TheFirstPeriodReadingTeachinggoals教学目标1.Targetlanguage目标语言a.重点词汇和短语strait,means,slavery,Spain,majority,Catholic,Mexico,immigration,percentage,Denmark,Danish,aircraft,Korea,Korean,Pakistan,Pakistani,mix,mixture,nationality,racial,theBering,bymeansof,thePacificIslands,makealifeb.重点句子However,itislikelythatNativeAmericanswerelivinginCalifornia...P2OfthefirstSpanishtogoto...,themajoritywere...P2Thatiswhy...P2Somediedorreturnedhome,but...P2AlthoughChineseimmigrants...,itwasthebuildingof...P2Itisbelievedthatbeforelong...P32.Abilitygoals能力目标EnablethestudentstotalkaboutthehistoryofCalifornia.3.Learningabilitygoals学能目标EnablethestudentslearnhowtotalkaboutthehistoryofCalifornia.Teachingimportantpoints教学重点EnablethestudentslearnhowtotalkabouttheimportanteventsinCalifornianhistory.Teachingdifficultpoints教学难点EnablethestudentstoexplainthereasonswhyCaliforniaissuchamulticulturalcommunityinthe21stcentury.Teachingmethods教学方法Skimming,scanninganddiscussion.Teachingaids教具准备Arecorder,acomputer,aprojectorandsomepictures.Teachingprocedures&ways教学过程与方式StepⅠLead-inT:Boysandgirls,we’velearnedEnglishseveralyears.WeknowthatEnglishismainlyusedinEngland,Australia,theUnitedStatesofAmerica,etc.Andwe’renowlearningAmericanEnglish.ButhowmuchdoyouknowabouttheUnitedStatesofAmerica—alandofdiversity?Asweallknow,theUSisaworldpowerwiththemostdevelopedeconomy.ItliesintheNorthAmerica,borderingboththeNorthAtlanticOceanandtheNorthPacificOcean,betweenCanadaandMexico.TherearefiftystatesintheUS.Forty-eightofthemareinthesingleregionbetweenCanadaandMexico;thisgroupisreferredto,asthecontinentalorcontiguousUnitedStates.Twoofthe50states,Alaska(astateinnorthwesternNorthAmerica)andHawaii(astateinthecentralPacificontheHawaiianIslands),arenotcontiguouswithanyoftheotherstates.Inthepastfewyears,we’veseenorheardmanyoftheworld’seventswhichhavesomethingtodowiththeUS,suchastheSeptember11attacks,Iraqiwar,KartrinaHurricane,etc.Todaywearegoingtolearnmoreaboutthispowerfulcountry.First,lookatthefollowingpictures.Showsomepicturesonthescreen.T:Allright.Nowpleasetellmewhatyouknowaboutthem?Whowantstohaveatry?S1:TheAmericanflagistheStar-SpangledBanner.Thereare50starswithwhiteandredstripsontherestoftheflag.S2:Thestarsstandfor50states.Theredcolorsymbolizescourage;thewhitesymbolizesfreedomandthebluemeansloyaltyandjustice.S3:TheWhiteHouseistheexecutivemansionofthePresidentoftheUnitedStates.TheAmericanPresidentlivesandworksinthebuilding.S4:Therearemanyimportantplacesinit,suchasthepressroomandtheovaloffice.S5:TheStatueofLibertyisstandingonasmallislandinNewYorkHarbor.S6:In1886,FrenchsentitasagiftforAmericanIndependenceDayonher100thanniversary.S7:Thecrownedladyis46metershigh,withatorchinherrighthandholdingaloftandDeclarationofIndependenceinherleft.S8:Foracentury,theLibertyhasbeenstandingontheIslandproudlysymbolizingthespiritofindependenceoftheUSA.T:Veryexactly.WhatelsedoyouknowabouttheUSA?S9:Afederalrepublic,UnitedStatesofAmericaiscomposedofafederaldistrict,WashingtonDCand50states.AllthestatesexceptforHawaiiislandsaresituatedinmainlandAmerica.S10:Ithasapopulationofabout2,900million.Itsareais9,370,000sqkm.S11:TheclimateofUSAismainlytemperateinnaturebutinHawaiiandFlorida,itistropical.S12:ThelanguagetheymainlyuseisEnglish.StepⅡWarmingupAskthestudentstoturntopage1andlookatthemapoftheUSAandtalkaboutit...