B2U4HistoryandTraditionsReadingandThinking導學案

Learnaboutacountrythroughitshistory

Learningobjectives:

Tolearnsomebasicwordsandexpressionsaboutthetext.

Toanalyzethestructureofthetextandsummarizethemainideaofeachparagraph.

Toanalyzethedevelopmentofthetextthroughthetimeline.

Tolearnreadingamap

Learningkeypoints:

1.GuidestudentstomastertheessentialsofreadingmapsandEnablestudentstounderstandthesignificanceoflearninghistoryforunderstandingthesocialandculturaloverviewofacountry,

2.Cultivatestudents'criticalanddialecticalthinkingabilities

Preclassvocabularyimplementation

Words:（單詞）

Kingdom chiefnearby

belonglegalsurround

Evidencelocationbattle

portmilitarydefence

conquercountlessrelic

Fascinatingconfused Puzzlecurrency evidence

Lexicalchunk(詞塊）

leavebehind： makechangesto：

datebackto： keepone'seyesopen：

aswellas：belongto

breakawayfrom：jointo：

beconfusedby：gettoknow：

breakawayfrom：bereferredtoas：

belongto：worktogether：

besurroundedby：solvethispuzzle：

inthe16thcentury：resultin：

UnionJack：thesamecurrency：

alongandinterestinghistory：takeoveratdifferenttimes：

enterinto：leavebehindlotsofnewvocabulary：

Step1:leadin

Dearboysandgirls,wearegoingtoexploreaveryinterestingpassagetoday.Butbeforewestart,let'stakealookatamap.(ShowapieceofmapoftheUK.)Everyone,pleaseobservethismapoftheUKcarefullyandyouwillfindtherearedifferentregionsdividedbyvariouscolors,buttheyarenotdividedrandomlybecausethereishistoryandculturebehindeachoftheseregions.Justasyoucansee,England,Scotland,Wales,andNorthernIrelandallhavetheirownuniquecharacteristics.Now,thinkaboutit.Whyaretheseplacesdividedintodifferentregions?Whatkindofconnectionsanddifferencesarethereamongthem?Infact,thename"theUK"hasalotofstoriesbehindit,andthesestoriesarehiddenintheseregionsonthemap.Ok,let'sstepintotoday'stexttogetherandexplorethemysteriesoftheUK.

Step2:prediction

1.Whatmessagecanyougetfromthetitle?

2.Whatmight“aname”herereferto?

3.Whatdoyouexpecttoreadinthepassage?

Step3:Readforgeneralprehension

Readthetextquickly.Finishthefollowingtasks.

Task1.Matchthemainideasofeachparagraph.

Para.1A.TheUnitedKingdomhasalongandinterestinghistory.

Para.2B.London,asthecapitalcityoftheUK,isanidealstartingpointtoexplorethecountry'shistory.

Para.3C.ManypeopleareconfusedaboutthedifferentnamesliketheUnitedKingdom,GreatBritain,Britain,andEngland,andlearningabitofBritishhistorycanhelpclarifythedifferencesamongthem.

Para.4D.Itmainlytellsaboutthehistoricalprocessofhowdifferentregionswerejoinedtogether.

Para.5E.MainlyillustratethatthefourcountrieswithintheUKcooperateinsomeaspects.

Task2

Thepassagecanbedividedintoparts,thefirstpartisparagraph,andthispartleadstothefollowingcontent,thesecondpartisparagraph,andthelastpartisfromparagraphtoparagraph,thispassagehasastructureof“generalspecific”

Task3.

1.WhatarethefourcountriesoftheUnitedKingdom?Whichtwowerethefirsttobejoinedtogether?

2.Accordingtothetext,whataretwochiefadvantagesofstudyingthehistoryofacountry?

Step4:Readforthedetailedinformation

Readthetextagainandsortouttheinformationaccordingtopthetimeline

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