新时代核心英语教程综合英语3教师用书Unit 8 教师用书.docx

Unit8 PopCulture

UnitOverview

TextAinthisunitmakesananalysisofthegreatinfluenceandsignificanceofthemassiveimmigrationfromEasternandSouthernEuropetoAmericaingivingrisetoAmericanpopculture.Specificallyspeaking,thetextfocusesonthreeaspects,namely,folkloreandpopculture,popculturevs.traditionalculture,andpopcultureandthetyrannyofpresentism,toillustratethecloseanddirectrelationshipbetweentheimmigrationandAmericanpopculture.

Everyday,individualsmakejudgmentsaboutothersbasedonraceorethnicity,gender,disabilities,class,age,etc.Thesejudgments,whetherfairorunfair,accurateorinaccurate,arebasedoninformationgatherednotonlyoveryearsofexperienceandinteractionswithfamily,friends,andothersocialnetworks,butalsofromtheconstantbombardmentofmediaimagesandmessages.Researchhasshownthatmassmediaandpopularculturehaveplayedanimportantroleinshapingindividuals’perceptionsandfeelingsaboutthemselvesandaboutothers.Concerningthis,TextBinthisunitexploresthepatternsofrepresentationsofindividualsandsocialgroupsinAmericanmassmediaandpopularculture.Asthetexthasclearlypresentedtous,thereexistsahierarchyinmassmediarepresentations,inwhichCaucasian,able-bodiedmalesareplacedatthetop,whileminoritygroupsareportrayedinsuchwaysastosuggestthattheyarebelow,ornotasimportantas,thedominantgroupsinsociety.Besides,thetextalsomakesananalysisoftheunderlyingreasonsforthesepatternsofrepresentationinmassmediaandpopculture.

TeachingPlan

Section

Input/Exercises

Suggested

TeachingTime

Exploring

theTopic

Completethetwotasksinthetextbook(Inclass)

0.5TH

TextA

WordsandExpressions(Pre-classpreview)

--

Detailedstudyofthetext(Inclass)

2TH

LanguageFocus—Vocabulary(Inclasscheckof

homework)

1TH

LanguageFocus—GrammarandDiscourse(In

class)

1TH

Critical

Thinking