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教案首頁
課程名稱
英語國家概況與文化
項 目
The United Kingdom
課題
Britain in and after the Two World Wars
課型
理論
授課班級
12英語（4,5,6）班
授課
時間
2014.03.27
課
時
2
授課教師
王曉華
學習目標
專業(yè)能力
British history
核心能力
Britain in and after the Two World Wars
教學對象分 析
教學方法
Lecturing and Q&A
教學回顧
教案內頁
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教學過程及時間分配
教學內容
Step 1.
Step 2.
Step 3
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Step 5
I. Review
Translate the following terms into English.
1. 西班牙艦隊
2. 大英帝國
3. 特許公司
?Answer the followi
4、ng question in a few sentences.
What are the features of the British expansion around the world?
II．Contents
The Fall of the British Empire
Twentieth-Century England: Crisis of Identity
1. Edwardian Britain——About Change
2. Britain and World War I
A）The Desire for Territory
B）The War ——De
5、vastating Losses
C）The Peace ——Further Devastation
3. Interlude Between Wars (1919—1939)
A) The postwar depression
B) The conservative and labor programs
C) Post World War I politics
D) Formation of the Republic of Eire (Most of Ireland becomes a separate country)
E) The British Commonwealth
6、between the wars
4. Britain in World War II’
A) Move toward war
B) Britain in war
C) The end of the War
D) Effects of the War
5. Britain after World War II
A) Reduced military power
B) Independence of most Commonwealth countries
C) Irish troubles——Tensions and Resolutions
D) European Union
7、 (EU) ——From isolation to integration
E) Changes in the Economy
6. Britain at the start of the 21st century
7. What does it mean to be British?
A) Changes in population
B) Summary: “ There will always be an England”
III. Questions for discussion:
1. What consequences did World War I bring t
8、o Britain?
2. Why was Britain involved in World War II?
IV. Exercises
1. What are the major eras in British history as phased in terms of ruling royal families?
1) Early Britain
Roman Britain: Julius Caesar
Anglo-Saxon Britain: King Arthur
2) Medieval Britain:
William I:
King John: Mag
9、na Carta
3) Transition to the Modern Age
Henry VII:
Henry VIII:
Elizabeth I:
Charles I:
4) The Age of Empire:
Georgian Britain: Industrial Revolution
5) Victorian Britain
Queen Victoria:
2. Who were the main foreign invaders of Britain at different times in British history? What contrib
10、utions have they respectively made to the British culture, or what impacts have they had?
1) Julius Caesar (55BC): Hadrian’s Wall
Christianity quietly spread
2) Germanic tribesmen: the Heptarchy
Old English
3) Anglo-Saxon rule: Christianity gained hold in Britain.
4) William the Conquor.
F
11、eudalism
3. How did feudalism emerge and decline in medieval Britain?
1) Emerge: Feudalism had existed under the Anglo-Saxon Kings. William the Conqueror strengthened the enlarged the system of feudal relations
2) Decline: King John:
the Great Charter
the Hundred Years’ War
Black Death
The
12、 Wars of the Roses
4. What was the social background for the Reformation to take place in England? What major achievements did the Elizabethan era witness?
1) In the Middle Ages, the Church had gained only material importance… P 28
2) Elizabeth:
Putting to rest the religious issues;
Reducing
13、the power of the old nobility;
Reaching farther than before through trade and adventure;
Defeating Armada at sea
Cultural and artistic movements (the English Renaissance)
5. In what sense did Tudor Britain serve as a transition to modern times?
1)Henry VII was the first among the monarchs of
14、the House of Tudor that turned England from a Medieval backwater to a powerful Renaissance state in the coming centuries
Enclosure Movement: met the needs of the market and trade
Exploration: the New World
England was on good track to a modern nation state
2)reforming the Church
3) Elizabeth
15、I’s achievements
6. How did the UK parliament come into being? How did the major political parties evolve?
P26.
7. How did the English Civil War break out? What were the consequences of the war?
The absolute rule of Charles I aroused the resistance of the people and the bourgeoisies. Charle
16、s took conteraction. He wanted to arrest Pym, Hampden and three other leaders of the Commons, but he failed to do so. So, he departed for the north, hoping to find supporters in the west and north districts. Thus the Civil War began.
Consequences: The King Charles’s arm was defeated. Charles I
17、was beheaded. In 1649, the House of Lords and the office of King were abolished and a Council of State was set to carry the executive work of the government, and England was declared a Commonwealth.
8. How did the English Industrial Revolution proceed from the mid-18th century to the mid-19th ce
18、ntury and beyond? How has it impacted British society?
1)The Industrial Revolution in Britain first started in its age-old wool textile industry:
A number of inventions and innovations came into being;
Overseas, economic temptation involved England into chronic wars__territorial expansion.
2) I
19、mpact:
Migrant workers stood out as a unitary working class;
Britain was powerful to resolve the issue of Ireland;
(The Act of Union of 1800)
9. How did Christianity emerge and develop in English society? What role has it played throughout English history?
P 24-P25
Christianity quietly spre
20、ad in Roman Britain
For centuries, Christianity had been gaining hold in Britain with monks such as St. Augustine of Canterbury spreading the faith and establishing monasteries. By the end of 7th century, all of the kings of the British Isles were Christianized.
10. What were the distinct feat
21、ures of the Victorian era that made it different from other times?
1) the agenda was increasingly liberal; the widening of the franchise and gradual political reform;
2) In social life, movements for justice, freedom, and other strong moral values occupied an increasing portion of public attention
22、;
3) During Victorian era, the effects of industrialization were fully felt;
4) Constant wars and colonial expansion.
V. After-class assignments
Answer the following questions?
1. Prime Minister Thatcher was well known as an “
Iron Lady” both in domestic and international affairs. Could you give some examples to support this label?
2. What’s the current relationship between Hong Kong and Britain? What’s the effect of the return of Hong Kong to China on Britain?
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