The First Americans教案

step 2 : pair works. check the true statement. tell which one is right and the reason.
step 3 : 學生個別活動，閱讀activity 2的內容并回答一下問題:
  1) why did native americans used to be called “indians”?
  2) why did columbus’s journey lead to the colonization of north america?
homework:
1. remember all the words of this class
2. read the text fluently and recite some paragraphs
(二) reading and vocabulary (1)
pre-reading: look at the picture, what do you think you are going to read about?
討論: 1.where did native americans come from?
     2. how did they go there?
     3. how were they treated by white settlers?
step 1: deal with some new words. 在activity 2中,大多數詞匯都是沒有語境的生詞,這些生詞在學生閱讀中會造成一定的障礙,所以可以通過設置語境法處理生詞。例如：
a. we can convert water into seam by heating it.
b. crops grow well in fertile land. land in northeast of china is very fertile, called “black land”.
c. if a person is very brave and have no fear for anything, we describe him as fearless.
d. those natives didn’t like or trust outsiders. they were hostile to strangers.
e. japanese invaded china in the 1930s and caused a lot of sufferings to chinese people.
f. in the 1980s, after the chinese government reform policy in practice, china began to prosper. the agriculture and industry developed quickly and people became rich.
g. people who settle in a certain place are inhabitants if this place.
h. this plane is designed for military purpose. it will be used i the army.
i. the soldier had to retreat when they were beaten in battle.
step2 compete the sentences with the correct words in the box
brutal  collaboration  covert  legendary  livestock  nomadic  raid  retreat starvation  warrior
1. sitting bull was a _________ native american chief.
2. thousands of people died of __________ on the long journey.
3. the native americans received very _______ treatment from europeans
4. a _______ is a strong and very brave fighter.
5. the village was attacked and our horses and other ________ were stolen.
6. after losing the battle, the tribe were forced to retreat and move to the wast.
7. _______ people move around and do not settle in one place.
8. the iroquois was a strong ________ of several different tribes in the east.
9. a few brave men went out at night to _______ one of the spanish village and bring back food.
10. if people refused to ______ to christianity, they were often killed.
step 3 scanning or skimming