integrating skills 惠安三中 尤晓玲. i d card name: bison order: artiodactyl ( 偶蹄动物 )...
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Integrating skills
惠安三中 尤晓玲惠安三中 尤晓玲
I D Card
Name: bison
Order: artiodactyl ( 偶蹄动物 )
Family: bovid ( 牛科的 )
Genus: bison
Species: bison
THE BISON ON THE PLAINS OF
AMERICA
Can you name the place?
Golden Gate
Bridge
Golden Gate
Bridge
White HouseWhite House Capitol HillCapitol Hill
Statue of LibertyStatue of Liberty
New York
Harbor
New York
Harbor
American Indian
the native
of America
Plains of AmericaPlains of America
What do you think can be found on the plains?
bisonbison
prairie dog
They live on plants They live on plants and insects, such as …and insects, such as …
American Indian
Had their life been
sad or comfortable?
They had been living a sad life;
They were treated unfairly by
European settlers.
In what ways did European settlers
treat the Native Americans unfairly?
The settlers killed the Native
Americans.
They mainly spoke English.
They broke agreements they had
made.
Skimming
They forced Indians to leave their
hunting ground.
They built railways across the plains.
They forced Indians onto poor land.
They killed most of the bison which
Native Americans had relied on.
1111 Where did the first settlers on the plains of America come from?
Where did the first settlers on the plains of America come from?
30,000 years
ago…
cross a land
bridge
from…to…
How did the Native
Americans make a living?
Hunting wild
animals Gathering
roots, nuts
and wild
fruits
Hunting wild
animals Gathering
roots, nuts
and wild
fruits
They also hunted bison.2222
What kind of animal is it ?
What kind of animal is it ?
The adult of this animal grows to
a shoulder-height of 1.5 meters and
can weigh 1,100 kilograms. They
live on the plains of America.
The bison were
very important to
Native Americans.
Why ?
food
clothing
tents & water containers
tools
necklaces
meat
fur
skins bones
teeth
What happened later?3333
Large groups of natives were
forced to move away from their
old hunting grounds by the
western settlers.
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Now the ______ of bison became
more __________. They killed the bison,
cut ___ the skins and left the bodies
______ to rot. The bison skins were sent
by rail to cities to be sold. As a result,
the bison _________ is thought to
_________ from 60 million __ just a few
hundred.
killingkilling
widespreadwidespread
offoff
behindbehind
populationpopulation
have fallenhave fallen toto
My shape
My usage
grow to a … height of…
weigh as much as …
meat…fur…skins…
bones…teeth…
My sad life
become more
widespread…
leave …behind to rot…
send … by rail…
population fall…
What result did the killing
bring about?
It changed the wildlife
chain on the plains.
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Let’s take a look at the wildlife chain of
the plains.What was the big change in the wildlife
grew strongly
More insects
more birds & prairie dogs more wolves
not grow strongly died out
less foodnot enough food
Careful reading (T or F)
1. The first settlers on the pains were
farmers.
2. Native Americans willingly gave up
land to the settlers.
3. The settlers did not deal honestly
with the Native Americans.
F
T
F
4. Settlers ended up with better land
than the native Americans.
5. Later settlers made use of the
bison in the same way as the
native Americans.
T
F
How was the whole wildlife chain of the
plains changed?
How was the whole wildlife chain of the
plains changed?Settlers_____bison
No __________ fell on the grass
The ____becamepoorer
Fewer ______
Fewer _____Fewer prairie dogs
Fewer______
Fewer ______
_____ stoppedeating the grass
The _____ grew less well
killed bisonwaste
soil
bison grass
insects
birds
wolves plantsplants
The balance of nature was broken.The balance of nature was broken.
Work in groups of three. Suppose th
e three of you are a bison, a native A
merican and a European settler resp
ectively ( 分别地 ).
Each of you want to prove what you
have done is right.
Use the following expressions:
I think / believe that …
There is no doubt / wonder that …
Maybe. But …
I’m afraid I can’t agree with you
because …
I think / believe that …
There is no doubt / wonder that …
Maybe. But …
I’m afraid I can’t agree with you
because …
You killed my brothers and left the
bodies behind to rot. You are cruel.
You didn't make full use of us.
we could hardly live on with less
grass and fewer plants.
BBBB
We helped you build railways and
improved the transportation. It’s foolish of you not to make
money from the bison.After you move away, we could
grow more crops on rich land.We founded the government for all
of us.
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Before you came, we had been living
in harmony with nature. You
destroyed our peaceful life.
Our main supply of food and clothing
was cut off by u
You killed too many of us when we
didn’t obey your order.
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All the plants, animals and human
beings have a voice to speak for
themselves and struggle for their
rights to live on the earth.
1. Write a summary of the passage
2. Workbook Ex. 1-3 on P117-118.
