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1、Unit16TheUnitedStatesofAmericaⅠ.BriefStatementsBasedontheUnitTheUnitedStatesofAmericaisadevelopedcountryandalsoaboomingcountry,whichhasahistoryofonly200~300years.AftertheUSAwasfounded,theAmericanCivilWarbrokeoutin1861,whichbroughtsufferingtothepeopleoftheUSA,especiallythoseintheSouth.Rebuildingth
2、eSouthbecameanessentialtaskatthattime.ThisunitmainlytalksabouttherebuildinganddevelopmentoftheAmericanSouth.AndAtlantaisagoodillustration.ItalsodealswiththebisonontheplainsofAmerica.BecausethebisonwaskilledinhugenumbersbyEuropeansettlers,thebalanceofthewholewildlifewasdestroyed.Afterlearningtheun
3、it,weletthestudentslearnabouttheearlyhistoryofAmerica.Besides,someusefulexpressionsandphrasesshouldbemastered,andNon-finiteverbsneedtobereviewed,especiallytheirpassiveforms.Ⅱ.TeachingGoals1.TalkabouttheUSA.2.Practisedescribingplaces.3.ReviewNon-finiteVerbs(2).4.Writeacomparisonessay.Ⅲ.BackgroundI
4、nformation1.TheAmericanCivilWarThewarof1861~1865betweenthenorthernstates(theUnion)andthesouthernstates(theConfederacy)isalsocalledtheWarbetweentheStatesortheWaroftheRebellion.Thereweremanycauses,ofwhichthemostimportantweredisagreementoverslavery,andthequarrelconcerningFederalcontrolandStates’Righ
5、ts.ThedirectcauseofthewarwastheelectionofLincolnasPresident;thiswasfollowedbythesecessionofthesouthernstatesfromtheUnionandthefoundingoftheConfederacy,withJeffersonDavisasitsPresident.TheNorthhadmanyadvantages,afargreaterpopulation,morerailwaylines,andmorefactories.ButtheConfederatesfoughthardand
6、wereatfirstsuccessful:theywonthebattlesofBullRunandFredericksburg;butthenLeewasdefeatedatGettysburgandtheUnionarmyledbyGrantwoncontrolofMississippi.AdmiralFarragantforcedNewOrleanstosurrender:Texas,ArkansasandLouisianawerecutofffromtherestoftheConfederacy.AftertheUnionwontheVicksburgcampaign,Sher
7、manmadehismarchthroughGeorgiatothesea,andLeesurrenderedtoGrantatAppomattonCourtHouse,Virginia,onApril9,1865.Lincolnwasassassinatedinthesamemonth.Slaverywasdeclaredunconstitutional.Theperiodafterthewar(Reconstruction),w
