【精品】高一英语下册 unit14 festivals第一课时教案 大纲人教版第一册.docVIP

Unit 14　Festivals Ⅰ.Teaching Aims: 1.Talk about festivals,customs and habits. 2.Use the modal verbs“must”,“have to”and“have got to”. 3.Practise expressing and supporting an opinion. 4.Write an invitation. Ⅱ.Teaching Time: Five periods Ⅲ.Background Information: 1.History of Mothers Day In the U.S.,Mothers Day is a holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May.It is a day when children honor their mothers with cards,gifts,and flowers.First observance in Philadelphia,in 1907,it is based on suggestions by Julia Ward Howe in 1872 and by Anna Jarvis in 1907. Although it wasnt celebrated in the U.S. until 1907,there were days honoring mothers even in the days of ancient Greece.In those days,however,it was Rhea,the Mother of the gods that was given honor. Later,in the 1600s,in England there was an annual observance called揗othering Sunday?It was celebrated during June,on the fourth Sunday.On Mothering Sunday,the servants,who generally lived with their employers,were encouraged to return home and honor their mothers.It was traditional for them to bring a special cake along to celebrate the occasion. In the U.S.,in 1907 Anna Jarvis from Philadelphia,began a campaign to establish a national Mothers Day.Jarvis persuaded her mothers church in Grafton,West Virgina to celebrate Mothers Day on the second anniversary of her mothers death,the 2nd Sunday of May.The next year Mothers Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia. Jarvis and others began a letter-writing campaign to ministers,businessmen,and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mothers Day.They were successful.President Woodrow Wilson,in 1914,made the official announcement proclaiming Mothers Day a national observance that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May. Many other countries of the world celebrate their own Mothers Day at different times throughout the year.Denmark,Finland,Italy,Turkey,Australia,and Belgium celebrate Mothers Day on the second Sunday in May,as in the U.S. 2.The Origin of Chri