Module5TheFirstAmericansPartTwo:TeachingResources第二部分:教学资源Section1:AtextstructureanalysisofWhoWeretheFirstAmericans?1.TypeofwritingandsummaryofthetextTypeofwritingThisisadescriptionofthefirstAmericansReadingpart1MainideaofthepassageThetexttellsusIndians,infact,NativeAmericansarethefirstAmericansandsomethingaboutthebiggestNativeAmericantribes.Topicofparagraph1TheoriginalinhabitantsofNorthAmericaarenowreferredtoasNativeAmericans.Topicofparagraph2NativeAmericansarebelievedtohavecometoNorthAmericafromnorth-eastAsia.Topicofparagraph3TheBritishwantedthetotalremovaloftheNativeAmericansfromtheland.Topicofparagraph4—12somethingaboutthebiggestNativeAmericantribesTopicofparagraph13—14PovertyandjoblessnessisstillaproblemformanyNativeAmericanstoday.Readingpart2MainideaofthetextDifferentideasaboutZhenghe’svisitingtheAmericasasthefirstforeignerMenzies’ideaZhengheisthefirstforeignertovisittheAmericas.European’sideaPortugueseexplorerVascodaGamaAprofessoratWuhandoubtsAdirectoroftheChineseAncientVesselResearchTherecordsofZhenghe’svoyagesweredestroyed用心爱心专心116号编辑center2.Atreediagramofthetext3.AretoldversionofthetextThefirstAmericanswereoncereferredtoasIndians.Infact,IndiansarenowreferredtoasNativeAmericans.NativeAmericansarebelievedtohavecometoNorthAmericanfromnorth–eastAsia.TheBritishwantedthetotalremovaloftheNativeAmericansfromtheland.TheIroquois,theCherokees,theNavajos,theSioux,thePucblosandtheApachesarethebiggestNativeAmericantribes.Theysufferedfromdifferentexperiences.Inthe19thcentury,thegovernment’spreferredsolutiontotheIndian“problem”wastofromtribestoinhabitspecific用心爱心专心116号编辑AmericathefirstAmericansthefirstforeignerIndiansdifferentideassixtribesZhengHePortugueseexplorerVascodaGamaaprofessoratWuhanUniversityadirectoroftheChineseAncientVesselResearchCentreareasoflandcalledreservations.PovertyisstillaproblemformanyNativeAmericanstoday.Aboutonethirdofthemstillliveonreservations.用心爱心专心116号编辑