Back to the Past教案

unit 3 back to the past
 welcome to the unit---教案
teaching aims:
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
1)  people from ancient civilizations bulit many magnificient structures. some of them have disappeared, while others remain today. look at the pictures and discuss the following questions with a parter.
the 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)
zeus is the supreme god of ancient greece
mythology. the statue of zeus, sculpted by a great greek artist in about 435 bc, was once located on the western coast of greece. it was  a seated figure of zeus, holding his eagle-topped staff in his left hand and the figure of nike (victory) in his right hand.
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 mughal emperor  shah jahan built the taj mahal on the banks of the river yamuna as a tomb for his wife. it was built in 22 years (1631 to 1653) by 20,000 workmen. the building is made of white marble . a beautiful garden surrounds the taj mahal. in front of the main entrance to the building there is taj mahal in the reflection from the water.
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)
king nebuchadnezzar ⅱ of babylon(605-562 bc) built the hanging gardens to cheer up his wife who missed the flowers and trees of her homeland. the garden got its name because it was built  entirely on the roofs of a building ,with a lot of trees surrounding it. this gave the impression  that it was  hanging in the sky.