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

A game

Where am I ?Where am I ?

Sydney 悉尼

Paris 巴黎

London 伦敦

Beijing 北京

TieLing TieLing 铁岭铁岭

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

4. California’s official nicknamenickname 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

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Mexico

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tains

Mississippi

WashingtonDC

Califonia

Califonia

Los Angeles

Superior

Mich

igan

Huron

Erie

Ontario

New YorkBoston

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

para

para

Brief introduction to California.

people from different countries moved to California.

The future of California.

(1 minute)skimming

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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.

thirdthird

largestlargest

multiculturalmulticultural

Russians

Later Arrivals

people

The Spanish

Most Recent Arrivals

Native Americans

How many kinds of How many kinds of people are mentioned in people are mentioned in this text? 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 AmericansKilled

forced

died

•15000 years ago15000 years ago

•Across the Bering Strait in the Arctic to AAcross the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge . merica by means of a land bridge .

What’s the relationship between them?

Spain

California

Mexico The USA

rule independent war

In the16th--18th century In 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 MinersDo 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 th

e United states of Amerian in 1850.

after

Few

Stage People Time Event

Later arrivals

Africans Moved from Mexico

Chinese Build the railway

Japanese Farmed

Denmark Established a town

Jewish Developed industry

ItaliansFished and made wine

Africans 1942-1945Worked 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

Stage People Time Event

Recent arrivals

CambodiansKoreansVietnameseLaotians

Immigrated

Indians,Pakistanis

Worked in Computer industry

Since Since 1970s1970s

Recent decades

Listen to the tape and find the exact time

The futureThe future

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

Make a summary

The history of CaliforniaThe 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

c a l i f o r n i a

A. 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?

AB

C D

Germany

Who is not Americans?

AB

C

keanuReeves

Steven Speilberg

Britain

A. B.

C. D.

Which stands for the USA?

National Emblem （国徽）

How many states are there in How many states are there in the USA?the USA?

A.

B.

C.

D.

47

48

49

50

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.