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Unit 1 College Culture I. Teaching Objectives: Help the students to learn how a passage is organized through generalization and examples; Teach the students to make use of the reading skill (Predicting, distinguishing between main ideas and supporting ideas, identifying supporting evidence for opinions,understanding implied meanings and paradox). Teach the students to appreciate the writing techniques employed by the author (comparison and contrast); Raising the cultural awareness of what happened in campus in the 1960s Help students to use what they learn to express ideas about cultural differences Teaching Methods: Lecturing, presentation, group discussion practice Teaching Allocation: 4periods II. Teaching Contents: Active Reading 1 College just isn’t special any more III. Teaching procedures for the first 2 period: Step 1 Warming up activities Life in the sixties Background information (social affairs) The 1960s began with the election of the first president born in the 20th century –John Kennedy. For many Americans, the young president was the symbol of a 1) __ spirit__ of hope for the nation. When Kennedy was murdered in 1963, many felt that their hopes died, too. This was especially true of young people, and members and supporters of 2) __ minority__ groups. A time of 3) __ innocence__ and hope soon began to look like a time of anger and violence. More Americans protested to demand an end to the 4) _ unfair_ treatment of black citizens. More protested to demand an end to the war in Vietnam. And more protested to demand full 5) _ equality_ for women. By the middle of the 1960s, it had become almost impossible for President Lyndon Johnson to leave the White House without facing 6) __ protesters_ against the war in Vietnam. In March of 1968, he announced that he would not run for another term. In addition to President John Kennedy, two other 7) _ influential__ leaders were murdered during the nineteen sixties. 8) _