Unit1Alandofdiversity教案VIP专享VIP免费

第 1 页 Unit 1 A land of diversity 教案 Period 1 Reading Teaching goals 1. Ability goals Enable the students to talk about the history of California. 2. Learning ability goals Enable the students learn how to talk about the history of California. Teaching important points Enable the students learn how to talk about the important events in Californian history. Teaching difficult points Enable the students to explain the reasons why California is such a multicultural community in the 21st century. Teaching methods Skimming, scanning and discussion. Teaching aids A recorder, a computer, a projector and some pictures. Teaching procedures & ways Step Ⅰ Lead-in Introduce some knowledge about American flag, The White House, The Statue of Liberty to students. Step Ⅱ Warming up Ask the students to turn to page 1 and look at the map of the USA and talk about it in groups of 4. Then write on the map the names of the oceans, countries, mountain ranges, lakes, rivers and big cities. At last, check the answers with the whole class. Ask students to complete the passage about what they have learned about America. The USA lies in _________________, bordering both the ________ Ocean and 第 2 页 the _______ Ocean, between ________ and ________. There are _____ states in the US. Forty-eight of them are in the single region, while _______ and _______ are not contiguous with any of the other states. Keys: the North American, Atlantic, Pacific, Canada, Mexico, fifty, Alaska, Hawaii Step Ⅲ Pre-reading 1. Ask students if they have a chance to go to the USA, where they prefer to visit, California or Washington DC or other cities and the reason. 2. Show students some beautiful pictures of California. 3....