Unit 1 Across the globe Reading and interaction 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语沪教版选择性必修第三册

该高中英语课件围绕圣劳伦斯岛的地理环境、传统生活与教育矛盾展开，通过标题和前两段导入，以17岁学生Wagner的案例为支架，引导学生分析文章主题、人物技能及教育选择，构建从具体案例到文化与教育冲突的知识脉络。 其亮点在于融合文化意识与思维品质，通过对比“education”与“school”、分析“far”的深层含义等活动，培养学生跨文化理解与批判性思维。采用问题驱动与小组合作（如Mini Project角色分工），学生在探究中提升语言能力与学习能力，教师可借助结构化任务设计高效开展教学。

Across The Globe Making School Meaningful St. Lawrence Island is located in the Bering Sea, just south of the Bering Strait. Although it is closer to Siberia than to North America, it administratively belongs to the state of Alaska, USA. It is about 140 km long and 36 km wide, ranking as the sixth largest island in the US. In early June, the sun only sets for two hours, while during the winter, there are months with no sunlight at all. Geographical Location and Features There are only two villages on St Lawrence Island, Savoonga and Gambell, and there are no roads connecting them. Island Villages In Gambell, the only retail business is the general store, but supplies there are far more expensive than on the mainland. The people on St Lawrence Island are Siberian Yupik. They speak a Yupik dialect that can be understood in Siberia, but is not very well understood by other Alaskan Yupik - speaking people. Yupik Language Walrus(es) Whale Polar bear(s) Berries 7 Sewing(/ˈsəʊɪŋ/) Walrus-ivory carving Fish-cutting Snow machine(s) Bush plane Ice floes Grassy fields, snow-capped mountains, and stony shorelines 01 How would you describe the environment there? 02 What do you think the life is like on St Lawrence Island in Alaska? Traditional, quiet, self-reliant, proficient in fishing… Harsh, cold, remote, frozen, rocky, mountainous… I. Look at the title, and read the first two paragraphs, and then answer the questions. 2. What is Wagner good at? 3. Why isn’t Wagner planning to go to college? 1. What do you think the passage is about? It may be about the life and education of teenagers living on St Lawrence Island. He is good at biology and maths, and also good at hunting fish. The reasons are manifold: first, the college is so far from his home that he may not be able to take care of his brother and sisters; second, since there aren’t many jobs available on the island, a degree does not seem to be very useful. II. Scan Para. C and answer the following questions. 1. Why do so few students from St Lawrence Island go to college? 2. What jobs are available in the local area? The benefits of a degree are not obvious to the people on this remote island: even if they have a degree, it is still very difficult to find a job there, and the options are very limited. There are jobs in the school system, and a handful of jobs in fishing, oil, and the airlines that connect the island to the mainland. 3. Which phrase sums up the way of life on this island? What examples does the writer give? A subsistence lifestyle, which means “living a life with just enough money or food to stay alive”. Examples: “…hunting walruses, whales, and other sea animals in the spring and gathering berries in the summer.” III. Scan Paras. D-E and answer the following questions. 1. Which words in Para. D imply a criticism of the educational system? Why? Rigid and restricted. It suggests that school curriculum is oriented towards academic performance, and that the school does not teach practical skills that enable the students to make a living in the local environment. 2. Which verb in paragraph E emphasizes the threat to Native culture if young people go to college? Why? Endanger. It shows that people on the island worry about sending their children to university because they think this will threaten their local language and culture. 3. Why are local people worried about sending their children to college? There are two reasons: 1. The school curriculum may not teach the children how to solve problems in real life or how to make a living; 2. their traditions, language and culture may disappear if the younger generation are educated outside of the island. IV. Scan Paras. F-G and answer the following questions. Which word in Para. F describes the landscape and climate? What examples does the writer give? 3. Which word in Para. G implies that changes are unavoidable? Why? 2. Why do the Yupik people have a strong sense of community? Their sense of community is shaped by two factors: 1. There are only a small number of people living on the island, who have lived here for 2000 years and are used to the harsh environment. 2. The isolation of the island from the mainland. Harsh, which means “difficult and unpleasant to live in”. For example, “fields of grassy frozen ground stretches from snow-capped mountain ranges to the stony shorelines in the summer, and in the winter the sun disappears and there is a lot of snow and polar bears arrive on ice floes. Inevitably. The children now eat non-traditional food, such as macaroni and cheese, and use modern technology such as machines, video games, and satellite television, which suggests that life on the island is changing with the development of modern society, whether the local people welcome it or not. "We're all one big family because we're so isolated.“ (Paragraph F) How does isolation form the close bonds among the locals? The island’s extreme isolation(the “$400 bush plane ticket”) means people can’t easily leave or access outside resources. This forces the community to rely deeply on each other(“when a whale is killed, everyone rushes to the beach to share the meat”). Over time, this interdependence creates a tight "big family" bond as they have to support one another to survive. V. Scan Paras. H and answer the following questions. Even if the changes are inevitable, the locals are making efforts to protect their independence and heritage. 1. What are the locals’ attitudes towards the changes? “Education” is what native people have been doing for their children since the beginning of time: children are taught life skills like hunting, sewing, walrus-ivory carving, fish-cutting and gathering berries. On the other hand, “school” has been imposed on people from outside, with rigid programs and the curriculum focused on academic learning. 2. What is the difference between “education” and “school” according to the locals? Do you agree? “college is ‘so far from home’”(Paragraph B) Does “far” only mean geographical distance? College feels "so far from home" for St Lawrence Islanders not just because of physical distance, but because it clashes with their life and values. Island life relies on subsistence (hunting/gathering), but a degree seems useless with scarce jobs. 2. Their close "family" community values shared tradition, but college is an individual, distant pursuit. 18 VI Chunk the passage and summarize each part 1 Para(s). ：A B 2 Simple life and mismatched education: _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Para(s). ： 3 Conflicts between ___________ & ________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Para(s). ： 4 Native people’s expectations of education reform Para(s). H A specific case of a 17-year-old high school senior, Wagner Iworrigan C D E F G The island’s simple lifestyle and few jobs. Irrelevance of school curriculum . Locals’ worries about losing Yupik language, culture, and skills. The younger generation turning to modern lifestyles. The isolated island’s harsh conditions and the tight bond among locals. tradition modernization 19 Do you think you are being schooled or having an education or both? Why? Attention !!! Group Size: no less than 4 but no more than 6 members Group Roles: Each group MUST assign 3 roles (complete within 2 minutes) Leader: Manage discussion pace and ensure everyone speaks. Note-taker: Write down key points (use keywords, no long sentences). Presenter: Organize conclusions and present on behalf of the group. You have 15 minutes! An Example of Group Report Structure Our school prepares us for some daily challenges but not all. For example, we learn _____ from ____, ____, and ____ that helps us handle____. We also practice ____ in ____, which is useful for _____. But we don’t learn practical life skills like how to: 1. 2. 3. … Therefore, our group wants ___ key changes to the curriculum to make school more connected to real life. 1. 2. 3. … To sum up, our school needs to teach us _____, not just ____. These changes would make learning more _____ for all of us. Thank you! Thanks Lavf58.29.100 $