Unit Three Lessons from Jefferson This unit will be finished within 6 periods: L. Intensive reading: objectives: 1. Grasp the main idea and study the structure of the text 2. Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 3. The learning of the text can set students to think and also learn something from the story of Jefferson Pre-reading tasks( 45 minutes) 1 Introduction: Background Information (5 minutes) 1. 1 Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president of the United States and the author of the famous Declaration of Independence. Jefferson was well-educated and trained as a lawyer. A man of many interests, he was also an architect, an inventor, a naturalist, a linguist, father of the University of Virginia and patron (see Powerpoint) 2. Warming up activities and introductory remarks(15 minutes) 1)Who are those US Presidents that you have ever heard of? US Presidents after the world War ll Harry S. Truman(33rd)-----term(1945-1953) m(1953-1961) John F Kennedy(35th)-----term(1961-1963) Lyndon B. Johnson(36th)-----term(1963-1969) Richard Nixon(37th)-----term(1969-1974) Gerald Ford (38th)-----term(1974-1977) James Carter(39th)-----term(1977---1984) Ronald reagan(40th)-----term(1981-1989) George Bush(4 1st)-----term(1989-1993) Beer Clinton(42nd)-----term(1993-2001) 2)Do you have any idea of American Independent War and the Declaration of Independence 3) Jefferson once said that only a nation of educated people could remain free. Do Group work: Make comment on Jeffersons idea9 Unit Three Lessons from Jefferson This unit will be finished within 6 periods: 4 periods: Intensive Reading; 1 period : extensive reading 1 period: listening and speaking. I. Intensive reading: objectives: 1. Grasp the main idea and study the structure of the text 2. Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 3．The learning of the text can set students to think and also learn something from the story of Jefferson Pre-reading tasks (45 minutes) 1. Introduction : Background Information (5 minutes) 1.1 Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president of the United States and the author of the famous Declaration of Independence. Jefferson was well-educated and trained as a lawyer. A man of many interests, he was also an architect, an inventor, a naturalist, a linguist, father of the University of Virginia and patron of learning and art. (see Powerpoint) 2. Warming up activities and introductory remarks (15 minutes) Questions for the whole class 1) Who are those US Presidents that you have ever heard of ? US Presidents after the World War II Harry S. Truman (33rd) ----- term (1945-1953) Dwight D. Eisenhower (34th) ----- term (1953-1961) John F. Kennedy (35th) ----- term (1961-1963) Lyndon B. Johnson (36th) ----- term (1963-1969) Richard Nixon (37th) ----- term (1969-1974) Gerald Ford (38th) ----- term (1974-1977) James Carter (39th) ----- term (1977---1984) Ronald Reagan (40th) ----- term (1981-1989) George Bush (41st) ----- term (1989-1993) Beer Clinton (42nd) ----- term (1993-2001) George W. Bush (43id) ----- term (2001) 2) Do you have any idea of American Independent War and the Declaration of Independence? 3) Jefferson once said that only a nation of educated people could remain free. Do you agree? Group work: Make comment on Jefferson’s idea