人教课标版高中英语选修8Unit+1+A+land+of+diversity教学课件.ppt

,Welcome to my class!,Designer: Date: April 22, 2010,Unit1 A Land of Diversity,How much do you know about America?,Warming up,?,San Francisco,Los Angeles,Houston,Boston,New York,Washington, D.C,Rocky Mountains,Mexico,Chicago,Canada,Atlantic Ocean,Pacific Ocean,the Mississippi,Superior,Michigan,Erie,Huron,Ontario,Please tell the names of the five lakes,It has an area of 411.ooo square kilometers. And it is one of the American states of the largest population, with the most developed economy.,Look at the pictures on this page and in the reading passage. Each illustrate something about California. Discuss in groups what each picture means to you.,Pre -reading,Native American Indians,Gold miner (pot),Traditional Chinese building,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 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,Fast reading,1.Whats the topic of this text? A. the culture of California B. the history of California C.the weather of California D. the history of USA,2.Which state in the USA has the largest population? California (over 30 million people),3.How many kinds of people are mentioned in this text?,Russians,Later Arrivals,people,The Spanish,Most Recent Arrivals,Native Americans,3.How many kinds of people are mentioned in this text?,Gold Miners,Native Americans,1.Time: 15000 years ago 2.Where did they come from: from Asian to Alaska 3.What happened in the sixteenth century? were killed by European were forced into slavery died from the disease survived the terrible times,Native Americans,Detail Reading,The Spainsh,Fill in the form:(note down an important events) 16th century 18th century in 1821 in 1846,Spain soldiers arrived and took their land,California was ruled by Spain,California became part of Mexico,Mexico gave California to the United States,Influence: today over 40% of Californians speak Spainish as a first or second language,Detail Reading,Russians & Gold Miners,True or false statements: 1.In the early 1800s, Russian fur trappers began settling in California. 2.In 1848, before the American-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 America in 1850.,after,Few,Detail Reading,1860s,1800s,In the late 19th century,By 1920s,At the beginning of the 20th century,1911,Detail Reading,Recent decades,1970s,Detail Reading,Comprehending 1. Beside each date note down an important event in California history.,First settlers crossed the Bering Strait from Asia,Spanish soldier arrived in South America,California became part of Mexico,The US declared war on Mexico,Gold was discovered in California,California became the 31st state of the US.,Russians _ Jewish _ Danish _ Chinese _ Japanese _ Pakistanis _ African _ Cambodians _ Italians _ Koreans _,2.Beside each cultural group, write the period in which they first came to California in large numbers,Early 1800s,Late 1840s / early 1850s,1800s,Late 1800s,1920s,Early 1900s,From about the 1970s,From about the 1970s,1911,From about the 1970s,Comprehending:,Discussion Why is California in the 21st century such a multicultural ? Because European, African and Asian people have been immigrating to the state for the last 200 years. Before their arrival, Native American people from all over the world are still coming to settle in California because of its good climate and the lifestyle it offers.,In the 18th century, California was governed by Spanish 1 (invade). Spanish soldiers first arrived in South America in the early 16th century when they fought 2 the native people and took their land. Two centuries later, Most lands of 3 (south) part of America was occupied by Spanish, the Northwest coast 4 (include). The 5 (major) of the first Spanish were 6 (religion), they taught Catholic religion to the natives. In 1821, California 7 (belong) to Mexico. 8 , in 1846 the United States won the war of Mexico, they had to return California to the United States bu