新疆医科大学外语教研室 全新版大学英语三册教案Unit 2 1 Unit 2 Civil Right Heroes Ⅰ. Teaching Plan Objectives Students w ill be able to: 1. understand the main idea (early civil-rights struggles in the US, esp. the Underground Railroad); 2. learn to use library resources and other resources for information; 3. grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. Pedagogical methods Principles: stimulating, motivating, facilitating, enabling Task–based: reading, writing, discussing, practicing, commenting, criticizing, evaluating, recreating, investigating, searching for resources, case studying, presenting and demonstrating, deducting, inducting, etc. Time allotment 1st period 2nd period 3rd period 4th period 5th period Pre-reading Pre-reading (Cloze B); While-reading (natural division, Part I-Part III) While-reading (continued) Post-reading; Check on Ss’ home reading (Text B) Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks Pre-reading tasks 1. T asks Ss the following questions on the recording: (5 minu tes) — What are the special contributions of Abraham, John and Martin to the Americans? (They all advocated black civil rights.) — How did they die? (They were all assassinated.) 2. Knowledge of American geography (10 minu tes) 1) T brings a map of the USA to class, hangs it in the front of the classroom. 新疆医科大学外语教研室 全新版大学英语三册教案 Unit 2 2 2) T explains that the USA was divided after the Abolition Act (废除黑奴制法案): the Northern States supported it, while the Southern States disapproved of it. 3) T circles out the Southern States (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, ...
