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Unit 1 Cultural relicsPeriod 1: IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOMAims：To read about cultural relicsTo know some cultural relics all around world, esp in China.To arouse the Ss’ awareness of protecting the precious cultural relics. Teaching Procedures:I.Warming upWarming up by definingGood morning, class. This period we are going to read about IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM. Before our reading, I’d like to know: What kind of old things are cultural relics?Keys for reference: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.Warming up by presentingHi, eve ryone. Let’s look at the screen. I’ll present you some pictures which are taken from China and abroad. They all belong to cultural relics. Some of them are cultural sites. Some of them are natural sites. Warming up by discussingNow, look at the pictures again and talk about whether culture relics are only objects like vases or they can be buildings too.As we all know, culture relics are very valuable and rare. Then, in what criteria can we decide whether it is a culture relic or not? If it is, what can we do to protect it? OK let’s move on to Pre-reading and think about it more deeply.II. Pre-reading1. Looking and sayingWork 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 sharingWork 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”? 琥珀是史前松树脂的化石。
