高二Unit16 reading
Teaching aim:
1. Help the students to learn something about the history, the development and the prent condition of the American South by the text teaching.
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炖南瓜Teaching method::
1. Brainstorm to simulate the interest of learning.
2. Individual and group activity to get information.
3. Discussion to output what they have learnt about the American south
Teaching importance:
How to guide the students to talk about the history of the city Atlanta and the American South.
Teaching difficulty:
Help the students to describe the history and development of a city.
Teaching Aids:
路由器怎么Multimedia
Teaching process:
Step: lead in
As we know, in 2008, The Olympic Games will be held in Beijing, but do you know in which city were the Olympic games held in 1996 ? (Atlanta)
Where is Atlanta? (USA) Show them a map to USA.
Which state is Atlanta? (Georgia )
In which part of USA is Georgia? (in the south)
Step 2 Pre reading
As time pass and society changes, in American history, there are many great events. Now I will give you a quiz, Could you tell me when and what happened in the history of USA?
1． The arrival native Americans.
2. Arrival of European ttlers
3. The American Civil War.
4. The Great Depression
5. : The Civil Rights Movement
You have a good knowledge about the history of USA.. The great events have a great effect on the USA , especially on the American south, Do you want to know what happened in the South? Now first let’s read the passage quickly and find out the main ide
a of each paragraph. You just need to read the first and the last ntence of them.
Task1. Ss read the first and the last ntence of each paragraph to get the main idea of each of them.
Para.1 The troubled past of the American South.
Para.2 The story of the South is also one of hope and success.
cad画线Para.3 A general introduction to the reconstruction of Atlanta.
Para.4 The Civil Rights movement---efforts made by Martin Luther King and its result.
Para.5 The modern condition of Atlanta.
Para.6 The people in the South are determined to make a new beginning.
(From the main idea of each paragraph, we e the clue of the text)
troubled past---hope, success, reconstruction---the Civil Rights Movement--- booming pre
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3.From the clue we can e the main idea of the whole passage is:
The development of the South. (Atlanta)
What did the writer first talk about the South?.
( The writer talks about the troubled past)
.Now read the first paragraph and find out what trouble the south had experienced in the history? Try to u the key words to describe its troubled past.
软件技术(the Native Americans) The sufferings
(slaves) The pains
(the Civil War)The death and poverty
(post war years and the Great Depression )The hardships of unemployment and civil unr
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(the Civil Rights Movement) The sacrifices
What happened to the Native Americans /slaves ?铁梗海棠
叹为观止是什么意思What life did people have during the Civil War/ Post war and the Great Depression?
What happened to the black during the Civil Rights Movement?……..
What effect did the troubled past have on the South?
( Even The South is far behind the rest of the United States in education and economic development)
Step 3. Reading.
Task 2 Did people in the South America lo their hope? Read the text quickly and try to judge the ntences true or fal.
1. Ever since the Civil war, the South has struggled to find ways to deal with its troubled past.
2. When the new mayor of Atlanta started working, the city had a lot of money.
3. Atlanta was burnt down in the Civil War, like many of its sister cities in the South..
4. The fights between blacks and whites in 1960s was widely supported.
5.Atlanta is a reprentative of the new South, a place where fear and doubt have replaced hope and faith.
6. Today, the South is known for its beautiful scenery.
Key: T F F T F F
(Notes:
2. F In 1864, when the new mayor of Atlanta started working, the city had only $1,64.
3. In only five years, most of the city had been rebuilt and Atlanta began to grow again.
5.Atlanta is a reprentative of the new south, a place where hope and faith have replaced fear and doubt.
6. Today, the south is known for its hospitality.)
What kind of story is the story of the south?
( The story of the South is also one of hope and success, Why we say the story of the South is one of hope and success? now let’s find out some signs to prove it. Read the text again and find out what happened to the city ? )
