Unit 1 A land of diversity -----California

A game Where am I ?

Sydney 悉尼

Paris 巴黎

London 伦敦

Beijing 北京

TieLing 铁岭

California 加利福尼亚

How much do you know about California ???

1. California is the _______ largest state in the USA. A.third B. Second C.fourth D. fifth 2. California, a state in the western USA, borders ________. A. the Pacific Ocean B.the Indian Ocean C. the Atlantic Ocean D.the Arctic Ocean 3. _____ is California’s largest and the nation’s second largest city. A. Sacramento B. Los Angeles C. San Diego D. San Francisco A A B

nickname 4. California’s official nickname is the _______ ? A. Sunflower State C. Land of opportunity B. Golden State D. Evergreen State 5. ___has the largest population in the USA. A. California C. Alaska B. Washington D. Texas 6. California entered the Union on September 9, 1850, as the ______state. A. thirtieth C. thirty-eighth B. thirty-second D. thirty-first B A D

Atlantic Canada Mexico Rocky Mountains Mississippi WashingtonDC Califonia Los Angeles Superior Michigan Huron Erie Ontario New York Boston Philadelphia San Francisco Pacific

California lies in the of America. California lies on the of Mexico. west north

—— READING

Divide the 10 paragraphs into three parts according to the main idea of each part. Part1 ( ) Part2 ( ) Part3 ( ) para Brief introduction to California. people from different countries moved to California. The future of California. (1 minute) skimming

Part1 (Para1) While reading Part2 (para2—9) The future of California. Part3 (Para10) Brief introduction to California. people from different countries moved to California.

Para1: California is the _______ largest state in the USA but has the _______population. In addition, it has the most _________ state in the USA. third largest multicultural

Russians Later Arrivals people The Spanish Most Recent Arrivals Native Americans How many kinds of people are mentioned in this text? Gold Miners A land of diversity

Native American Indian—one of the first people to live in California.

Native California Indians

Native Americans 1.Time: 2.How did they arrive here: 3.What happened in the sixteenth century? were ______by Europeans were_______into slavery _________from the diseases Native Americans Killed forced died years ago15000 years ago Across the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge.Across the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge.

What’s the relationship between them? Spain California Mexico The USA rule independent war In the16th--18th centuryIn 1821 in1846

A gold miner—the discovery of gold in California created a gold rush which brought people from all over the world to California.

Russians & Gold Miners Do some T or F questions: 1.In the early 1800s, Russian hunters began settling in California. 2.In 1848, before the Amerian-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California. 3.A lot of adventurers achieved their dream of becoming rich. 4.California become the thirty-first state of the United states of Amerian in after Few

StagePeopleTimeEvent Later arrivals AfricansMoved from Mexico ChineseBuild the railway JapaneseFarmed DenmarkEstablished a town JewishDeveloped industry Italians Fished and made wine Africans Worked in ship& aircraft industries 1860s 1800s Late 1900s By 1920s At the beginning of 20th 1911 Listen to the tape and find the exact time

StagePeopleTimeEvent Recent arrivals Cambodians Koreans Vietnamese Laotians Immigrated Indians, Pakistanis Worked in Computer industry Since 1970s Recent decades Listen to the tape and find the exact time

The future Do you think California will become only one culture after people immigrated there for a long time?

Make a summary The history of California Native Americans(15,000) the Spanish(16th) Mexico(1821) The united state(1846) Gold miners later arrivals recent arrivals California----A land of diversity

Choose a letter and do as instructed Play a game california

A.B.B. C. D. Which doesn ’ t belong to the USA? Statue of Liberty Golden Bridge White House Eiffel Tower

Who is the President of America now? A. B. C.D. George W. Bush George H.W. Bush Bill Clinton

Which isn’t American brands? A B C D Germany

Who is not Americans? A B C keanu Reeves Steven Speilberg Britain

A.A.B. C.C. D. Which stands for the USA? National Emblem （国徽）

How many states are there in the USA? A. B. C.C. D

Which is American brand? Germany Finland

You are so unlucky,your team has to lose one point.

You are so lucky, No question. You gain one point.

Which flag is American flag? A. B. C.

Disneyland

Chinatown

cable car and Angel Island

星光大道

Universal Studio in Hollywood

Fisherman’s Wharf （渔人码头）

Golden Gate Bridge

Los Angeles

斯坦福大学

面積： 403,970 平方公里 (3) 人口： 33,871,648 (1) 別名：黃金之州 (Golden State) 加盟日： 9/9/1850 (31) 州府：沙加緬度 (Sacramento) 第一大城：洛杉机 (Los Angeles) 州歌： I Love You, California 州花：罌粟 州鳥：加州鵪鶉 州樹：加州紅杉 州石：藍錐礦 州礦：黃金 州昆蟲：加州狗臉蝴蝶 州動物：加州熊 箴言：我发现了 (Eureka)

Homework 1. Review the new words. 2.Read the text carefully and finish Ex. 1 of Learning English.