本节课由洛阳市高新外国语王宇欣老师执教。
T: Are you ready for today’s reading journey？
Okay. Guess. What can you see in the picture？
You can see the money. So do we use it now？
We don’t use it now. That means it is money from ancient times, right？So what do you know about money？ How can we use money？
S: We can use money to exchange something.
T: OK. To exchange things or buy things.That’s great. Any other ideas?
S: We use money in our daily life.
T: OK, guys. Money plays an important role in your daily life and today were going to talk about Paying through history.
T: Well, guys, what questions I mentioned in our book. Now I need you to read page three together. Please open your books and turn to page three.
生齐读。
T: Can you tell me what questions I mentioned in our life？
Activity 1 Read and find（PPT）
S: What is money?
How was it created?
Did people use the same money to buy things in ancient times?
What did the earliest money look like?
T: Please keep these questions in mind. We will learn it from this book.And now I need you to be detectives. You need to find about what forms of the money are there in our book? So you need to look through this passage about page six to page thirteen and tell me the answer, you got two minutes.
Activity 2 Read the lines（PPT） Reading strategy Read the subtitles
What are the forms of money?（PPT）
生自主阅读。
T: OK. Time is up. Any volunteers? What are the forms of money？
S: At first, the people don't have any money.…
T: We got some pictures here.What's this?
Sea shells. And how about this one？
Metal coins, Jiaozi, that is a paper money, right? And the last one? E-CNY, Electronic-Chinese yuan.
Okay. So who can help me to put it in order on the blackboard？(学生将老师准备好的不同时期货币贴到黑板上)
Is she right？ Yes, let's say the answers.
T: That’s correct. Now we know the order of this forms. Guys, before all these kinds of money, how did people pay things？And did work? Now, you can read page four and five, let's find the answers. I mean the volunteer read for us.
生站起来读书。
T: Thank you. I love your voice and I think you are so brave to be here to show yourself. So I suggest all of you give a clap for him, OK?
T: Thank you. Now let’s see,before seashells, how can we get things？
S: We have things to have a trade.
T: So how can we trade? We don't have money, how can we trade?
People exchange one thing for another thing, you have sharp eyes.
Guys, is exchanging things always work?
No, exactly. Why? Why it doesn’t work？
I got to your idea. That means people might not want the other person have, right?
We know that is the shortcoming of its changing things. And that’s why we invent all kinds of money to solve this problem.Now I need you to find the details of each money. You can read with your partner about page six to page thirteen and tell me about appearing time and the material. So let's start from seashells together.What about it's appearing time？
Activity 2 Read the lines（PPT）Reading strategy Find facts and details
Appearing time:
Material:
生回答。
T: And of course, people not only put the seashells, they also made their own seashells with … bone … or even gold. Now in your pairs, you need to find out information about metal place, paper money and electronic Chinese yuan.
师给出一种货币的范例，生自主完成其他货币的出现时间和材料。
生回答其他三种货币的出现时间和材料。
T: Thank you, well guys. Now we know all the information about these forms of money.Why are they changing？ Why we are always creating new kinds of money？ Do they always work？
S: I think it is not perfect.
T: Oh, it's not perfect. Thank you. That means they have some shortcomings, right? What are the shortcomings? You can discuss with your partner and tell me.
Activity 3 Read between the lines（PPT）
What are the shortcomings?（PPT）
T:All right, let's start from the seashells.What are the shortcomings?
It’s everywhere,especially in life.
Yeah, it is so heavy for us to carry.
So what is the shortcoming of paper money？
That’s right, and we know it is rainy outside.What will happen if I carry a lot of paper money.That means it is very easy to be damage.
So how about the electronic Chinese yuan？
Let me give you a hand, guys. Imagine you are in the desert, can you use it？
No, why? Why can’t we use it？
Oh,you don't have electricity on smartphones, and also, we don't have internet. right?
OK. So we can start find out that Electronic-Chinese yuan needs smart tools.Guys, Electronic-Chinese yuan also have shortcomings, that means we need to create something new.
Activity 4 Read beyond the lines
What will the future of China's money be like？
T: What will the future of China’s money be like？Let's read page fourteen and fifteen together.（生齐读）
What will the future of China’s money be like？Please say it bravely and justify your imagination. And I can help you, you can firstly discuss with your partner.
S: Maybe in in the future, we will more interesting and exciting, and the way of pay something without paper money on the internet.
T: Without paper money and internet, we can buy things. That’s a great idea. Thank you. Anybody else?
Oh,not only for somebody, but for everybody that’s right.
…
S: And we can use money everywhere or in every situations .
T: Now we fly our imagination about the future of money.Just as our book says that China’s money changing promises to be interesting and exciting.In your mind, how exciting could it be？May be we don't know that. But I'm sure that the future is in your hands. So I hope you can try to innovate new things in the future.Well, it's time for you to bring the history back to life. Here comes the group work.
Activity 5 Work in groups
T: I got these four kinds of money here, and there are some missions behind it. So you need to choose it first. Where other group leaders? Choose it.（生选择任务）
Can you show it to us？What's your mission？
Mission No.1, Money confession. That means you need to stand here and introduce yourself as a kind of money one by one.And for mission No.2, you need to do the museum tour. that means one of you is a tour guide. others are the tourists you need to ask and answer questions about money. And all the things on the blackboard and in your book can help you.（师解释规则）
3分钟准备时间，生展示
T: Can you give comments about their performance.（师出示评价量规）
What do you think of their performance？
We know about the changing of money and let's enjoy a video paying through history.（AI演示货币的发展变化）
Activity 8 Think deeply
What drives Chinese people to keep creating new money?
T: This video will lead us to the final question.What drives Chinese people to keep creating new money? As see the blackboard, for all kinds of this money, they have shortcomings. We just change the forms, why?
S: They change the forms because of their daily life.
T: That means we need to change it, right？Thank you.We can say that the money forms are always changing, and we don't know what will the future money be like, but we can see that it is changing for our lives. We do the innovation for needs and innovation for life. Actually, the spirit of innovation, drives Chinese people to become better and to build our stronger country. so I hope all of you can carry on the spirit in your daily life.Guys, only innovation is not enough, how about our tradition? Should we keep it or lose it？Keep it or lose it? You have your own opinion. Here comes our homework. You need to think critically make a speech about your opinion on innovation and tradition, or you can create brave, try to write five sentences to introduce the future of money in your mind.
(AI生成)
主题：货币探索之旅
概要：
这是一节关于货币演变的英语课，学生通过阅读和角色扮演学习了从贝壳到电子货币的发展历程及未来展望。
1.课程从观察图片引入主题，学生发现图中有人拿着古代货币，教师引导讨论货币的用途和历史演变。通过提问激发学生对货币功能和形式变化的兴趣。
2.学生阅读教材第3页并回顾问题，如“什么是货币”“古代货币有哪些”“最早的货币是什么样子”等。这些问题为后续学习货币发展史提供了方向。
3.学生在教师指导下阅读第6至13页，找出货币的不同形式：贝壳、金属币、纸币和电子货币。并通过小组活动将这些货币按出现时间排序。
4.教师引导学生分析以物易物的局限性，如交换双方需求不匹配导致交易困难。这解释了为何人类需要发明统一的货币来解决交换难题。
5.学生分组探究不同货币的出现时间和材质：贝壳用于古代中国，材料为天然或人工制作；金属币出现在战国时期，由铜等金属制成；纸币始于宋朝，用纸张制造；电子货币无形，依赖智能手机和网络。
6.课堂讨论各种货币的缺点：贝壳稀少难获取，金属币沉重不便携带，纸币易受潮损坏，电子货币依赖设备和网络，在无电无网环境下无法使用。
7.学生发挥想象力预测未来货币形态，认为可能更便捷、环保、适用于所有场景，甚至无需网络也能使用。创新应服务于生活改善和人类进步。
8.学生参与角色扮演任务，一组以第一人称介绍自己代表的货币类型，另一组模拟博物馆导览，导游向游客讲解货币演变过程及相关知识。
9.表演结束后师生进行评价，肯定学生表达清晰、富有创意，并强调团队合作与事实准确的重要性。通过活动加深对货币发展的理解。
10.教师总结货币演变源于生活需求，每种形式都有其优缺点，推动人们不断创新。创新是为了让生活更好，同时也需思考传统与创新的关系。
11.布置作业：要求学生批判性思考创新与传统的关系并发表观点，或写下五句话描述自己心目中的未来货币。鼓励学生在生活中践行创新精神。