Unit Four The Multicultural Society Reference Book: (New) Integrated Coursey as a collage Student's and Teaching's Book Teaching Method: Explanation Combination Objectives 1 grasp the main idea and structure of the text 2 practice their critical thinking ability through in-depth discussion 3 master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text Time allocation Teaching Period( 31&40)10 Teaching Processes: Pre-reading 1 Warming-up Introduce some relevant materials and Quotations 2 Culture note Background information Ryzasard Kapuscinski: he has spent most of the post World War ll years reporting on war and revolution in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Being away from the United States frequently and being acquainted with social, ethnic, and racial conflicts in many cultures has given Kapuscinski a broader perspective on the social pressures facing the United States in the future. in this essay, commissioned by the New Perspectives Quarterly, Kapuscinsski finds the changing composition of the American melting pot not a source of social problems but a sign of positive future and of the continuing vitality of the democratic experiment represented by the people and the government of the united states Pluralism: refers to the acceptance of many different groups in society or many different schools of thought in an intellectual or cultural discipline. Although America's culture is becoming more uniform, its society remains a diverse mix of ethnic, racial and religious groups. The Unite States is a pluralistic society. meaning it is composed of many nationalities, races, religions and creeds Some of people who immigrated to American embraced the opportunity to leave old cultures behind and to remark themselves unencumbered by past traditions and loyaltiesUnit Four The Multicultural Society Text A America as a Collage Reference Book: (New) Integrated Course 4 Student’s and Teaching’s Book Teaching Method: Explanation & Combination Objectives 1 grasp the main idea and structure of the text 2 practice their critical thinking ability through in-depth discussion 3 master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text Time allocation Teaching Period ( 31 & 40) 10 Teaching Processes : Pre-reading 1 Warming-up Introduce some relevant materials and Quotations 2 Culture Note Background information Ryzasard Kapuscinski : he has spent most of the post World War II years reporting on war and revolution in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Being away from the United States frequently and being acquainted with social, ethnic, and racial conflicts in many cultures has given Kapuscinski a broader perspective on the social pressures facing the United States in the future. in this essay ,commissioned by the New Perspectives Quarterly, Kapuscinsski finds the changing composition of the American melting pot not a source of social problems but a sign of positive future and of the continuing vitality of the democratic experiment represented by the people and the government of the United States Pluralism : refers to the acceptance of many different groups in society or many different schools of thought in an intellectual or cultural discipline. Although America's culture is becoming more uniform, its society remains a diverse mix of ethnic, racial and religious groups. The Unite States is a pluralistic society. meaning it is composed of many nationalities, races, religions and creeds . Some of people who immigrated to American embraced the opportunity to leave old cultures behind and to remark themselves unencumbered by past traditions and loyalties