Unit3 Back to the past -Welcome to the unit教案

unit3  back to the past -welcome to the unit教案teaching objectives:1)        get students to conduct a free discussion about ancient civilizations.2)        encourage the students to share their ideas with each other.important points and difficult points:1)        students are expected to describe what they have known about the ancient civilizations.2)        encourage the students to communicate with classmates.teaching procedures:step1 lead in       quiz: how much do you know about the ancient civilization?1)        what are the four ancient civilized nations?2)        what are the seven wonders of the world? step2 talking about the picturesthe statue of zeus:who is zeus? (a god of greek mythology, cronus and rhea’s youngest son, the supreme ruler of both mount olympus and the pantheon of gods residing there)what does the name zeus mean? (it is said to be related to the greek word ‘dios’, with ‘bright’ as its meaning.)where was the statue of zeus once located? (on the western coast of greece)the taj mahal:who built it? (shah jehan, the fifth mughal emperor.)for whom and why was it built? (it was built by shah jehan for his beloved wife as a monument of eternal love.)when was it built? (from 1631 to 1648)where is it? (on the banks of india’s most sacred river, the river yamuna in agra)the hanging gardens:who built it? (king nebuchadnezzar, who ruled ancient babylon for dozens of years)why did it appear to be ‘hanging’ in the sky? (it looked so because it was constructed entirely on the roofs of a building, with a lot of trees surrounding it.)why was it built? (to cheer up nebuchadnezzar’s wife who was said to be very homesick)the potala palace:where is it located? (on the red hill in the lhasa valley of tibet, china)when was it rebuilt? (in the 17th century)what was it used as? (the residence of the dalai lamas since the 7th century, as well as the religious and political centre of old tibet)step3 group discussion1 what do you think of the structures you saw just now?2 do you think it is important to protect cultural heritage? why or why not? do you have any suggestions on how to protect it?homework1. unit revision: period 1.2. preview reading.