美国部分概况2美国部分概况2.doc

课 题 Chapter 3 Family and Society Chapter4 Government 需2 课时 教 学 目 的要 求 The students are required to learn something about American Family and Society and its Government 教学重点 American Family, Class structure and Affirmative Action, Individualism and Political Participation, Social Security and Welfare, Three branches of American Government: the Legislative, the Executive Branch, and the Judicial Branch 教学难点 Three branches of American Government 教案编写日期 10月22日 教 学 内 容 与 教 学 过 程 提示与补充 I. Revision : 1.say something about the geographical features of the United States 2. say something about American economic features II. New lesson i. A Presentation of the main contents learned in this period: Chapter 3·American family structures in different times · The changes of class structures and Affirmative Action · Individualism and Participation ·Social Security and Welfare Chapter 4 ·the Legislative ·the Executive Branch ·the Judicial Branch ii. Explain the main contents in detail: Words Study Salad Bowl 沙拉盘，nuclear family 小型家庭，single-parent families 单亲家庭，same-sex marriage 同性婚姻，Affirmative Action 平权措施，reverse discrimination 逆向歧视，Social Security Act 社会保障法案， Medicare 医疗保险，Unemployment Compensation 失业补偿金，Medicaid 医疗补助 The changes of American family structures in different times In the 18th and early 19th century, the family was a working unit People marry each other usually for economic reasons. Servants and prentices also lived in the same house and were regarded as part of the family. In the second half of the 19th century, the nuclear family consisting of the husband and wife and their dependent children became the model for most Americans. Servants and prentices no longer lived with the family. Love and affection became a very important part marriage. By the beginning of the 20th century, an ideal family was supposed to have a breadwinner husband, a domestic wife, and their children who attended school. Things began to change in the 1960