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Unit 2 MORALS AND VIRTUES
Period 5 Video & Project 学案
Activity 1: Complete the following sentences with your best guess and check your answers by watching the video.
1. The teachings of Confucius have been an important part of Chinese culture for _____________ years.
2. His teachings are all about the most basic ______________ of life.
3.Confucius thought that ________ was the most important moral principle.
4. According to Confucius, this highest principle begins with love for ____________.
5. Confucius said:“ Whatever you don’ t like done to yourself, don t ______________________.”
Activity 2: Circle the correct words to complete the sentences below.
1. Confucian thought is still greatly valued in China and in other East/Southeast Asian countries.
2. If students really understood Confucian ideas, it could change society/their lives.
3. In English, only a few/many different words can be used to translate Confucius’s highest moral principle.
4. Mencius/Zigong explained this principle as “loving one’s parents, loving people, loving everything in the world.”
5. Confucius taught Zigong that the one single concept to take as a guide for all actions in life is happiness/fairness.
Activity 3: Work in groups. Discuss the questions.
1. In what ways do you think Confucian thought still influences education and society in China?
2. Do you think that your life would change if you understood and practised ren every day?
3. How would the Confucian idea of fairness change society around you if everybody started practising fairness in everything?
Activity 4: Expanding Your World--THE FIVE VIRTUES (P72)
TASK 1: What’ s the meaning of the five virtues? Read and match each one with the co