Unit 1 A Trip to the Silk Road-Marco Polo and the Silk Road 教学设计 2025-2026学年冀教版七年级英语下册

备课时间

授课时间

教案编号

教学内容

课    型

新授课

时间分配

教师讲授时间

20

学生活动时间

20

教学目标

Language Ability：Master key vocabulary: Marco Polo, Silk Road, journey, ancient, trade, culture, travel, introduce.Master phrases: travel along, be famous for, learn about, introduce…to…, play an important role in.Understand the text about Marco Polo’s trip and get key details: time, events, achievements.

Retell Marco Polo’s travel story clearly in English.

Cultural Awareness：Know the Silk Road as a bridge for East-West trade and culture.Understand Marco Polo’s role in cross-cultural communication.Build cultural confidence and respect for world civilizations.

Thinking Quality：Develop reading skills: predicting, skimming, scanning, summarizing.Analyze the importance of the Silk Road through facts and details.

Learning Ability：Use a timeline to organize information.Learn the reading strategy: Predict → Skim → Scan → Summarize.

教学重点

1. Vocabulary and phrases about the Silk Road and travel.
2. Timeline of Marco Polo’s life and journey.
3. Main ideas and detailed information of the text.

4. The historical importance of the Silk Road.

教学难点

1. Summarizing the cultural value of the Silk Road from text details.
2. Retelling the story logically and fluently in English.
3. Understanding “cultural exchange” and expressing personal ideas in English.

教学资源

Textbook, PPT, Silk Road map, timeline worksheet, pictures of Marco Polo, short video, reading task sheets, blackboard.

教法设计

Task-based teaching, cooperative learning, situational teaching, reading strategy training, cross-subject integration.

本课重点

解决问题

1. Help students grasp text structure and avoid messy understanding.
2. Break through difficulties: timeline sorting, detail locating, retelling.
3. Link language learning to real history and culture, close to textbook requirements.

本    课

学生所得

Master key words, phrases and sentences closely related to the textbook.

课前准备

学生预习准备

Preview new words; get a simple idea of the Silk Road.

教师教学准备

Prepare PPT, map, timeline worksheet, video, task sheets, clear blackboard design.

教学过程

主备栏

二次备课栏（手写）

Step 1 Lead-in (5 mins) — Activate prior knowledge

Greet and show pictures: map, camels, silk, china.

Play a 1-minute short video about the Silk Road.

Ask lead-in questions (close to students’ life):

What is the Silk Road?

What did people carry and trade?

Teach new words: Silk Road, journey, ancient, trade — read and practice.

Write the title: Marco Polo and the Silk Road

Step 2 Pre-reading (6 mins) — Prepare for reading

Title Prediction (textbook-based task)

Q: What will the passage talk about?

Guide students to predict: who Marco Polo was, what he did.

Background Support (simple, clear)

Marco Polo was an Italian traveler.

He came to China in the 13th century.

He stayed in China for about 17 years.

Key Phrases Learning (must-learn for textbook)