Unit 3 Back to the pastPeriod 1Welcome to the unitTeaching Objectives:1) Get students to conduct a free discussion about ancient civilizations.2) Encourage the students to share their ideas with each other.Important points and difficult points:1) Students are expected to describe what they have known about the ancient civilizations.2) Encourage the students to communicate with classmates.Teaching procedures:Step1 Lead inAnswer Questions• Do you like traveling? Why ?• Where have you been ?• Will you please tell us something about your trip?• The May Day holiday is coming . Where will you go on your holiday ?Task One• My foreign friend John wrote a letter to me and said his students had formed a group called “ civilization trip” and they were going to visit China during the May Day holiday. He asked me to recommend 4 places where they could get the most. Now will you help me to find four best places and make a brief introduction for them.• Before doing it, please answer the following questions.• Do you know what is civilization about ?• What are the foreign students want to know?• What are the four best places you think we should recommend?Step2 Talking about the picturesThe Statue of Zeus:Who is Zeus? (A god of Greek mythology, Cronus and Rhea’s youngest son, the supreme ruler of both Mount Olympus and the Pantheon of gods residing there)What does the name Zeus mean? (It is said to be related to the Greek word ‘dios’, with ‘bright’ as its meaning.)Where was the Statue of Zeus once located? (On the western coast of Greece)The Taj Mahal:Who built it? (Shah Jehan, the fifth Mughal Emperor.)For whom and why was it built? (It was built by Shah Jehan for his beloved wife as...
