading

Scanning

Askthestudentstoreadthetextsilentlyandthenasksomequestionsaboutthetext.

Todaywe’regoingtoreadashorthistoryofwesternpainting.Nowlet’sreaditquicklyandfindouttheanswerstothequestionsonthescreenwithyourpartners.

Showthequestionsonthescreen.

1.WhowerethefirsttoarriveinCaliforniatorushforgold?

2.WhenandwhydidthelargenumberofChineseimmigratetoCalifornia?

3.WhatattractedpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtoimmigratetoCalifornia?

NowwhocananswerQuestion1?

SouthAmericansandpeoplefromtheUnitedStates.

Good!

Who’dliketoanswerQuestion2?

DuringtheGoldRushPeriod,manyChineseimmigratedtoCaliforniatoachievetheirdreamofbecomingrich.

Inthe1860s,alargenumberofChinesewenttheretobuildtherailwayfromthewesttoeastcoast.

Exactly.Howaboutthethirdquestion?

IthinkthetemperateclimateattractedimmigrantstoCalifornia.

Maybethemodernlifestylethereismoreattractivetopeoplefromotherpartsoftheworld.

Skimming

Inthispart,thestudentswillreadthetextagainandtrytogetthemainideaingroupsof4.Thenshowthefollowingformonthescreen.Givethemafewminutestofillintheform.Thenchecktheanswerswiththewholeclass.

Nowpleasereadthetextagain.Andthenlet’strytogetthemainideaofthetext.I’llshowtheformonthescreenandgiveyouafewminutestofillinit.

Showtheformwithblanksonthescreen.

CALIFORNIA

Stage

People

Time

Event

Native

Americans

Asians

15,000

Arrivedfirst

Natives

1600s

Sufferedby

Europeans

Spanish

Tooknative’sland

RuledbySpain

1800s

BecamepartofMexico

1821

Declaredwar&

Givenback

1846

Settledin

Russians

Goldminers

South

Americans,

Europeans,

1848

Discovered&

Rushforgold

1850

Becameastate

Africans

MovedfromMexico

Chinese

1860s

Builttherailway

Japanese

Early1900

Farmed

Deｎmark

1911

Establishedatown

Jewish

By1920s

Developedindustry

Italians

Late1900s

Fishedandmadewine

1942~1945

Workedinship&

aircraftindustries

Recentarrivals

Indians,

Pakistanis

1970s

WorkedinComputerindustry

Cambodians,

Koreans,

Vietnamese,

Laotians

Recent

decades

Immigrated

Future

Differentparts

Explanation

Nowlet’sdealwithsomelanguagepointsinthetext.Lookatthesentencesonthescreen.Whocanexplainthesentences?

Showthefollowing.

1.However,itislikelythatNativeAmericanswerelivinginCalifornia...P2

2.OfthefirstSpanishtogoto...,themajoritywere...P2

3.Thatiswhy...P2

4.Somedied