New horizon college english Book 4 Unit 3 Teaching plan (4 periods Contents Section a Longing for a New Welfare System Section b A Blind Man Helped Me See the Beautiful World Sectionc A hard Job to Come By Obiectives Students will be able to 1. have a better understand ing of what the disabled face, how they look at life and try to live on their own 2. master the key language points grammatical structures in the text 3. recognize and interpret or explain figurative language 4. conduct a series of read ing, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit Procedure Time Allotment Ist period 2nd Period 3rd period 4th period Background information Detailed reading Exercises Section B Warm-up activities Words expressions Deakin Global read ing activities Section a Longing for a New Welfare System Background Information 1. Social welfare: Public assistance programs, commonly called"welfare",provide cash or in-kind benefits for particular categories of the financially needy. The U. S welfare system operates on both the federal and state levels. The federal welfare program is known as Social Security that provides benefits or assistance for child care disability, food and medical assistance(also known as medicaid ) The state welfare programs, on the other hand, provide assistance to both individuals and local communities with state schooling and social insurance U.S. welfare programs grew significantly in the decades following World War Il, but increases in welfare costs during the 1960s and 1970s brought into question the extent and quality of public assistance. In the early 1980s the Reagan Administration reduced welfare expend iture and suggested turning responsibil ity for welfare fund ing over to the states. The cuts in federal fund ing that took effect during the reagan Administration did in fact effectively place the responsibil ity for maintaining funding levels on the statesand, in some cases, on the larger cities. The result has been a widening of the already existing disparities in social services spending between states and between cities and regions within a state. An example of the state welfare system canbeseenathttp://www.state.tn.usundertheHealthandSocialProgramssection Social welfare is an integrated part of a country's social policy For introductionNew Horizon College English Book 4 Unit 3 Teaching Plan (4 periods) Contents Section A Longing for a New Welfare System Section B A Blind Man Helped Me See the Beautiful World Section C A Hard Job to Come By Objectives Students will be able to: 1. have a better understanding of what the disabled face, how they look at life and try to live on their own; 2. master the key language points grammatical structures in the text; 3. recognize and interpret or explain figurative language; 4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit Procedure & Time Allotment 1st period 2nd Period 3rd period 4th period Background information Warm-up activities Global reading Detailed reading Words & expressions Exercises Section B Speaking activities Section A Longing for a New Welfare System Background Information 1.Social welfare: Public assistance programs, commonly called “welfare”, provide cash or in-kind benefits for particular categories of the financially needy. The U.S. welfare system operates on both the federal and state levels. The federal welfare program is known as Social Security that provides benefits or assistance for child care, disability, food and medical assistance (also known as medicaid). The state welfare programs, on the other hand, provide assistance to both individuals and local communities with state schooling and social insurance. U.S. welfare programs grew significantly in the decades following World War II, but increases in welfare costs during the 1960s and 1970s brought into question the extent and quality of public assistance. In the early 1980s the Reagan Administration reduced welfare expenditure and suggested turning responsibility for welfare funding over to the states. The cuts in federal funding that took effect during the Reagan Administration did in fact effectively place the responsibility for maintaining funding levels on the states—and, in some cases, on the larger cities. The result has been a widening of the already existing disparities in social services spending between states, and between cities and regions within a state. An example of the state welfare system can be seen at http://www.state.tn.us under the Health and Social Programs section. Social welfare is an integrated part of a country’s social policy.For introduction