Unit 4 History and Traditions Reading and Thinking What's in a name教学设计 2023-2024学年高一英语人教版（2019）必修第二册

Book 2 Unit 4 Reading and Thinking —What’s in a name? Learning Objectives: 1. Know about the history and traditions of the UK; 2. Retell the development of British history with the help of timeline; 3. Discuss the importance of learning the history and culture of a country. Core competence Language ability: knows how to tell the history of a culture. Cultural awareness: knows the development of British history. Skill ability: knows how to organize time points into sequence to from a text. Lead-in Look at the picture and answer the question: What’s the name of this country? Pre-reading Look at the title and map, read the paragrapg 1 quickly, please make a prediction: What is the text about? While-reading Fast-reading Please read the passage quickly and try to match the main idea with each paragraph. Para 1 Foreign influence upon UK Para 2 The city to start a UK tour Para 3 The four countries of UK Para 4 The puzzle of names Para 5 Origins of UK Careful reading Please read the passage carefully again, and try to finish the following tasks. Task 1 The Puzzle Read paragraph 1 carefully and answer the question: 1. What is the puzzle? 2. How to solve the puzzle? Task 2 Origins of UK 1. In what order does this paragraph be organized? 2. Scan para 2 to circle the words that describe time. How did the UK come into being? 3. Show your performance. Tell us the form of UK in your own way. Task 3 Similarities and Differences Do the four countries work together in all areas? Similarities:  _________ ; _________ ;_________ . Differences: _________ and _________ systems; _________ and even_________for competitions. Task 4 Foreign Influences 1. Watch the video and read para 4 to find the four invaders. 2. What did they leave behind？ Time Group Evidence the 1st century the 5th century the 8th century the 11th century Task 5 The place to start a UK tour What’s the benefit of studying the history of UK? Summary 1. Read Para 2 and Para 4 again