Unit 8 Cross- curricular connection 课件 -2025-2026学年沪教版英语七年级上册

该初中英语课件围绕货币发展历史展开，涵盖贝壳、硬币、纸币及数字货币等形式。通过观看视频回答问题导入，结合看图说词、阅读猜主题搭建学习支架，引导学生逐步提取不同货币的时间、地点、特征等信息，最终小组制作时间轴复述历史脉络。 其亮点在于跨学科整合英语与历史知识，采用任务型教学（如表格填写、时间轴制作）和合作学习，培养学生语言能力与思维品质。结合中国货币史（如交子、刀币）增强文化意识，角色扮演和对比表格活动提升学习兴趣，教师可借助结构化活动设计提高教学效率，学生则提升信息整合与跨学科表达能力。

Unit 8 Collecting as a hobby Cross-curricular connection 英语沪教版七年级上册 Learning objectives 通过本课时学习，学生能够： 1. 了解货币的不同形式和发展历史； 2. 小组合作制作货币发展的时间轴并根据时间轴复述货币发展的历史； 3. 学会整合历史和英语知识，从英语文本中提取历史信息，并能用英语阐述历史现象背后的原因。 重点 重点 Watch and answer Watch the video and answer some questions. 3. What do we use to pay for things today? 1. How many forms of money are mentioned in the video? What are they? Three. They are shells, coins and paper money. We use coins, paper money and digital money. 2. Why did people start to use paper money? Because coins are too heavy. Look and say What are they? seashells daobi (knife coins) fangkongqian (round coins with a square hole in the centre) jiaozi (paper money) digital money Look and guess Look at the pictures and titles of the article and guess what the article is about. It’s about different forms of money/the history of money/the development of money. Read and answer Read the article quickly and answer the questions. 1. What do people think was the first form of money? 2. Which form of money is still widely used today? 3. In what order is the money introduced? People think the first form of money was seashells. Paper money. It is introduced in time order. Read and complete Money When Where Why 1. ____________________________ 2. ________________________________________________ 3. _________________________________________________________ Seashells about 3,000 years ago in some East Asian countries and some countries in Africa easy to carry, similar in size, lasted a long time Read something about seashells and complete the form. Read and complete Money When (the earliest) Where (the earliest) Why 1. ___________________ 2. ____________________ 3. __________________________________________ Coins around 600 BCE in Lydia people developed skills for making metal things Read something about coins and complete the form. Read and answer Read again and answer the questions. 1. What were metal coins made of? They are mentioned to show that coins had different shapes. 2. Why the examples of daobi and fangkongqian are mentioned? They were made of bronze, iron, gold or silver. Read and complete Money When Where Function 1. ________________ a 3. ________ to pay a certain amount of money 2. _________________ Paper money during the Song dynasty in China promise Read something about paper money and complete the form. in the 1600s in Europe Read and answer Read again and answer the questions. 1. What is the first known paper money called? (1) Paper money is much lighter and easier to carry than metal coins. (2) Paper money provides a way to exchange things without the need for carrying large amounts of coins. (3) ... 2. Why can paper money be widely used? It is called jiaozi. Aspect Traditional Money Digital Money 1. __________________ 2. ___________________________ Read and complete Read something about digital money and complete the form. Form physical currency digital currency Examples seashells, coins, paper money Alipay, WeChat Pay Payment pay for things face to face pay for things electronically Read and answer Read again and answer the question. Do you think digital money will replace traditional money in the future? Why? Yes, because many countries are developing digital currencies. More and more people are using digital money. It’s really easy to use./... No, because not everyone has a phone or computer. Some people still like paper money or coins./... Draw a timeline and retell Work in groups and draw a timeline. Then, retell the article according to the timeline. When: about 3000 years ago Where: in some East Asian countries and some African countries Why: they were easy to carry, similar in size and lasted a long time. When: around 600 BCE Where: Lydia Why: people developed skills for making metal things Features: made of bronze, iron, gold or silver; had different shapes Examples: daobi and fangkongqian in China When: during the Song dynasty Where: ... Name: ... Function: ... When: ... Where: ... ... When: ... ... Read and discuss Read the passage about the history of money in China and discuss the question. In ancient China, people traded goods like rice or animals because they didn’t have money. This was slow and difficult, especially for long-distance trading. It made buying and selling harder for people. Later, China started using bronze coins. Coins were easier to carry than goods, and people could trade them more quickly. This helped farmers, traders, and workers buy what they needed and sell their goods faster. Then, China introduced paper money during the Song dynasty, which is called jiaozi. It was lighter than coins, so people could carry more money. This made shopping and traveling easier, and people in big cities could buy goods from faraway places. Today, many Chinese people use digital money through apps like Alipay and WeChat Pay. This is very fast—people can buy things or pay bills with just a phone, making life even more convenient! So, each form of money has helped Chinese people trade and live more easily. How did the money become the way they are today? Money became the way it is today because people needed a faster and easier way to buy and sell things. First, people traded things directly, like food or animals, but this was slow. Then, coins were made to help people trade more easily. Later, paper money was created because it was lighter than coins. Today, we use digital money because it’s easy and fast. This makes us trade and live more easily. Role play Work in groups and choose one form of money to make trades. Here is an example. Scene: A street market in the Song Dynasty Student A: Welcome! This is the finest silk you can find. Student B: It’s really nice. How much for this roll of silk? Student A: It’s 10 jiaozi. Student B: Here you are. (Handing over the jiaozi) Jiaozi is really great. It’s so light and easy to carry. Student C: ... Summary draw a timeline to show and retell the development of money. know different forms of money. 2 1 After learning this lesson, I can Seashells Coins Paper money Digital money learn about the development of money. 3 Homework 1. Review the passage on page 128. 2. Work in small groups and choose a currency. Introduce the origin, development and features of this currency and its impact (影响) on society at the time. Make a simple report and publish it on the school’s website. Bye-bye! Lavf58.28.100 $