Unit3 Back to the past

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Module 3
Unit3 Back to the past
Plan for
Welcome to the unit
Teaching aims
1 Ask Ss to talk about some magnificent structures.
2 Practise the students' oral English.
3 Enable the students to learn about ancient civilizations and the importance of the protection of these cultural heritage.
PKeys & puzzles
1 How to develop the students' speaking ability.
2 Encourage the students to give opinions on some magnificent structures and give reasons.
3 Ask the students to give some suggestions on how to protect these structures.
4 Ensure that the every student has a chance to express himself/herself.
Teaching approaches
1. Task-based Teaching Approach
2. Situational Teaching Approach
Teaching aids
1 Multi-media
Teaching procedures
In general
It is important that every student carefully studies the whole unit. The teacher will lead the students to talk about some magnificent structures by showing them a few pictures of the famous structures in the world Then they are asked to look at four pictures that show different structures on the screen. They are required to think about and discuss what other ancient civilizations do they know. they are encouraged to work in groups of four, each group will read the pictures on the screen and choose one apicture to talk and show about their opinions. Then they will finish a exercise individually to consolidate the vocabularies they get before. After that, the students are expected to explore more vocabulary about cultural heritage. At last, there will be a discussion on how to protect cultural heritage,
In detail
Step 1 Warming up (5minutes)
Enjoy the song "Rivers of Babylon"
1) Have you ever heard of his song
2) 2) What do you know about Babylon
3) If you had a Space and Time machine, where and when would you want to go
Get different students to give their opinions.
The students may mention that they want to be back to the past. Then the seven wonders of the world can be shown to them.(on the screen)
Step 2 Presentation (10minutes)
1. If you want to understand an ancient civilization,you must learn from the five parts.
art
Architecture
Civilization thought
Literature religion
Give a brief introduction of the five elements with the help of the following pictures(shown on the screen),
Art(four pictures)
Thought(five pictures)
Literature(four pictures)
Religion(six pictures)
Architecture(four pictures)
2. Ask the students to look at the pictures and discuss the following question.
Do these pictures have something in common
If so, please describe it with some adjectives, as many as you can.
Possible answers:magnificent, well-designed, ancient, famous, distant.
3. Go through the following descriptions for detailed information, and then fill in the form below.
when Where Who Why
The Statue of Zeus
The Hanging Gardens
The Taj Mahal
The Potala Palace
The introduction of The statue of Zeus:..............................................................................,,
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The introduction of the Hanging Gardens;...................................................................................
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The introduction of the Taj Mahal..................................................................................................
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The introduction of the Potala Palace............................................................................................
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Step 3 Discussion
Now you have known much about magnificent structures.from the four pictures we discuss above we know that civilization has a variety of elements.and it is necessary for senior students to learn more about it. Here let" have a discussion of the following questions.
1.Just now we talked about some ancient civilization. What can you learn from these
2.What other ancient civilizations do you know about
3.Have you ever been on a cultural expedition if so,please tell your stories.
4.Do you think it is important to protect cultural heritage why or why not Do you have any suggestions on how to protect it
Step 5 language study
1.lost civilizations
2.parallel
3.protect cultural heritage
4.remain
5.the hanging grades
Step 6 summary and homework
We have discussed about the magnificent ancient civilizations,and all of you have done a good job. I am so happy with you. At the end of this period,I would like you to know the importance of protecting cultural heritage, because of its valuable history including the economy, the politics, and the living style of the past. After class, please collect more information about the civilizations worldwide if you feel interested in it.
1.Find something more about these magnificent structures.
2.Preview reading
Feedback
　
1.The approaches of discussion and so on were adopted in the teaching process of this lesson.
2.practised students' spoken English and participate in all the designed activities.
3.Enabled the students to learn about ancient civilizations and the importance of the protection of these cultural heritage.
4.but could not enable every student has a chance to express him or herself.
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