人教新课标高中英语必修二Unit1教案集

Unit 1 Cultural relics

Part One: Teaching Design （第一部分：教学设计）

Period 1: A sample lesson plan for Reading

(IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM)

Aims：

To read about cultural relics

To learn about The Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Attributive Clause

I. Warming up

Warming up by defining

Good morning, class. This period we are going to read about IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER

ROOM. Before our reading, I’d like to know:

A. What kind of old things are cultural relics?

B. Are all the old things cultural relics?

C. What is the definition and classification of cultural relics?

D. To whom do cultural relics belong?

Keys for reference:

A. Cultural relics are physical remainders of what different peoples valued in the past and

continue to value now. It can also be said that cultural relics are more than works of art, they

are symbols of history and the people who lived in the past.

B. No, not all the old objects are cultural relics.

C. Each kind of relics preserves some aspect of cultural heritage and each relic is still a

unique cultural expression and contributions.

D. In a larger sense, it can be said that all the cultural relics belong to all peoples and whole

societies, not a certain individual.

Warming up by presenting

Hi, everyone. Let’s look at the screen. I’ll present you some pictures. They all belong to

cultural relics. Some of them are cultural sites. Some of them are natural sites. Please think

these over：

A. Can you name them out?

B. Who have the right to confirm and classify them?

Keys for reference:

A. They are cultural sites: The Great wall; The Imperial Palace of the Ming and

Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang; The Mausoleum of the First Qin

Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors; The Mogao Cave. These are natural sites:

The Jiu Zhai Gou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area; The Huang Long

Scenic and Histioric Interest Area. The following are cultural and natural sites:

Mount Taishan; Mount Huangshan; Mount WuYi.

B. Only an international professional organization from UN has the authority to

confirm and classify them.

Warming up by discussing

Now, boys and girls, I met a “moral dilemma”. That means I must make a choice between the

interests of the family and the interests of the society. Things are like this: My old granny

happened to find an ancient vase under the tree in the earth of our garden. It’s so beautiful and

special. Now, my family fell into a moral dilemma. Can you help us to make a decision:

A: What should we do?

B: Can we keep it for ourselves or report it to the government?

C: Have you come across such a situation — to make a difficult choice?

Keys: ABC questions can be answered in all kinds of ways. The answers are flexible.

II. Pre-reading

1. Looking and saying

Work in pairs. Look at the photos on the screen. All these relics are quite beautiful. But some

of them were lost and ruined in history，such as Yuan MingYuan and the Amber Room. Please

guess:

A. What kinds of things can result in their disappearing?

B. Why do they come into being once again?

Keys for reference:

A. Maybe wars, natural disasters, and time have damaged or destroyed them, getting

them lost and changed. Many of them were even stolen and hidden while nobody

knows who, where and how.

B. People get to know these. If these relics could not be found again, they would be

rebuilt by people.

2. Explaining and sharing

Work in groups of four. Tell your group mates:

A. What do you know about the substance of “amber”?

B. What do you know about the cultural relics “the Amber Room”?

Keys for reference:

I am from group 2. From the knowledge we got from biology and chemistry, we know

“amber” is a semi-precious stone used in jewelry and art world. Amber is really the

fossil form of resin from trees. It has got its shape after a process that has taken

millions of years to complete. Trees in very ancient forests produced this resin, which

slowly dropped from trees and was buried. Trees use resin to protect themselves from

disease and harm caused by insects and fungi.

I am from group 6. From the information of history legends and news reports, we

know the Amber Room is a room built by lots of ambers. It was a gift given to Peter

the Great, the King of Russia, by the King of Prussia, Frederick William I. It was

given the name because almost thousand tons of natural ambers were used to make it.

But during the second world war in 1941, the Nazi German army secretly stole the

Amber Room and sent boxes of the Amber Room on a train to a German city. After

that, what really happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.

III. Reading

1. Reading aloud to the recording