课件25张PPT。外研版高中3年级选修九
Module 5 The First Americans
Reading
Who were first
Americans1)Where did Native Americans come from?
2)How did they go there?
3)How were they treated by white settlers?Native Americans come from north-east Asia。 They arrived over a land bridge between
Siberia and Alaska about 12,000 years ago. They were forced to leave their land. 1.We can convert water into steam by heating it.
2.Crops grow well in fertile land. Land in the
northeast of China is very fertile, called “ black
land”.
3.If a person is very brave and have no fear for
anything, we describe him as “fearless”.
4.Those natives didn’t like or trust outsiders. They
were hostile to strangers.
convert 改变, 转变fertile 肥沃的 fearless 无畏的hostile 敌对的 e. Japanese invaded China in the 1930s and
caused a lot of sufferings to Chinese people.
f. In the 1980s, after the Chinese government’s
reform policy in practice, China began to prosper.
The agriculture and industry developed quickly
and people became rich. invade 侵略prosper 繁荣 g. People who settle in a certain place are the
inhabitants of this place.
h. This plane is designed for the military purpose.
It will be used in the army.
i. The soldiers had to retreat when they were
beaten in battle. inhabitant 居民military 军事的retreat 撤退, 退却 Look at the content below and then listen to the
recording of the passage to find out which are
mentioned in the passage.
(a ) the arrival of European
(b ) brutal treatment
(c) original inhabitants
(d) tribes
(e) slavery system
(f) the American Civil War
(g) the government
(h) reservations
The key:(a) (b) (c) (d) (g) (h) the IroquoisSkim each paragraph to find out their main idea. Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5 Who are Native Americans. Where Native Americans come from.How British and Spanish settlers
treated Native Americans. The biggest Native American ethnic
groups.A simple introduction to the Iroquois. the Cherokeesthe Navajosthe SiouxPara 6--- 7
Para 8----9
Para 10-11
A simple introduction to the Cherokees and how
they suffered because of the order of the removal
from their land by US President Andrew Jackson. A simple introduction to the Navajos and how
they suffered under the unfair treatment of the
unfair treatment of the US government.A simple introduction to the Sioux and how they
unfairly they were treated by the US government.the Pueblosthe Pueblosthe ApachesPara 12
Para 13
Para 14
Para 15
A simple introduction to the Apaches.How the Apaches got along with the Pueblos
and fought against Spanish slave traders. The Native Americans have been living in bad
conditions because of the unfair treatment of the
Us government.Present living conditions of the Native Americans. According to the text, Choose the best answers.
1.Native Americans were once called “ Indians”
because___________.
a). Columbus once reached India.
b). Columbus mistook America for India.
c). they look like Indians.
d). They come from India.b) 2.We learn from Paragraph 3 all the following
except _____________.
Native Americans were driven away from their
land by the British.
b) The Spanish wanted Native Americana to believe
in Christianity.
c) Both the British and the Spanish treated Native
Americans unfairly
d) The Spanish were more friendly to Native
Americans than the British. d) 3)What do we learn about the Cheorkees from this passage?
___________.
a)?They wanted to live in peace with the white settlers
when the latter arrived.
b)The white settlers wanted their land.
c)The Cherokees refused to move from their own land.
d)All of the above.
4)? Which of the following is false about the Apaches?_____
a)They usually don’t live in a fixed place, moving around
to find grass for their animals.
b)The Apache warriors had great power.
c)The Apaches hated the Spanish.
d)The living conditions for the Apaches have greatly
improved.
d)d)5)?Which of the following is not the writer’s attitude?
___
a)?Some Native Americans were no5t civilized
b)?The white settlers did great wrongs to Native
Americans
c)?The arrival of Europeans to America affected Native
American’s lives.
d)??Native Americans are still not treated fairly.
a) Read the passage again. Find out which of the
Americans tribes:
1.??lived in the south-east
2.??were forced to walked to their new land.
3.??were almost destroyed by hunger.
4.??were almost destroyed by hunger.
5.??lived on the plains
the Cherokees the Navajos /the Cherokeesthe Navajos the Cherokees the Sioux 6. were not famous for being peaceful.
7.?.had to move west because they lost their hunting
grounds.
8.?were nomadic and lived in the south –west.
9. were famous warriors.
10.?fought with other Native American tribes.
11.?stole horses from the Spanish.
the Navajos the Sioux the Apaches the Apaches the Apachesthe ApachesThankyou