高一英语人教新课标必修2unit1CultureRelics教案

1、 Unit1 Cultural RelicsI. Warming up1. Do you know what a cultural relic is?It is any object, building or item that was made sometime in the past. It may be thousands of years old or may be a few hundred;It may or may not be valuable;It tells us something of the way people lived at the time it was ma

2、de. This may be because of its method of manufacture or how the item was used. 2. Look at the pictures below and discuss what they are and whether they are cultural relics or not. The Taj Mahal (In India)Ming Dynasty vaseivory dragon boat(in China) Mogao Caves (In China)3.Do you know heritage list?

3、Can you tell me some examples ?Ill show you some culture relics in the heritage list.Id like you to guess what they are! Then think about what are culture relics.UNESCO (联合国教科文组织)World Heritage List 截止于2006年，全世界共有世界遗产830处，其中文化遗产644处（包括人类口头遗产和非物质遗产代表作：昆曲），自然遗产162处，世界文化与自然双重遗产24处。Speak it out loudly i

4、f you can!II. Pre-reading 1.Have you seen amber? What does it look like?Amber is a hard yellowish brown clear substance. Its often used for jewels and decorative objects. 2. What can amber be made into? 3. Can you imagine what a room made of amber looks like?magnificent; wonderfulIII. Lead-in Now pl

5、ease look at the title and the video of the amber room, Please predict what it is about. How much does it cost? The amber room was first built in 1709. It is said that the amber room is worth 100-250 million (1亿-2.5亿) dollars.Suppose the Amber Room got lost. How would you feel? IV. ScanningPlease sc

6、an the passage to find out characters, things, years, places, reasons and procedures ( who, what, when, where, why and how) in the passage.1. Who are characters in the passage?Pass down and Catherine had completed the adding to the Amber roomgave the amber room Peter the Great Czar as a gift; In ret

7、urn, sent him a troop o f his best soliers.pass down Peter the Great CzarCatherineFrederickFrederick William stoleNazi ?2. What did these people do to the Amber Room? 3. What happened to the amber room in the years below?1709 Frederick I first had the amber room built.1716 Frederick William gave the

8、 Amber Room to Peter the Great as a gift.1770 Catherine had completed the adding to the Amber room.1941 The Nazi German army stole the Amber Room.2003 The rebuilding of the Amber Room was completed.Prussiawinter palace in St Petersburgsummer palace outside St PetersburgRussiaGermanyKonigsberg on the

9、 Baltic seathe palace ofFrederickPlacesIV. SkimmingRead the text and discuss the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1: Creation of the Amber Room.Paragraph 2-3: History of the Amber Room.Paragraph 4: Disappearance of the Amber Room.Paragraph 5: Rebuilding of the Amber Room.V. Careful Reading1. W

10、hat was the Amber Room made of?7,000 tons of amber were used to make it. It was also decorated with gold and jewels.2. The amber feels as hard as stone, how can it be made into a room?Once it is heated, the amber can be made into any shape.3.Please read paragraph2-5 and fill in the form below.Names

11、of placesWhat is it used for?Prussia As the palace of FrederickSt. Petersburg (Winter Palace)As a small reception hall for important visitors.Summer PalaceCatherine spent her summers there.Summer Palace 2003For the people of St. Petersburg to celebrate the 300th birthday of the city.VI. Careful read

12、ingRead Para 1 to find detailed information about the Amber RoomColour:Birthplace:Design:Material:Time to complete it:yellow-brownPrussiain the fancy style popular in those daysseven thousand tons of amber; gold and jewelsIt took the countrys best artists about ten years to make it.Frederick William

13、 I(the king of Prussia) 1. his winter Palace in St Petersburg2. a small reception hall for important visitors.as a gift of friendshipgave to in return touse forPeter the Great (the Czar)gave a troop of the his best soldiersQ2: What happened to the Amber Room in 1716?Para. 4： the missing of the Amber

14、 RoomTime : Event: 1941 Russia(the Russians)Nazi Germany (the Nazis)at war stole the Amber Roomthe Nazis arrivedsent it to Konisbergthe Amber Room was missingThe remove of the Amber RoomPrussiaRussiaThe winter palace in St Petersburgthe summer palace outside St PetersburgGerman city on the Baltic Se

15、aVII. RetellingA strange history IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM Amber Room was first built for _ _ _ Frederick I. In 1716, Frederick William I gave it to Peter the Great _ _ _ of friendship and _ _ he got the Czars 55 best soldiers. Thus the Amber Room became part of the Czars _ _ in St. Petersburg and

16、 _ _ a small reception hall for important visitors. Later, Catherine II told her artists to _ more details _ its design. Unfortunately, in September 1941, when Russia and Nazi Germany were _ _, the Amber Room was secretly _ by the Nazis. _ _ _ _ that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg

17、. After that, the Amber Room _ _. Recently, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room which was ready for the people of St. Petersbrug to celebrate the _ _ of their city in the spring of 2003.The keys: the palace of; as a gift; in return; Winter Palace; served as; add; to; stolen; There i

18、s no doubt; at war; 300th birthdayVIII. CheckAccording to the text, please put the sentences below in right order.1. Fredrick William gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great as a gift.2. The Czar gave Fredrick William 55 soldiers.3. The Amber Room was made for Fredrick.4. The Russians removed art objects from the Amber Room.5. More details were added to the rooms design.6. The Amber Room was taken apart and moved awa