高中英语选修8-Unit1-A-land-of-diversity-Reading教学内容课件

Unit1AlandofdiversityWarmingup&readingUnit1AlandofdiversityWarmStudyaims:1.Learnsomeusefulwords&phrases2.LearnsomethingaboutAmericaandCalifornia3.UnderstandthereasonwhyCaliforniaisamulticulturalstate.Studyimportantpoints:1.Understandthemeaningofsomeimportantwords&phrases.2.LearnaboutthehistoryofCalifornia.Studydifficultpoints:UnderstandhowandwhenmanydifferentgroupsofpeoplecametoCaliforniainthehistory.Studyaims:Aguessinggame:HowmuchdoyouknowaboutAmerica?WarmingupAguessinggame:Warmingup1.WhichflagisAmericanflag?A.B.C.2.WhichcityisthecapitaloftheUSA?NewYorkWashingtonD.CLosAngeles

1.WhichflagisAmericanflagA.B.C.D.

3.WhichstandsfortheUSA?√NationalEmblems

（国徽）A.B.C.D.3.Whichstandsfort4.HowmanystatesarethereintheUSA?A.B.C.D.474849504.Howmanystatesaretherei5.WhoistheformerpresidentofAmerica

?A.B.C.D.GeorgeW.Bush

GeorgeH.W.Bush

Putin

BillClinton

5.WhoistheformerpresidentA.B.C.D.6.Whichdoesn’tbelongtotheUSA?StatueofLibertyGoldenBridgeWhiteHouseEiffelTowerA.B.C.D.6.Whichdoesn’tbelong7.WhichstatehasthelargestpopulationintheUSA?A.TexasB.FloridaC.AlaskaD.CaliforniaQuestion:WhereisCalifornia?7.WhichstatehasthelargestCaliforniaMississippiPacificOceanAtlanticOceanCANADAMEXICOCaliforniaMississippiPacificO1.What’sthetopicofthistext?A.thecultureofCaliforniaB.thehistoryofCaliforniaC.theweatherofCaliforniaD.thehistoryofUSA2.

Californiaisthe____________

largeststateintheUSA.FastReadingthird1.What’sthetopicofthistexRussiansLaterArrivals

peopleTheSpanishMostRecentArrivalsNativeAmericans3.Howmanygroupsofpeoplearementionedinthistext?GoldMinersRussiansLaterArrivalspeoplNativeAmericans1.Time:15000yearsago2.Howdidtheycome:crossedtheBeringStrait3.Whathappenedinthe16thcentury?

thousands

were________

orforcedinto_________

manydiedfrom__________some_______theterribletimesNativeAmericansDetailedreadingsurvivedslaverykilledthediseasesNativeAmericans1.Time:1500TheSpainshFillintheform:(notedownanimportantevents)16thcentury18thcenturyin1821in1846SpainishsoldiersarrivedandtooktheirlandTheSpanishsettledIntheUSCaliforniabecamepartofMexicoMexicogaveCaliforniatotheUSInfluence:todayover________ofCaliforniansspeakSpainishasafirstorsecondlanguage40%TheSpainshFillintheform:(nRussians&GoldMinersDosomeTrueorFalsequestions:1.Intheearly1800s,RussianhuntersbegansettlinginCalifornia.2.In1848,beforetheAmerican-Mexicanwar,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.3.Alotofadventuresachievedtheirdreamofbecomingrich.4.Californiabecomethethirty-firststateoftheUnitedstatesofAmericanin1850.

after

FewRussians&GoldMinersDosomeStagePeople TimeEventLaterarrivalsChinesebuilttherailwayItaliansfishedandmadewineDenmark1911JewishattractedbythefilmindustryJapanesefarmedAfricans

movedtoCaliforniafromMexicoAfricans1942-1945workedin__________industrieslate19thcentury1860searly20th

centurybythe1920s1800sestablishedatownship&aircraftStagePeople TimeEventLaterarrStagePeopleTimeEventRecentarrivalsIndians,PakistanisWorkedinComputerindustryCambodiansKoreansVietnameseLaotiansImmigratedFuturePeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldFutureImmigratetoCaliforniaRecentdecades1970sStagePeopleTimeEventRecentarrLookatthepicturesbelow.EachillustratessomethingaboutCalifornia.Discussingroupswhateachpicturemeanstoyou.AnativeAmericanIndianwasstandingbesideacamp.Itseemedthatheorshefeltveryhappy.Maybeheorshehadagoodharvest.DiscussionLookattheHewasagoldminer.Hewaspanninggold.Helookednotonlythinandweak,butalsothirstyandtired.Itwasdifficultforthemtoachievethedreamofbecomingrich.Hewasagoldminer.HewaspAbuildinginChinatownAbuildinginChinatown,SanFrancisco—ManyChinesehavesettledinCaliforniaandmanyofthemliveinChinatowninSanFrancisco.AbuildinginChinatownAbuildChinatownsinCaliforniaChinatownsinCalifornia

WhyisCaliforniainthe21stcenturysuchamulticulturalcommunity?Explaininyourownwords.Writethreeorfoursentences.DiscussionWhyisCaliforniainthe21sThestateofCaliforniaisamulticulturalcommunitybecauseEuropean,AfricanandAsianpeoplehavebeenimmigratingtothestateforthepast200years.Beforetheirarrival,nativeAmericanpeoplehadlivedthereforthousandsofyears.PeoplefromallovertheworldarestillcomingtosettleinCaliforniabecauseofitsgoodclim