资料简介
•课题:Unit1 A land of diversity
•年级：高二级
•模块：选修8
•版本：人教版
Module8 Unit1
A land of diversity
Warming up
• Let’s see some pictures
The Statue of Liberty
The White House
• When you see these pictures, you
can think of which country?
USA
the United States of America
Have a think
Country to the north of USA Canada
Country to the south of USA
Ocean on the east coast
Ocean on the west coast
capital
How many states
Which state has largest
population?
Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Washington D.C.
50
California
How much do you know about
California
Task 1 Skimming
Divide the passage into three parts according to
the main idea of each part.
Part1 ( ) Brief introduction to California.
Part2 ( )The history of California.
Part3 ( ) The future of California.
para1
para2-para9
para10
2. The main idea of the text:
The text mainly introduces ________________
of California. It describes the great historic
events happened in _________ times.
It also tells us people from different ________of
the world still_____________ to California. It
explains to us why it will be a simple
_______________community in the 21st century.
history
different
parts
immigrate
multicultural
15,000
years
ago
In 16th
century:
1821
1846
1848
1850
First settlers crossed the Bering Strait
from Asia. These people are now
known as Native American
Spanish soldiers arrived in
South American
Became part of Mexico
The US declared war on Mexico
Gold was discovered in California
California became the 31st state of
the US.
Task2 Scanning
What happened in different times?
Task3 careful reading para2-9
choose the best answer
• What is NOT the change of Native
Americans’ life after the arrival of
Europeans?
• Thousands were killed.
• Many native people were forced into slavery.
• They became rich .
• Many died from diseases.
C
2. Why did Mexico have to give California
to the United States ?
A. Because two countries have a good
relationship.
B. Because Mexico gained their
independence.
C. Because the United States declared
war on Mexico and failed in the war.
D. Because the United States declared
war on Mexico and won in the war.
D
3. Which event brought even large
members of Chinese immigrants to
California?
A. Building the railway from west to east.
B. California became the 31st federal of
the USA.
C. Gold was discovered in California.
D. There are many Chinatowns in
California.
A
4.According to the passage, which
statement is true?
A. The film industry boom attracted
Italians.
B. The computer industry has attracted
Indians and Pakistanis to California.
C. Japanese farmers arrived in California
in late 20th century.
D. Today Denmark can’t keep up their
Danish culture.
B
Task4 summary
• The passage is mainly about the
history of California. California
• is a multicultural society which
attracts Europeans , Asian and
African.
Discussion
Why people want to immigrate to
California?
1.Attracted by the comfortable climate
2.Like the lifestyle
3…….
4………
5..…….
Post Reading
• The reasons
• 1.Attracted by the comfortable climate
• 2.Like the lifestyle
• 3.It is a multicultural society.
• 4.There are many Chinese-Americans.
• 5. More tolerant(包容的).
• 6.many good universities
• 7.be interested in movies
• 8.to achieve their dreams
Homework
• Read the passage again.
• Try to write down your thoughts
查看更多
