高中英语Unit6GoingWest(必修)-英语第三册人教版

高中英语Unit6GoingWest（必修）—英语第三册[人教版]Teachingaims:Goals:Specialfocus:ImprovereadingskillsandEnlargevocabulary.DirectSstoreadthe3passagesonthetextbook;GuideSstolearntousethefollowingwordsandexpressions:Pond,burden,desperate,starvation,anxiety,ox,cometoanend,cometoacompletestop,cometoabetterunderstanding,cometoanagreement,assessment,anniversary,thirst,relief,frontier,circumstance,catastrophe,deliver,quit,barkPeriod1ReadingGoingWest(onP49)Step1.WarmingupTask1.CheckhowmuchtheSsknowaboutthebackground:WhoweretheNativeAmericans?Wheredidtheyliveandwhatdoyouknowabouttheirlife?Historycountsmanycasesinwhichsettlersmovedintoareasthatbelongedtootherpeople.Canyougivesomeexamples?Whathappened?ThenewsettlementsinAmericasoonbecameknownastheWildWest.Why?Ifnecessarygivethemsomebackgrounds:WestwardMovementisamovementofpeoplefromthesettledregionsoftheUnitedStatestolandsfurtherwest.Betweentheearly17thandlate19thcenturies,Anglo-AmericanpeoplesandtheirsocietiesexpandedfromtheAtlanticCoasttothePacificCoast.Thiswestwardmovement,acrosswhatwasoftencalledtheAmericanfrontier,wasofenormoussignificance.Byexpandingthenation’sborderstoincludemorethanthreemillionsquaremiles,theUnitedStatesbecameoneofthemostthpowerfulnationsofthe20century.However,thisexpansionalsoresultedingreatsuffering,destruction,andculturallossfortheNativeAmericansofNorthAmerica.ThisexpansionalsomeantthatEnglishinstitutionsandwaysoflife,insteadofSpanishorFrenchones.TheSpanishandFrenchwerealsoexploringandsettlingNorthAmericainthesixteenth,seventeenth,andeighteenthcenturies.Forgoodorill,theWestwardMovementoftheseAnglo-AmericansettlerswasoneofthemostinfluentialforcestoshapeNorthAmericahistory.Step2.ReadingTask3:AnsweringthequestionsonP50.Step4.PassageAnalysis:Whatarethewritingtechniquesofthistext?Useofthechronologicalordertonarrateastory.Whatidthewritingstyleofthepassage?Thepassageis

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whichrelatedastorythatthehero’sfamilyandotherfamiliesmovestothewest.Theyranintomanydifficultiesonthewaytothewest.FinallytheygottotheWestandstartedanewlife.Thepassage,whichusesthefirstpersontorelatethehero’strueexperience,givesusavividdescription.Whocansummarizethemainideaofthetext?Thetextrelatedastoryfamilyandothermanyfamilies

thatthehero’smovingtotheWest.What’sthepurposeofthewriter?Thewriterwantedtotellus“Whenonecomesacrosstheproblems,oneshouldn’tescapethem.However,heshouldlearntofacerealityandsolvetheproblems.Aslongasheovercomesthedifficultiesandnevergivesup,hewillachievehisgoalsandsucceed.”Moreover,hehasdreamsinhisheart.Aslongasheinsistsonandmakesunremittingefforts,Ibelievehewillmakehisdreamscometruesomeday.Infact,lifeitselfisabattle.Naturalenvironmentandnatureareyourenemies.Ifyoudefeatthem,youcanliveintheworld,oritisdeaththatiswaitingforyou.Whatcanwelearnfromthetext?Fromthistext,Ilearnthatduringourlifetime,wemayrunintomanydifficulties.Whenwecomeacrosstheproblems,weshouldn’ttrytoescape.Instead,weshouldlearntofacerealityandsolvetheproblems.Step5HomeworkFinishalltheexercisesonWordStudyandGrammaronp50--52.Period2.IntegratingReadingSkillsHeroesoftheNorth(p52-53)Step1.Revision1.CheckhowfurthertheSsunderstandPerseveranceCheckthehomework.Ifnecessary,givesomeexamplestoreviewtheAttribute.Exercise1-3onp188-189isspeciallydesignedtochecktheSsiftheyarefamiliarwiththeGrammar.Step2.Readthepassageandfinishtheexercisesattachedtothepassage.Step3.ExtensiveReading:TheFirst

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RiverValley,1750-1820consistsof15,000pagesoforiginalhistoricalmaterialdocumentingtheland,peoples,exploration,andtransformationofthetrans-AppalachianWestfromthemid-eighteenthtotheearlynineteenthcentury.ThecollectionisdrawnfromtheholdingsoftheUniversityofChicagoLibraryandtheFilsonHistoricalSocietyofLouisville,Kentucky.Amongthesourcesincludedarebooks,periodicals,newspapers,pamphlets,scientificpublications,broadsides,letters,journals,legaldocuments,ledgersandotherfinancialrecords,maps,physicalartifacts,andpictorialimages.ThecollectiondocumentsthetravelsofthefirstEuropeanstoenterthetrans-AppalachianWest,themapstracingtheirexplorations,theirrelationswithNativeAmericans,andtheirtheoriesabouttheregion'smoundsandotherancientearthworks.NaturalistsandotherscientistsdescribeWesternbirdlifeandbonesofprehistoricanimals.Booksandlettersdocumentthenewsettlers'migrationandacquisitionofland,navigationdowntheOhioRiver,plantingofcrops,andtradeintobacco,horses,andwhiskey.LeadersfromThomasJeffersonandJamesMadisontoIsaacShelby,WilliamHenryHarrison,AaronBurr,andJamesWilkinsoncommentonpoliticsandregionalconspiracies.Documentsalsorevealthelivesoftrans-AppalachianAfricanAmericans,nearlyallofthemslaves;thepositionofwomen;andtherolesofchurches,schools,andotherinstitutions.Period3.IntegratingReadingandWritingSkillsEscapefromdoubtingcastle(p189-190)Step1.Warmming-upTask1:Dotheoralpraticeonp48Step2.ReadingTask2:Readtheallegoryandfinishtheexercises.Task3:GuidedWritingFirst,inpairsdiscussthepassageonP191.ThengiveSs20passage.ThenaskSstoscoretothefollowingchart.3pluses&1wish

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