Model9Unit4：BehindbeliefsWelcometotheunit【TeachingAims】Afterlearningthissection,thestudentswillgetfamiliarwiththecontentoffourpictures,eachofwhichshowsadifferentreligion.Studentsareexpectedtodiscusstheirknowledgeaboutbeliefsorreligions,famousreligioussites,festivalsrelatedtoreligionsandtherelatedliteratureswhichisawarmupfortheReadingpart.Studentsfullyparticipateinthediscussion,expresstheiropinionsaboutrelevanttopics,shareideasinagroupandpracticetheirspokenEnglish.【TeachingDifficultPoints】Howtodevelopstudents’speakingability?【TeachingImportantPoints】Developstudents’speakingability;Differenttypesofdiscussions.【TeachingAids】1.Themultimedia2.Theblackboard【TeachingProcedures】Step1Lead-in1.Drawstudents’attentionbyshowingapictureofaschooltripandaskthemtoimagineandthinkaboutthefollowingquestions”(PPT5)Whereareyougoing?Whydoyouchoosethisdestination?Whatdoyousupposeyouaregoingtosee?Possibleanswer:WearegoingonaschooltriptoMountTai.Becausewelikegoingclimbing.Wemayseeahighmountain,lotsofpeopleandsomeplacesofinterest.2.Inspirestudentstodiscussthecommonsceneonthenextpage.Itshowssomestudentsarepraying.Askstudentstoexplain:(groupwork)(PPT6)Whataretheydoing?Why?(Possibleanswer:Theyarekowtowing,bowingandpraying./TheyarepraisingandworshipingBuddhafortheirexamsorgoodfuture.)Whatmakesthembelievethatwillhelp?(PPT7)(Possibleanswer:Theybelievesomeonewhoispowerfulmaycontroltheirfuture.Thatistheinfluenceofreligion.)3.Tellstudentsthatmanyreligiouspeoplealsobelievethatthereligiongivesanswerswhichexplainhumankind’srelationshipwiththeworldandtheuniverse.Step2Informationaboutreligionandreligioussites1.Generalinformation1)Definitionofreligion(PPT8)Tellstudentswhatreligionis:Thebeliefinandworshipofsuperhumancontrollingpower,especiallyapersonalGodorgodsanddoactivitiestopraiseorworshipthem.2)Brainstorm:Askstudentstothinkofanything【Preparationforyourownclass】relatedtoreligions.3)Religionsintheworld(PPT9)Question:Whatarethemostpopularreligionsintheworld?(Possibleanswer:Hinduism,Buddhism,Judaism,ChristianityandIslam)2.BuddhisminChina1)FamousreligioussitesinChina(PPT10)Question:HaveyoueverbeentoanyfamousreligioussitesinChina?(Possibleanswer:TherearemanyfamoushistoricreligioussitesinChina.TheMogaoGrottoesinDunhuang,GansuProvinceandtheWhiteHorseTempleinLuoyang,HenanProvincearethefamousBuddhistsites.MountWudanginHubeiProvinceisfamousforTaoism.ThePotalaPalaceinLhasa,Tibet,istheholyplaceforTibetanBuddhism.)2)Buddhistsites(PPT11-13)Showpictures:Buddhistsite—TheMogaoGrottoes,TheWhiteHorseTemple;Tibetanbuddhistsite—ThePotalaPalace)3.Taoism—AnotherreligioninChina1)Askstudentsiftheyhavefoundthatallthebuddhistsiteshavesomethingincommon:symbolsandgodofbuddhism.Showthemthepicture.(PPT14)2)ShowmorepicturesabouttheTaoismsites:theYinyangandTaoisttemple:Studentsmayreferthattheyaredifferentfromthebuddhistones.Andtheyarerelatedtoanotherreligion—Taoism.(PPT15-16)WhatdoyouknowaboutTaoism?(Possibleanswer:TaoismisoneofthemajorreligionsinChina.ItwasfoundedbyLao-tzuinaboutthe6thcenturyB.C.ThemostimportanttextofTaoismisTao-te-Ching.Inthe5thcenturyAD,Taoismdevelopedasareligioussystem.)WhatisthebeliefbehindTaoism?(PPT17)(Possibleanswer:Taoismisalsoasystemofthought.ThecentralconceptofTaoismisTao,whichreferstothewaystheuniversefunctions.Taoismbelievesin“wuwei”,whichmeansthateverythingmustfollowitscourseandhappennat...
