The First Americans教案

read the text quickly and silently and find the evidence for the statement
1. christopher columbus was not the first person to set foot in north america.
2. before the europeans arrived, the natives of north america did well for themselves.
3. the native americans did not want to adopt christianity as their religion.
4. it was about a century later that the sioux were compensated for the illegal invasion of their land.
5. the apaches did not only engage in battle with white settlers.
讀完之后同桌之間討論答案.
step 4 careful-reading
read the text carefully and try to master much ore information and do the following questions. find out which of the american tribes
1. lived in the south-east
2. were forced to walk to their new land
3. were the first to use horses
4. were almost destroyed by hunger
5. lived on the plain
6. were not famous for being peaceful
7. had to move west because they lost their hunting ground
8. were nomadic and lived in the south-east
9. were famous warriors
10. fought with other native american tribes
11. stole horses from spanish
step 5 分段演練 find out the main idea of each paragraph
para1. who are native americans
para2. where they come from
para3. how british and spanish settles treated native americans.
para4. the biggest ethnic groups
para5. a simple introduction of the iroquois.
para6-7. a simple introduction of the cherokees
para8-9. a simple introduction of the navajos
para10-11. a simple introduction of the sioux
para12. a simple introduction of the apaches
para13 how the apaches got along with the pueblos
para14 the living conditions of native americans
para15 present living conditions of native americans
homework: 1. remember the new words of this class
           2. recite para1-3

period two
content: 1. language points
        2. cultural corner
1. the original inhabitants of north america are referred to as native americans
refer to sb/sth as…:稱(chēng)某人/某物為….
refer to
(1) 提到,說(shuō)道 in his speech, he referred to your name several times.
(2)查閱,求助于 please refer to the notes after class if you want to know more.
(3)與…有關(guān) what i have to say refers to all of you.
(4)refer to sb for information: 向某人打聽(tīng)消息
2. make a treaty with sb.: 和某人簽訂條約
3. insist on doing sth:堅(jiān)持要做某事
4.the americas:美洲大陸
5. may +have +過(guò)去分詞:表示對(duì)過(guò)去的事作推測(cè)”可能做了某事”
e.g. he may have seen his former teacher yesterday.
6. inhabit---- inhabitant----inhabitation
7. origin---- originate----original