Back to the Past教案（精选2篇）

Back to the Past教案（精选2篇）

Back to the Past教案 篇1

　　unit 3 back to the past

　　reading ---lost civilizations

　　teaching aims:

　　1) to talk about lost civilizations

　　2) to help the students develop the ability of reading diary entries.

　　important and difficult points:

　　the way of reading diary entries.

　　teaching procedures:

　　step1 lead-in

　　in the past thousands of years,people have built many magnificent structures around  the world. china has a long history. can you name some buildings that could represent ancient china civilization in china?

　　the great wall, the summer palace,

　　the temple of heaven

　　the thirteen tombs of the ming dynasty,

　　the confucius temple,

　　royal gardens of suzhou

　　show ss some pictures about china’s civilizations.

　　questions: are you familiar with these famous chinese historic sites ?

　　• the ruins of yuanmingyuan are located in the suburbs of beijing to the north-west of qinghua universty. yuanmingyuan dates back to the qing dynasty. it has the reputation of being “the garden of gardens”. unfortunately, it was destroyed in a fire. our government has taken measures to repair it and much restoration work still needs to be done.

　　step2 reading comprehension.

　　what does the title lost civilizations mean?

　　lost civilizations means ancient buildings, cultures and countries that no longer existed.

　　where are the places in the pictures?

　　what have you known about them?

　　what else do you want to know about them?

　　answer the questions on parta

　　step 3 reading strategy

　　1. discuss in pairs about what features are usually included in diary entries.

　　2. let students read the reading strategy.

　　pay attention to    

　　dates and place names

　　facts and historical information

　　personal feelings and opinions

　　using the following forms

　　step 4 consolidation

　　both pompeii in ________and loulan in china became ____ ________ about years ago. pompeii was ________ in the 8th century bc and was _____ _______ by the romans in 89bc. on 24th aug.ad79, mount vesuvius _________ and the city were _______ __________. loulan was a _________ _________ on the silk road. it disappeared under the ________. there are just a few _________ left. some _________, such as coins and painted pots, was found.

　　step5 finish the exercise

　　c1 c2  d1  d2  e

　　step 6 discussion

　　do you think it is a good idea to rebuild historic sites that have been damaged or destroyed? why or why not?

　　2. which modern buildings do you think will be famous in 1,000 years?

　　step 5 homework.

　　1. retell the text

Back to the Past教案 篇2

　　unit 3 back to the past

　　welcome to the unit---教案

　　teaching aims:

　　1) get students to conduct a free discussion about ancient civilizations.

　　2) encourage the students to share their ideas with each other.

　　important points and difficult points:

　　1) students are expected to describe what they have known about the ancient civilizations.

　　2) encourage the students to communicate with classmates.

　　teaching procedures:

　　step1 lead in

　　1)  people from ancient civilizations bulit many magnificient structures. some of them have disappeared, while others remain today. look at the pictures and discuss the following questions with a parter.

　　the statue of zeus:

　　who is zeus? (a god of greek mythology, cronus and rhea’s youngest son, the supreme ruler of both mount olympus and the pantheon of gods residing there)

　　what does the name zeus mean? (it is said to be related to the greek word ‘dios’, with ‘bright’ as its meaning.)

　　where was the statue of zeus once located? (on the western coast of greece)

　　zeus is the supreme god of ancient greece

　　mythology. the statue of zeus, sculpted by a great greek artist in about 435 bc, was once located on the western coast of greece. it was  a seated figure of zeus, holding his eagle-topped staff in his left hand and the figure of nike (victory) in his right hand.

　　the taj mahal:

　　who built it? (shah jehan, the fifth mughal emperor.)

　　for whom and why was it built? (it was built by shah jehan for his beloved wife as a monument of eternal love.)

　　when was it built? (from 1631 to 1648)

　　where is it? (on the banks of india’s most sacred river, the river yamuna in agra)

　　the mughal emperor  shah jahan built the taj mahal on the banks of the river yamuna as a tomb for his wife. it was built in 22 years (1631 to 1653) by 20,000 workmen. the building is made of white marble . a beautiful garden surrounds the taj mahal. in front of the main entrance to the building there is taj mahal in the reflection from the water.

　　the hanging gardens:

　　who built it? (king nebuchadnezzar, who ruled ancient babylon for dozens of years)

　　why did it appear to be ‘hanging’ in the sky? (it looked so because it was constructed entirely on the roofs of a building, with a lot of trees surrounding it.)

　　why was it built? (to cheer up nebuchadnezzar’s wife who was said to be very homesick)

　　king nebuchadnezzar of babylon(605-562 bc) built the hanging gardens to cheer up his wife who missed the flowers and trees of her homeland. the garden got its name because it was built  entirely on the roofs of a building ,with a lot of trees surrounding it. this gave the impression  that it was  hanging in the sky.

　　the potala palace:

　　where is it located? (on the red hill in the lhasa valley of tibet, china)

　　when was it rebuilt? (in the 17th century)

　　what was it used as? (the residence of the dalai lamas since the 7th century, as well as the religious and political centre of old tibet)

　　potala palace is  located on “red hill” in lhasa. it was originally  built in the 640’s, during the reign of king songtsan gampo. the 13-story palace stands 117 meters high and covers an area of 130,000 square meters. it is divided into two sections, the red palace and the white palace. it was used as the residence of the dalai lamas since the 7th century, as well as the religious and political centre of old tibet.

　　step3 group discussion

　　1.what other ancient civilizations do you know about?

　　2 do you think it is important to protect cultural heritage? why or why not? do you have any suggestions on how to protect it?

　　sample answers

　　1.yes , i have the habit of visting museums when some good valuable things are on display there. i think i really enjou the beauty of  the designs, the colours and even the shapes of them , which can take me back to the years long ago and i can a learn a lot about the past

　　2.yes , in my opinion, history it is very important to protect cultural heritage,  because we can  learn a lot from the history, the economy, the politics and the living style of the past. here are some suggestions about how to protect cultural geritage. first, we need firm laws to protect it. then ,substantial measures should be taken to rescue and protect cultural relics. lastly. the importance of protecting our history should be introduced to our children as early as possible.

　　step 4 homework : finish the exercise on page110 and preview reading .