Unit 16 The United States of America
Teaching procedures:
I. Leading in
Task 1: Use some pictures to raise the students’ interests of USA.
Guess the name of the country?





Task 2: Describe the location of USA in geography through a map of USA.
Task 3: Students’ presentation of USA. , ranging from its position, landscape, cities, rivers, weather to famous persons. To get students to know something about its basic knowledge.
II. Warming up
Do a quiz about USA quickly.
1.New York is the largest state in the US. ( F )
2.Most state names come from Spanish or English. ( F )
3.Atlanta is known as the “Big Apple”. ( F )
4.The Constitution was written in 1779. ( F )
5.There are 52 stars on the American flag. ( F )
6.George Washington was the first American President. ( T )
7.The first settlers arrived in North America about 30 000 years ago. ( T )
8.The Mississippi River is the longest river in the world. ( F )
III. Listening ( only listen to the first part )
Task 1: Pre-listening:
1) What is the capital of USA? Which city once was the capital of USA? New York
2) Let students go through the material on textbook.
3) Develop a listening skill – taking notes by using short forms of the words or writing down key words.
Task 2: Listening :
1) Listen to the tape first and correct the errors in the notes. (if possible twice).
NY disc.by French explorer,1524. Manhattan bought from Native Americans for $200. NY, capital of USA for one year; Washington DC is the capital of the USA today. 1920, NY become largest city in the USA. Central
2) Listen to the tape again and fill in blanks to get detailed information.






3) Listen to the tape for the third time and make out the main years and the main events.
Years what happened
1542 explored by
1626 Manhattan bought
1789—1790 capital
1820 largest city in USA
1858 central park created
IV.. Speaking
Situation : an American students is visiting your school and want to know something about your hometown and your school.
Task 1: describe the landscape, people, mountains, rivers, and festivals of your hometown.
Task 2: introduce something about your school, such as location, teaching, living and sports equipments.
Where is it located?
What is the first impression of this place? It looks like…
How long/wide/high/tall is the…?
It’s…metres/feet long/wide/high/tall.
There is…in the North.
V. Homework
1.Write a brief introduction about your hometown.
2.Preview reading --- sth about the history of South America.


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