五年級下冊英語Unit2Lesson10TheGreatWall冀教版三起IntroductionAsoneofChina’smostrecognizablelandmarks,theGreatWallhasbeenattractingmillionsoftouristsfromallovertheworldforcenturies.Inthislesson,studentswilllearnaboutthehistoryandsignificanceoftheGreatWallofChina.Warm-UpActivityTogetstudentsengagedinthetopic,theteachercanstartwithawarm-upactivity.Forexample,theteachercanaskthestudentsiftheyhaveeverheardoftheGreatWallofChina.Ifso,whatdotheyknowaboutit?Theteachercanwritetheirresponsesontheboard.VocabularyBeforedivingintothelessoncontent,theteachershouldintroducesomekeyvocabularyrelatedtotheGreatWallofChina.Thefollowingaresomeexamples:dynasty:alineofrulersfromthesamefamilyemperor:therulerofanempirefortify:tomakestrongerormoresecureinvasion:anattackonanothercountryorregionwatchtower:atallbuildingusedforobservationanddefenseLessonContentTheHistoryOfTheGreatWallTheGreatWallisanancientfortificationthatstretchesthousandsofmilesacrossnorthernChina.Itwasbuiltindifferentsectionsandatdifferenttimesbydifferentdynasties.ThepurposeofthewallwastoprotectChinafrominvasionsbyneighboringcountries.ThewallwasfirstbuiltduringtheWarringStatesperiod(475-221BC)andcontinuouslyconstructed,rebuiltorextendedbysucceedingdynastiesuntiltheMingDynasty(1368-1644).PartsOfTheGreatWallTheGreatWallismadeupofdifferentparts,includingwalls,passes,forts,towers,andbeacontowers.Thewallswereusedtoprotectthemainstretchesofthewall,thepasseswereusedtocontrolthepassageways,thefortswereusedtohousesoldiersandstoreweapons,thetowerswereusedforobservationanddefense,andthebeacontowerswereusedtopassinformationintheformofsmokesignals.TheSignificanceOfTheGreatWallTheGreatWallisasymbolofancientChineseengineeringandarchitecture.ItisalsoasymbolofChina’srichhistoryandculture.TheGreatWallservedasaboundarybetweentheChineseEmpireandthenomadictribesfromthenorth.ItwasmeanttofortifyChina’snorthernbordersfrominvasionsandattacks.However,despiteitsimpressivelengthandtoweringstructures,theGreatWallwasnotalwayseffectiveatkeepinginvadersout,especiallywhentheywerecomingfrominsidethecountry.ActivitiesAndAssessmentsToreinforcewhatthestudentshavelearnedinthislesson,theteachercanassignsomeactivitiesandassessments.Forexample,thefollowingaresomeideasforactivities:AskthestudentstowriteashortparagraphaboutwhattheyhavelearnedabouttheGreatWallofChina.HavethestudentsworkingroupstocreateadioramaofasectionoftheGreatWall.AskthestudentstocreatepostersdepictingthedifferentpartsoftheGreatWall,alongwithexplanationsoftheirpurposes.Forassessments,theteachercanusethefollowing:Ashortquiztotestthestudents’knowledgeofthevocabularywordsintroducedinthelesson.AwritingassignmentaskingstudentstocompareandcontrasttheGreatWallofChinawithanotherfamouswallorfortificationfromhistory.Apresentationwhereagroupofstudentssharestheirdioramaorposterwiththeclass,explainingthedifferentpartsoftheGreatWalltheyhavedepicted.ConclusionInconclusion,theGreatWallofChinaisaniconicsymbolofChina’shistoryandculture.Itisatestamenttothec