1. Unit 1 Cultural Relics

2. Amber

3. beautiful rare valuable fancy
Can you imagine a room which is made of amber?
beautiful
rare
valuable
fancy

4. But now it is missing. What a pity!

5. What happened to the Amber Room?
Sherlock Homes and Dr. Watson decided to look into the case（案子） and tried to solve the mystery.

6. Learning aims Find some detailed information of the amber room
At the end of the class you can
Get the general idea of each paragraph
Find some detailed information of the amber room
Introduce the history of the amber room

7. Russia In search of the amber room
Sherlock received a piece of material（材料）
about the Amber Room. He wonders what
the material is about.
In search of the amber room
Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian People would have such an amazing history.
Russia
The amazing history of the Amber Room
Tip 1: Pay attention to the title and the first sentence of the text.

8. In search of the amber room
The clues (线索）
In search of the amber room
who
what
when
where
characters
years
places

9. The first clue(线索）--Who Who were the key roles in this case(案例)?
Can you match them with what they did?
1.Frederick Ⅰ
2.Frederick William Ⅰ
3.Peter the Great
4.Catherine Ⅱ
5.The Nazi army
6.The Russian and Germans C
A.stole the Amber Room.
B.sent a troop of his best soldiers to the King of Prussia.
C.had the Amber Room made.
D.had it moved outside St Petersburg.
E.gave it to the Czar as a gift.
F.built a new Amber Room after studying pictures of the old one. E B D A F

10. The second clue(线索）--What What happened to the Amber Room
The second clue(线索）--What What happened to the Amber Room? Match the main ideas with each paragraph.(7选5）
How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world?
How was a new Amber Room built?
C. How did the Amber Room get lost?
D. How was the Amber Room made?
Why did the king of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?
Where was the amber room built?
Why were the two countries at war?
Para.3
Para.5
Para.4
Para.1
Para.2
Tip 2 :While reading, you should try to find the original sentences（原句） in the text.

11. The third clue(线索）--When
Years
1770
1716
1941
2003

12. Places ? Guess (discussion) The fourth clue(线索）--Where Prussia
Russia (St Petersburg)
Germany (Konigsberg) ?
Guess (discussion)

13. Let’s sort out(整理） all the clues
and write a report of the survey!
(3mins)
What did those people do?
What happened in those years?
What's connections?

14. palace a troop of soldiers in return FrederickⅠ Frederick William I
Peter the Great
In 1716

15. ? later change 1. move to the palace outside St Petersburg.
2.add more details.
In 1770
change
Catherine II
In 1941 ?

16. Which group is the best? Group presentation(小组展示） Write a report
Nazi
CatherineⅡ
FrederickⅠ
Peter the
Great
Frederick
William Ⅰ
Get lost
Which group is the best?

17. The report
The Amber Room is a gift from Frederick William I to Peter the Great, which is made of carefully selected amber and designed in the fancy style.
At first, Frederick I had it made for his palace. Then Frederick William I decided to give it to Peter the Great as a gift in Later, Catherine II added more details to it and made it one of the wonders of the world. In 1941, some of the Nazis secretly stole the Amber Room and sent it to Konigsberg on a train. After that, the Amber Room was missing.
In my opinion, maybe some Nazi soldiers stole the Amber Room and hid it in a secret place. I’m hopeful that we’ll discover it in the future.