【课堂新坐标】（教师用书）2013-2014学年高中英语 Module 3 Celebration教案 新人教版必修1

Unit 3 Celebration【美文阅读】 伟大的母亲理应有一个正式的节日来庆祝，母亲节的诞生迎合了所有人的期盼。History of Mother's DayIn the US Mother's Day is a holiday celebrated on second Sunday in May.It is a day when children honor their mothers with cards，gifts，and flowers.First observance(庆祝)in Philadelphia in 1907，it is based on suggestions by Julia Ward Howe in 1872 and by Anna Jarvis in 1907.Although it wasn't celebrated in the US until 1907 ， there were days honoring mothers even in the days of ancient Greece.In those days，however，it was Rhea，the Mother of the gods that was given honor.Later ， in the 1600's ， in England there was an annual( 年 度 的 )observance called“Mothering Sunday” ． It was celebrated during June ， on the fourth Sunday.On Mothering Sunday ， the servants ， who generally lived with their employers ， were encouraged to return home and honor their mothers.It was traditional for them to bring a special cake along to celebrate the occasion.In the US，in 1907 Ana Jarvis，from Philadelphia，began a campaign(运动)to establish a national Mother's Day.Jarvis persuaded her mother's church in Grafton，West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary of her mother's death ， the 2nd Sunday of May.The next year Mother's Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.Jarvis and others began a letterwriting campaign to ministers，businessmen，and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother's Day.They were successful.President Woodrow Wilson，in 1914，made the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day a national observance that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.Many other countries of the world celebrate their own Mother's Day at different times thr...