《Lesson 1 Roots and Shoots》优质教学PPT课件（统编北师大版）下载

《Lesson 1 Roots and Shoots》优质教学PPT课件（统编北师大版）下载

How about this picture? What is happening in it? Some one is dropping a piece of litter on the ground and he can’t be bothered to pick it up and throw it into the nearby dustbin. Have you ever done this? Drop a piece of litter and

can’t be bothered to pick it up. Can’t be bothered to pick it up means don’t want to make the effort to do sth. 懒得做某事

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All the things seem to be small but if everybody does these things, they will turned out to be huge problems. Think about this question “What would happen if everybody did the same things?” Millions of gallons of water would be wasted; millions of lights would be on; millions of pieces of litter would be dropped. And all of this would be very harmful. The resources would be wasted and the environment would be destroyed. Actually, these kinds of things are called “Just-me-ism”. Now let’s begin our reading.

Read Paragraph 1. Discuss the questions below. 1. What is “Just-me-ism”? 2. Why is “Just-me-ism” a problem? 3. Do you have any suggestions on how to solve the problem?

The first question, What is “Just-me-ism”? “Just-me-ism” is a way of thinking that focuses on caring for just oneself and ignores the environment, animals, and the community. You know that all those things are wrong, but so what? “what difference can it possibly make? “How can it matter if only I do these?” And anyway, no one will know. This is Just-me-ism.

2. Why is “Just-me-ism” a problem? There will be nobody to care and look after the environment. As we all know, there are not just a few people in the world. If all the millions of people do these, there will be very serious environmental problems.

3. Do you have any suggestions on how to solve the problem? A solution would be to make them understand that even the smallest action can change the world, so they should take action whenever possible for the environment, animals and their community.

Class, can you think of some examples to help them solve the problem?

Good, they should turn off the tap while they brush their teeth.

They should turn off the light when they go out to save electricity.

They should pick up litter whenever possible to protect the environment. Very good.

Let’s continue to read Paragraph 2&3. Complete the table below with the information about the establishment of Roots & Shoots such as the time of its establishment, the founder, the purpose and the meaning of its name.

Let me check your answers. Before we fill in the form, can you tell me “What is Roots and Shoots?”Yes, you are right. Roots and Shoots is an environmental organization. let’s fill in the form together.

The time of its establishment is the early 1990s. The founder is Dr. Jane Goodall. Can you use a complete sentence to introduce the time of its establishment and the founder of Roots and Shoots? we can say “It was set up in the early 1990s by Dr. Jane Goodall. Good.

let’s read more about the establishment of Roots & Shoots.

Let’s read more about the background of its establishment.

This lady is Dr. Jane Goodall. From the text we know, Dr. Jane Goodall, a scientist who’s the world’s best-known expert on wild chimpanzees, has been whole-heartedly committed to environmental protection.

Now let’s go back to the establishment of Roots & Shoots. What is the purpose of Roots & Shoots? The whole purpose of Roots and Shoots is to educate young people, from pre-schoolers to university students, so they can help to build a future that is secure and live together in peace with nature. There is a new word “ secure”. It means feeling confident and certain about a situation and not worried that it might change.

There are two pictures of young people in Roots & Shoots. In the first Picture, we can see some young people have acted to pick up litter. And in the second picture, Dr. Jane Goodall is talking with some volunteers in Roots and Shoots. Actually, inspired by the message of Roots & Shoots, many young people have taken action to protect the environment.

Now, let’s move on to the meaning of Roots & Shoots. Can you tell me what is the meaning of its name “Roots & Shoots”? The organization is called Roots & Shoots because roots move slowly under the ground to make a firm foundation, and shoots seem small and weak, but they can break open brick walls to reach the light.

Just like this picture, roots move slowly under the ground to make a firm foundation, and shoots seem small and weak, but they can break open brick walls to reach the light.

Now, please work in pairs to retell the establishment of Roots & Shoots with the help of the table below. When you retell this part, you can include four aspects: the time of its establishment, the founder, the purpose and the meaning of its name.

You can retell the establishment of Roots & Shoots like this.

Now let’s continue to read Paragraph 4 and find the two quotes from Dr. Jane Goodall.