英语国家概况Lesson-4-A-Brief-History-of-the-USA

UnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSAUnitTwoHistoryLesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSAUnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSAObjectivesStarterTeachingPointsLessonReviewCaseStudySupplementaryReadingABriefHistoryoftheUSAUnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSAObjectivesAcquireageneralideaaboutthehistoryoftheUnitedStates.LearnaboutthemajorstagesandimportantfiguresinAmericanhistory.FindouttheinfluencesofAmericanhistoryonotherEnglishspeakingcountries.UnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSAStarterTellaboutthefollowingpicturesandthespecialperiodrelatedtothem.UnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSAabcWhat?dUnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSAMountRushmoreMountRushmoreNationalMemorial,nearKeystone,SouthDakota,isamonumentalgranitesculpture,with60-foot(18m)sculpturesoftheheadsofformerUnitedStatespresidents(lefttoright):GeorgeWashington(1732–1799),ThomasJefferson(1743–1826),TheodoreRoosevelt(1858–1919),andAbrahamLincoln(1809–1865).ThecarvingofMountRushmoreAirForceOneflyingoverMt.RushmoreUnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSAAbrahamLincolnThe16thPresidentoftheUnitedStates,whoguidedhiscountrythroughthemostdevastatingexperienceinitsnationalhistory---theCivilWar.InaugurationofAbrahamLincoln,March4,1861LincolnmetwithhiscabinetonJuly22,1862.UnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSAUSCoatofArmsTheGreatSealoftheUnitedStatesisusedtoauthenticatecertaindocumentsissuedbytheUnitedStatesfederalgovernment.TheGreatSealwasfirstusedpubliclyin1782.ThedesignontheobverseofthegreatsealisthenationalcoatofarmsoftheUnitedStates.ItisofficiallyusedondocumentssuchasUnitedStatespassports,militaryinsignia,embassyplacards,andvariousflags.ObverseReverseUnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSAFranklinRooseveltFranklinDelanoRoosevelt(January30,1882–April12,1945),oftenreferredtobyhisinitialsFDR,wasthethirty-secondPresidentoftheUnitedStates.Electedtofourtermsinoffice,heservedfrom1933to1945andistheonlyU.S.presidenttohaveservedmorethantwoterms.Hewasacentralfigureofthe20thcenturyduringatimeofworldwideeconomiccrisisandworldwar,andhasbeenrankedasoneofthethreegreatestUSpresidentsinscholarlysurveys.Rooseveltinawheelchair.Roosevelt'sfuneralUnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSATeachingPointsABRIEFHISTORYOFTHEUSAUnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSAPre-reading:GiveabriefintroductionofthehistoricperiodsoftheUSAbyreferringtothefollowingchart.Pre-ColonialAmericaEnglishColonialAmerica(1067-1776)FormingoftheUSA(1776-1849)TheCivilWar(1861-1865)RapidGrowthofEconomy(1865-1918)UnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSAHistoricPeriodTimeMajorIncidentsEnglishColonialAmerica1493—1776thevoyageoftheMayflowerShiptheimmigrationofthePuritansFormingoftheUSA1766—1849BostonTeaPartyWarofIndependenceCivilWar1861—1865issueofEmancipationProclaimationliberationofblackslavesRapidGrowthofEconomy1865—1940WorldWarItheGreatDepressionWorldWarII1940—1945TheattackonPearlHarbourTheset-upoftheUnitedNationsUnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSAPre-ColonialAmericaThepresent-dayUnitedStateswasoriginallypopulatedbypeoplemigratingfromAsiaviatheBeringlandbridgestartingsome20,000yearsago.ThesepeoplebecametheindigenouspeoplewhoinhabitedtheAmericasbeforethearrivalofEuropeanexplorersandwhoarenowcalledNativeAmericans.UnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSAShrinkingoftheBeringlandbridgeIndigenouspeoplesoftheAmericansUnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSAChristopherColumbuswasthefirstEuropeantosetfootonwhatwouldonedaybecomeU.S.territorywhenhecametoPuertoRicoin1492.HethoughthehadreachedIndia,sohenamedthelocalpeopleIndians,notknowingthathehaddiscoveredaNewContinent.AmerigoVespucci,anothernavigatorprovedthatthelandwasnotIndia,thereforethelandwasnamedAmericaafterhim.ChristopherColumbusAmerigoVespucciUnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSAThefirstEnglishcolonyintheAmericaswasfoundedatJamstown,Virginiain1607.Between1607and1733theBritishestablished13coloniesalongtheeastcoastofNorthAmerica.EnglishColonialAmerica(1607-1776)Jamstown,Virginia13coloniesUnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSABy1750,nealry2millionpeoplewerelivinginthesecolonies,manyofwhomwerePuritanswholefttheirowncountriesinserachofreligiousfreedomThemosttypicalexamplewasthevoyageoftheMayflowership,whichcarriedthePilgrimsacrosstheAtlanticOceanandarrivedatPlymouthin1620,builtthePlymouthcolony.From1630to1643,thegreatPuritanmigrationbroughtabout20,000EnglishmentotheMassachusettsBaycolony.LandingofthePilgrimsMayflowershipUnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSAFormingoftheUSA(1776-1849)TheWarofIndependenceTheprelude---Withtherapideconomicdevelopment,peopleofthe13coloniesdesiredmorepowertodeterminetheirownbusiness,whiletheBritishgovernmentwantedtobringthedevelopmentundercontrolandtocollectmoretaxesfromthecolonies.StampActProtestStampAct1765UnitTwoHistory---Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSA---InordertohelptheBritishEastIndiaCompanyoutofdifficulty,theBritishgovernmentallowedthecompanytosellteaatalowerpriceinthecoloniesthroughitsownpeople.---Thistookawaytheteabusines