1. Unit 1

2. Name:Name: Place:Place: Time:Time: Importance:Importance: The Great Wall Beijing Qin dynasty a symbol of China and its culture

3. Name:Place:Time:Importance: The Forbidden City Beijing the largest museum of cultural relics in China The imperial( 帝国的 ) palace/ 1406 (the Ming Dynasty)

4. Name:Place:Time:Importance: The Potala Palace Lhasa, Tibet the residence of the Dalai Lama/ one of Tibet's major pilgrimage destinations 1693

5. Name:Place:Time:Importance: Khufu's Great Pyramid Egypt around the year 2560 BC the only surviving of the Seven Ancient Wonders

6. Angkor Wat in Cambodia Taj-Mahal in India The Sports Arena of Ancient Rome Stonehenge in England The Temple of Heaven The Leshan Giant Buddlha

7. The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors

8. Guoqing Temple

9. WHAT IS A CULTURAL RELIC? A cultural relic is something that survived for a long time, often a part of something old that has remained when the rest of it has been destroyed; it tells people about the past.

10. According to the definition, what qualities does a cultural relic have ? mysterious mysterious precious old valuable rare rare cultural relic If you find a cultural relic, how would you feel and what will you do with it? …

12. amber beautiful rare C a n y o u i m a g i n e a h o u s e m a d e o f a m b e r ? precious

13. Read Para 1 Read Para 1 to find detailed information about the Amber Room Color Birthplace Design Material Time to complete it yellow-brown Prussia of the fancy style popular in those days seven thousand tons of amber; gold and jewels It took a team of the country’s best artists ten years to make it.

14. Value history

15. THE AMBER ROOM INOF

16.  What is the Amber Room?  Why was it called the Amber Room?  What was it made for?  What happened to it?  Why to search for it? In Search of the Amber Room Reading When you see this title, what do you want to know?

17. Read Para.2 and answer questions 1. When and why did Frederick William I give the Amber Room to Peter the Great? 2. What did Peter the Great give in return? 3. What did the Amber Room serve as? In 1716, Frederick William I gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great as a gift of friendship from the Prussian to the Russian people. Peter the Great gave 55 best soldiers in return. It served as a small reception hall for important visitors.

18. Read Para.3 and answer the question What did Catherine II do to the Amber Room? Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St. Petersburg and added more details to its design.

19. 1. In 1941, the two countries Germany and France were at war. 2. The Russians didn’t remove the Amber Room but only the furniture and small art objects. 3. The Nazis secretly stole the Amber Room. 4. 10,000 pieces of the room were put inside 7 wooden boxes and then put on a train for Konisgberg. 5.After that, what really happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery. T T T F FRussia 100,000 Read Para.4 and tell “T” or “F” 27

20. Frederick Ⅰ Frederick William Ⅰ Peter the Great Czar Catherine Ⅱ Nazi What did these people do to the Amber Room?

21. draw a chart to show the remove of the Amber Room Prussia Russia the winter palace in St Petersburg the summer palace the summer palace outside St Petersburg outside St Petersburg German city on the Baltic Sea ?

22. 1 It was built by ________________ 2 Following __________, it has been made to look much like ________ 3 It was used to celebrate ______________ of the city St Petersburg. the Russians and Germans old photos the old one the 300th birthday Read Para.5 and find out the information about new Amber Room

23. Para.1 Para.2-4 Para.5 The Amber Room has a strange history and it talks about its design The history of the Amber Room The Russians and Germans have rebuilt the Amber Room Look through the passage again and divide it into three parts and tell their main ideas.

24. 1.It took people a lot of time and money to search for the lost amber room. Why did people insist on looking for it ? Does the amber room deserve it ? 2.What should be done with it once it is really found ? Why ? State your opinion. In my opinion... In my opinion... I agree that… I agree that… Personally speaking… Personally speaking… I must say that… I must say that… There is no doubt that… There is no doubt that…