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1、Unit 1 A land of diversityCalifornia,Warming up,How much do you know about the USA？,What does USA stands for?,A:The United States of America B:Usually stupid and annoying,2.Which flag is American flag?A.B.C.,3.Which city is the capital of the USA?New York Washington D.C.Los Angeles,Star-Spangled Ban
2、ner,50 stars,13 stripes,Red-,White-,Blue-,original 13 states,the,courage,freedom,loyalty and justice,Each star represents one state,A.,B.,C.,D.,4.Which stands for the USA?,National Emblem（国徽）,5.Who is the President of America now?,A.,B.,C.,D.,George W.Bush,George H.W.Bush,Bill Clinton,Barack Obama,6
3、.How many states are there in the USA?,A.,B.,C.,D.,45,52,34,50,7.Which state is the largest one in the USA?A.New York B.Texas C.California D.Florida 8._ has the largest population in the USA.A.California B.Alaska C.Washington D.Texas,Seattle,San Francisco,Los Angeles,Houston,Miami,Atlanta,Appalachia
4、n,New York,Boston,Philadelphia,Washington,D.C,Rocky Mountains,Mexico,Chicago,Detroit,Canada,Atlantic Ocean,Pacific Ocean,the Mississippi,U.S.A.,official name:,capital city:,languages:,major cities:,national holiday:,famous people:,English,Bill Gates,Michael Jordan,New YorkLos AngelesChicagoHouston,T
5、he United States of America,Independence Day,4 July,Washington DC,California,How each picture is relevant to the history of California?,Native American Indianone of the first people to live in California.,Pre-reading,Native California Indians,A gold minerthe discovery of gold in California created a
6、 gold rush which brought people from all over the world to California.,California gold miners around 1849,A building in Chinatown,San FranciscoMany Chinese have settled in California and many of them live in Chinatown in San Francisco.,Chinatowns in California,Reading Comprehension I,Skimming:,The p
7、assage focuses on the _.A.population of California B.customs and languages of California C.people of California D.history of California2.No specific group is mentioned in _.A.NATIVE AMERICANS B.GOLD MINERS C.THE FUTURE D.LATER ARRIVALS,1.California is the largest state in the USA and has the largest
8、 population.2.The native Americans are treated well after the arrival of Europeans.3.Of the first Spanish to go to California,the majority were religious men.,Reading Comprehension II,Skimming:,the third largest,True or False,suffered greatly,4.In the early 1800s,Russian hunters began settling in Ca
9、lifornia.5.Duing Gold Rush Period,many achieved their dream of being rich.6.It is believed that soon there will be only a mixture of many races and cultures.,True or False,few,Russians,Later Arrivals,people,The Spanish,Most Recent Arrivals,Native Americans,How many kinds of people are mentioned in t
10、his text?,Gold Miners,Native Americans,1.Time:2.Where did they come from:3.What happened in the sixteenth century?,Native Americans,15000 years ago,from Asian to Alaska,were killed by Europeanwere forced into slaverydied from the disease survived the terrible times,Back,The Spanish,Fill in the form:
11、(note down an important events)16th century 18th century in 1846 in 1821,Spanish soldiers arrived and took their land,California was ruled by Spain,California becamepart of Mexico,Mexico gave California to the United States,Influence:,today over 40%of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second
12、language,Back,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 American-Mexican war,gold was discovered in California.3.There are about 25,000 Russian-Americans living in San Francisco.4.California become the thirty-
13、first state of the United states of America in 1850.,after,Back,and around San Francisco,Moved from Mexico,Built the railway,Farmed,Established a town,Developed industry,Fished and made wine,Worked in ship&aircraft industry,Back,Worked in computer industry,Immigrated,Immigrated,Summary,California is
14、 _state in the USA and it also has the distinction of being the most _state in the USA.The first settlers crossed _from _and arrived in California.The _suffered greatly after the arrival of Europeans in the _century.In the 18th century,_was ruled by _ until _the people of Mexico gained their indepen
15、dence from Spain.California then became part of_.But after the American-Mexican war in 1846,California was given back to the USA.,the third largest,multicultural,the Bering Strait,Asia,native Americans,16th,California,Spain,1821,Mexico,In 1848,in California gold was_,which _people from all over the
16、world to arrive there to achieve their dreams of_.In 1850,California became the _state of the USA as a _society.Attracted by the_,more and more people from different parts of the world having been _California,including Asians,Africans,Americans and Europeans.In the near future,California will become
17、 _many races and cultures _ any major racial or cultural groups.,discovered,attracted,becoming rich,31st,multicultural,climate and lifestyle,immigrating to,a mixture of,without,Russians:_,Italians:_,Africans:_,Chinese:_,early 1800s,in the late 19th century,late 1840s/early 1850s,1800s,Review the per
18、iod of each cultural group,in which they first came to California in large numbers.,Spanish:_,in the early 16th century,Japanese:_,Pakistanis:_,Danish:_,Koreans:_,Cambodians:_,beginning of the 20th century,1911,from about the 1970s,from about the 1970s,from about the 1970s,Jewish:_,1920s,Vietnamese:
19、_,in more recent decades,Why is California in the 21st century such a multicultural community?Have a discussion with your group members.,Think?,The state of California is a multicultural community because European,African and Asian people have been immigrating to the state for the last 200 years.Bef
20、ore their arrival,Native American people had lived there for thousands of years.People from all over the world are still coming to settle in California because of its good climate and the lifestyle it offers.,Imagine you are a Californian.Introduce California to the tourists from China.,Role playing,Homework,1.Prepare for the Role Playing2.Review the new words.3.Read the text carefully and finish Ex.1 of Learning English.,Thank you!,
