Unit 4 The Multicultural Society手工毛毛虫
Text A America As a Collage
Teaching Subjects:
Teaching Objectives:
Ss will be able to
1. understand the main idea and structure of the text;
2. practice their critical thinking ability through in-depth discussions on issues mentioned in the text;
3. mast the key language points and grammatical structure in the text;
4. conduct a ries of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit.
Teaching Procedure
1. Lead-in activities
2. Cultural notes
3. Structure of the text
4. Text analysis
5. Vocabulary Exercis
6. Discussion
Lead-in activities
1) 天馈系统What comes to your mind first at the mention of USA?
( 50states, the Statue of Liberty, KFC, McDonald’s, NBA…)
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2) Analyze the title "America as a collage". Before you Ss read the text, what field or aspect do you think America could be viewed as a collage?
( T may discuss with Ss)
3) What famous cities do you know about USA?
备孕一个月成功绝招( New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Boston, New Jery, San Francisco…)
4) What do you know about Los Angeles?
Map of the USA (50 states)
pluralism
Pluralism refers to the acceptance of many different groups in society or many different s
chools of thought in an intellectual or cultural discipline. Although America’s culture is becoming more uniform, its society remains a diver mix of ethnic, racial, and religious groups. The US is a pluralistic society, meaning it is compod of many nationalities, races, religions, and creeds. Some of the people who immigrated to America embraced the opportunity to leave old cultures behind and to remake themlves unencumbered by past traditions and and loyalties. Others found that the liberties promid under the Bill of Rights allowed for distinctiveness rather than uniformity, and they have taken pride in prerving and celebrating their origins. Many Americans find that pluralism adds to the richness and strength of the nation’s culture
Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism is a concept with many meanings. But it often refers to acceptance of immigrant and minority groups as distinct communities, distinguishable from the majority population. Like bilingualism, multiculturalism provokes debate. Advocated of multiculturalism believe that members of minority groups should enjoy equal rights in American society without giving up their diver ethnic cultures.
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A nation of immigration
Although the US has been shaped by successive waves of immigrants, Americans have often viewed immigration as a problem. Established Americans often look down on new immigrants. The cultural habits of immigrants are frequently targets of established community. Despite such tensions,economic needs have always forced Americans to ek immigrants as laborers and ttlers, and economic opportunities have beckoned foreigners. The vast majority of immigrants to the US have come in arch of jobs and the chance to create a better life for themlves and their families. In all of American history, less than 10 percent of immigrants have come for political or religious reasons.
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While-reading tasks
Structure of the text
1. Listen to the recording 2 or 3 times and then think over the questions on Page 108.
2. Some questions on the text to check their comprehension.
Q1: According to the author, why is America not in decline?
Q2: Who bring such a culture to America?
Q3: What attracts them to America?
3. Do Cloze A on P126 to get the main idea of the text.
4. Divide the text into veral parts.
Part 1 paras 1-5
America is not declining, but is in the process of creating a new collage-like civilization.
Part 2 paras 6-21
Los Angeles is a good example of such a collage.
Part 3 paras 22-24
There is something in America that acts as “glue” to piece different parts together to make the American collage: the chance to try.
Text analysis
Questions for Part 1:
• Why is it hard to think of America in decline?
• What thesis does Paul Kennedy advance in his book? Does the author agree with him?
• Why does the author think that America will not follow historical precedent that all powerful nations declined?
• What is the main idea of Part1?
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Part 2 paras 6-21
• Section 1 Paras 6 – 10
• Section 2 Paras 11 –14
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• Section 3 Paras 15 –16
• Section 4 Paras 17 – 21
Questions for part 2
• What is the characteristic of the city Los Angeles? / In what way is the city Los Angeles different from other cities? (Section1)
• What can you infer from the example of a PC company in Orange County? (
Section2)
• What is the difference in the relations between developed and underdeveloped worlds now and before? (Section3)
• Who was Jo Vasconcelos? What did he write about in the book mentioned in this ction? (Section4)
