湖南省蓝山二中高中英语《unit3Project》教案牛津版必修3TheprojectinthisunitisdesignedtohelpyoulearnanduseEnglishthroughdoingaproject.ThereadingmaterialabouttheactivitiesoftheRomansandtheChinesefrom753BCuntilAD589isasampleusedtoshowushowtocreateanillustratedtimechart.Thetimechartcanhelpyougainaclearunderstandingofthedevelopmentofacertainhistoricalperiod.Thepurposeofthissectionistoencourageyoutousewhatyouhavelearnttocompleteaproject.Inthecourseofdoingtheproject,youwillcomparewhateventsandchangesarehappeningatthesametimeinthetwodifferentplacesandmakeaclearandcorrecttimechart.Pleasecooperateandcompleteeachpartoftheworktogether.Reading1.I’lldivideyouintofourgroups.EachgroupshouldonlyfocusononeparagraphinPartA.Thenonememberofeachgroupshouldreportthemainideaofeachparagraphtothewholeclass.Paragraph1MaineventsinRomeandChinabetween753BCand479BCParagraph2SimilaritiesbetweenChinaandRomeduringtheHanDynastyParagraph3BothRomeandChinainfluencedotherareasbetween212BCand100BC.Paragraph4RomeandChinahadadifficulttimeinthefollowinghundredyears.2.Thoseinothergroupsmayaskasmanyquestionsaboutthecontentofeachparagraphaspossible.Givemoreattentiontothefactsandhistoricalinformation.3.Nowreadthetimechartcarefully.Andthefollowingquestionsmayhelpyoutounderstandthearticlebetter:Chinaalsoinfluencedothercountries.)WhenwasConfuciusborn?(In551BC.)WhenwastheHanDynastycreated?Andwhendiditfall?(Itwascreatedin206BCandfellinAD220.)4.DoPartsB1andB2onpage107inyourWorkbookasyourhomework.Itwillhelpyouhaveabetterunderstandingoftheusageofwordsandphraseslearntinthissection.CreatinganillustratedtimechartPreparingSorttheinformationyouhavegotfromvarioussources.Thenmeet,discussanddecidewhattoincludeinthetimechart.Oneofthestudentsinthegroupshouldwriteanoutline.YoumayrefertoSteps1and2forinstructions.Whenfinished,theoutlineshouldbeapprovedbyallthegroupmembers.ProducingEachgroupshoulddesignthetimechartbasedontheoutline.Thenyoushouldproofreaditatleastonce,correctanymistakesandaddmorenewideas.Thosewhoareresponsibleforpresentingthetimechartshouldreviewtheinformationontheoutlineandpractiseinfrontoftheothergroupmembers.PresentingEachgrouppresentsyourtimecharttothewholeclassbydisplayingyourtimechartandansweringanyquestionsotherstudentshaveaboutthetimeperiodonthechart.ResourcesTheSilkRoadTheSilkRoadisconsideredoneoftheworld'soldestandmosthistoricallyimportanttraderoutes.ItstartedfromChang'anintheEast,anancientcapitalofChina(Xi'antoday),totheeastbankoftheMediterraneanintheWest.TheSilkRoadgreatlyinfluencedtheculturesofChina,CentralAsiaandtheWest.However,todaythereareonlyafewscenicandhistoricalsitesleftonthisroad.Youcansearchformoreinformationonthefollowingwebsites:http://www.ess.uci.edu/~oliver/silk.htmlhttp://www.humboldt.edu/~geog309i/ideas/raysilk.htmlhttp://www.travelchinaguide.com/silkroad/TheHanDynastyTheHanDynastywasdividedintotwomajorperiods:theWesternorFormerHan(206BC-AD9)andtheEasternorLaterHan(AD25-AD220).TheHanDynastywasanotherunifiedempirefollowingtheQinDynasty.ThisendedtheWarringStatesera.LiuBang,founderoftheWesternHanDynasty,movedthecapitaltoChang'an.LiuXiuestablishedtheEasternHanwithLuoyangasthecapital.Formoreinformation,youmaycheckthefollowingwebsites:http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/hand/hd_hand.htmhttp://worldclass.net/China/han.htmTheSuiDynastyTheSuiDynasty(AD581-AD618)hadonlytwoemperors,SuiWendiandhissonSuiYangdi.EmperorSuiWendireunitedthenorth,centralizedthegovernment,reformedthetaxationpolicies,conqueredthesouth,establishedbuildingprojects,wasagreateconomist,andchoseBuddhismasthestatereligion.HissonfoughtawaragainstKorea,whichalongwithnaturaldisastersbankruptedtheeconomy,whichledtorevoltandtheoverthrowoftheSuiDynasty.Formoreinformation,youmaycheckthefollowingwebsite:http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/history/sui.htmConfuciusBornin551BC,Confuciuswasagreatscholarandaveryintelligentperson.Hespenthislifewritingabouthumannatureandsociety,andsomeofhisideas,stillinfluencepeopleeventoday.Hebelievedthatrulersshouldgoverntheircountriesfairly,andthatpeopleshouldalwaystryanddowhattheybelieveisright.Healsoencouragedpeopletolearnaboutnewthings,andalwaystrytoconsiderotherpeoplearoundthem.ConfuciusandthesystemofideasandbeliefshecreatedhavehadanimmenseinfluenceonChineseculture.Moreinformationisavailableonthefollowingwebsites:http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/confucius/http://www.crystalinks.com/confucius.htmlTheRomanEmpireTheRomanEmpirelastedfromabout27BCtoAD500.Atitszenith,theempirecoveredmostofEurope,northernAfrica,andtheMiddleEast.RomehadmanyfamousemperorsincludingAugustus,Caligula,andNero.Itmadegreatcontributionstohistorythroughitsmilitarycampaigns,architecture,andgovernment.Moreinformationisavailableonthefollowingwebsites:http://www.fact-index.com/r/ro/roman_empire.htmlhttp://www.42explore2.com/rome.htm
