1. Integrating skills

2. I D Card Name: bison Order: artiodactyl ( 偶蹄动物 ) Family: bovid ( 牛科的 ) Genus: bison Species: bison THE BISON ON THE PLAINS OF AMERICA

3. Can you name the place? Golden Gate Bridge Golden Gate Bridge White House Capitol Hill Statue of Liberty

4. New York Harbor

5. American Indian the native of America

6. Plains of America What do you think can be found on the plains?

7. bison

9. prairie dog They live on plants and insects, such as …

10. American Indian Had their life been sad or comfortable?  They had been living a sad life;  They were treated unfairly by European settlers.

11. In what ways did European settlers treat the Native Americans unfairly? The settlers killed the Native Americans. They mainly spoke English. They broke agreements they had made. Skimming

12. They forced Indians to leave their hunting ground. They built railways across the plains. They forced Indians onto poor land. They killed most of the bison which Native Americans had relied on.

13. 1 Where did the first settlers on the plains of America come from? 30,000 years ago… cross a land bridge from…to…

14. How did the Native Americans make a living?  Hunting wild animals  Gathering roots, nuts and wild fruits

15. They also hunted bison. 2 What kind of animal is it ?

16. The adult of this animal grows to a shoulder-height of 1.5 meters and can weigh 1,100 kilograms. They live on the plains of America.

17. The bison were very important to Native Americans. Why ?

18. food clothing tents & water containers tools necklaces meat  fur  skins  bones  teeth 

19. What happened later? 3

20. Large groups of natives were forced to move away from their old hunting grounds by the western settlers.

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25. Now the ______ of bison became more __________. They killed the bison, cut ___ the skins and left the bodies ______ to rot. The bison skins were sent by rail to cities to be sold. As a result, the bison _________ is thought to _________ from 60 million __ just a few hundred. killing widespread off behind population have fallen to

26. My shape My usage grow to a … height of… weigh as much as … meat…fur…skins…bo nes…teeth…

27. My sad life become more widespread… leave …behind to rot… send … by rail… population fall…

28. What result did the killing bring about? It changed the wildlife chain on the plains. 5

29. Let’s take a look at the wildlife chain of the plains. What was the big change in the wildlife grew strongly More insects more birds & prairie dogs more wolves not grow strongly died out less food not enough food

30. Careful reading (T or F) 1. The first settlers on the pains were farmers. 2. Native Americans willingly gave up land to the settlers. 3. The settlers did not deal honestly with the Native Americans. F T F

31. 4. Settlers ended up with better land than the native Americans. 5. Later settlers made use of the bison in the same way as the native Americans. T F

32. How was the whole wildlife chain of the plains changed? Settlers _____ bison No _____ _____ fell on the grass The ____ became poorer Fewer ______ Fewer _____ Fewer prairie dogs Fewer ______ Fewer ______ _____ stopped eating the grass The _____ grew less well killed bison waste soil bison grass insects birds wolves plants The balance of nature was broken.

33. Work in groups of three. Suppose the three of you are a bison, a native American and a European settler respectively ( 分别地 ). Each of you want to prove what you have done is right. Use the following expressions:

34. I think / believe that … There is no doubt / wonder that … Maybe. But … I’m afraid I can’t agree with you because … I think / believe that … There is no doubt / wonder that … Maybe. But … I’m afraid I can’t agree with you because …

35. You killed my brothers and left the bodies behind to rot. You are cruel. You didn't make full use of us. we could hardly live on with less grass and fewer plants. BB

36. We helped you build railways and improved the transportation. It’s foolish of you not to make money from the bison. After you move away, we could grow more crops on rich land. We founded the government for all of us. EE

37. Before you came, we had been living in harmony with nature. You destroyed our peaceful life. Our main supply of food and clothing was cut off by u You killed too many of us when we didn’t obey your order. NN

38. All the plants, animals and human beings have a voice to speak for themselves and struggle for their rights to live on the earth.

39. 1. Write a summary of the passage 2. Workbook Ex. 1-3 on P117-118.