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1、2019-2020年高二英语Unit16TheUnitedStatesofAmericaⅠ.BriefStatementsBasedontheUnitTheUnitedStatesofAmericaisadevelopedcountryandalsoaboomingcountry,whichhasahistoryofonly200~300years.AftertheUSAwasfounded,theAmericanCivilWarbrokeoutin1861,whichbroughtsufferingtothepeopleoftheUSA,especiallythos
2、eintheSouth.RebuildingtheSouthbecameanessentialtaskatthattime.ThisunitmainlytalksabouttherebuildinganddevelopmentoftheAmericanSouth.AndAtlantaisagoodillustration.ItalsodealswiththebisonontheplainsofAmerica.BecausethebisonwaskilledinhugenumbersbyEuropeansettlers,thebalanceofthewholewildl
3、ifewasdestroyed.Afterlearningtheunit,weletthestudentslearnabouttheearlyhistoryofAmerica.Besides,someusefulexpressionsandphrasesshouldbemastered,andNon-finiteverbsneedtobereviewed,especiallytheirpassiveforms.Ⅱ.TeachingGoals1.TalkabouttheUSA.2.Practisedescribingplaces.3.ReviewNon-finiteVe
4、rbs(2).4.Writeaparisonessay.Ⅲ.BackgroundInformation1.TheAmericanCivilWarThewarof1861~1865betweenthenorthernstates(theUnion)andthesouthernstates(theConfederacy)isalsocalledtheWarbetweentheStatesortheWaroftheRebellion.Thereweremanycauses,ofwhichthemostimportantweredisagreementoverslavery,
5、andthequarrelconcerningFederalcontrolandStates’Rights.ThedirectcauseofthewarwastheelectionofLincolnasPresident;thiswasfollowedbythesecessionofthesouthernstatesfromtheUnionandthefoundingoftheConfederacy,withJeffersonDavisasitsPresident.TheNorthhadmanyadvantages,afargreaterpopulation,more
6、railwaylines,andmorefactories.ButtheConfederatesfoughthardandwereatfirstsuccessful:theywonthebattlesofBullRunandFredericksburg;butthenLeewasdefeatedatGettysburgandtheUnionarmyledbyGrantwoncontrolofMississippi.AdmiralFarragantforcedNewOrleanstosurrender:Texas,ArkansasandLouisianawerecuto
7、fffromtherestoftheConfederacy.AftertheUnionwontheVicksburgcampaign,ShermanmadehismarchthroughGeorgiatothesea,andLeesurrenderedtoGrantatAppomattonCourtHouse,Virginia,onApril9,1865.Lincolnwasassassinatedinthesamemonth.Slaverywasdeclaredunconstitutional.Theperiodafterthewar(Recons
