-
2
．
能将所学知识融
入到日常的跨文化交际活动中，
并能与将来的中
小学英语教学工
作结合起来。
三、课程的教学内容
教学安排：
本教材共分
7
个单元，
每个单元大体分为两课，
涵盖英国、
美国、
加拿大、
澳大利亚、
< br>新西兰五个国家的基本信息。
每周
2
课时，
16
个教学周，共
32
课时。教学重点放在每个单元的第一课（第二单
元的重点为前两课）
，即英国和美国部分。
具体安排如下：
Week 1:
Unit one: General Introduction
Lesson 1
General Information on the UK and the USA
The UK: location, climate, national
symbols
The USA: location, national
symbols
Week 2: Unit one General
Introduction
First period: A revision
about Lesson 1
Second period:
students
’
presentation about
Lesson 2
Week 3: Unit two: History
Lesson 3 A Brief History of the UK
1. 43 AD, Roman invasion
2.
5
th
century, Anglo-Saxon
Britain
3. 850, Viking raids
4. 1066, William the Conqueror, Norman
Invasion
5. House of Normandy
6. House of Plantagenet: Henry
Ⅱ
,
King John,
Magna Carta
7. Hundred
Years
’
War with France
8. Wars of Roses
9. House of
Tudor & House of Stuart
10. British
Empire: rise (reasons?) and fall (reasons?)
Week 4: Unit two: History
Lesson 4 A Brief History of the USA
1.
Pre-Colonial
America: Christopher Columbus
2.
English
Colonial America: Virginia, Massachusetts
3.
the
Independence War (1775
—
1783)
4.
Territorial
expansion (1789
—
1849)
5.
the Civil War
(1861
—
1865)
6.
the
Progressive Movement (around beginning of
20
th
century)
7.
World War I
and the Great Depression
8.
World War II and the Postwar Boom
Week 5: Unit two: History
First period: A revision about Lesson 3
and Lesson 4
Second period:
students
’
presentation about
Lesson 5
Week 6: Unit three: Political
System
Lesson 6 Political System in the
UK and the USA
The UK:
The
Executive
—
(Monarch) Prime
Minister
The
Legislature
—
Parliament:
House of Lords
House of
Commons
(general election)
The
Judiciary
—
Lord Chancellor
The USA: The Federal System
The Legislative
Branch
—
Congress
The Executive
Branch
—
President (general
election)
The Judicial
Branch
—
the Supreme Court
Week 7: Unit three: Political System
First period: A revision about Lesson 6
Second period:
students
’
presentation about
Lesson 7
Week 8: Unit four: Education
Lesson 8 Education in the UK and the
USA
Education in the UK
1.
Primary
education: 5
—
11
2.
Secondary
education: 11
—
16
Comprehensive schools: academic &
practical subjects
Grammar schools (the
“
11-plus
”
< br>): academic work
(private: public
schools)
3.
Higher education: public bodies
Education in the USA
1.
Characteristics of American education
2.
Elementary and
secondary education