资料简介
California coast
Hoover tower
Andres Canyon
Lake Tahoe
Death
Valley
San Francisco
Rocky M
ountains
Mexico
Canada
Atlantic
OceanPacific
Ocean
the M
ississippi
California
The pleasant
weather, long
beach and graceful
natural landscape
make the tourism
prosperous.
It has an area of 411,000 square kilometers.
And it is one of the American states of the
largest population, with the most developed
economy.
Native Americans
Some pictures about the history
of California
Gold miners — the
discovery of gold
in California
created a gold rush
which brought
people from all
over the world to
California.
A building in
Chinatown, San
Francisco — Many
Chinese have settled
in California and
many of them live in
Chinatown in San
Francisco.
Page1 Reading
Reading Comprehension ISkimming:
• The passage focuses on the ______.
A. population of California
B. customs and languages of California
C. people of California
D. history of California
2. How many kinds of people are mentioned
in this text?
Six.
Russians
Later Arrivals
people
The Spanish
Most Recent Arrivals
Native Americans
How many kinds of people are mentioned
in this text?
Gold Miners
First settlers crossed the Bering Strait
in the Arctic to America. These people
are now known as Native Americans.
Spanish soldiers arrived in South
America.
What happened to California？
15,000 years ago:
16th century:
Page3 Task1
California became part of Mexico.
The US declared war on Mexico.
Gold was discovered in California.
California became the 31st state of
the USA.
1821:
1846:
1848:
1850:
Spanish _____________________
Russians ____________________
Africans ____________________
Chinese _____________________
Italians _____________________
Danish _____________________
When did the following cultural
group first came to California in
large numbers？（Page3 Task2）
Spanish _____________________
Russians ____________________
Africans ____________________
Chinese _____________________
Italians _____________________
Danish _____________________
When did the following cultural
group first came to California in
large numbers？
in the early 16th century
early 1800s
1800s
late 1840s/ early 1850s
in the late 19th century
1911
Jewish _____________________
Japanese ____________________
Koreans ____________________
Cambodians _________________
Vietnamese ___________________
Pakistanis _____________________
20th century
1920s
in more recent decades
from about the 1970s
from about the 1970s
from about the 1970s
1.California is the largest state in the USA
and has the largest 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.
4. In the early 1800s, Russian hunters began
settling in California.
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
1.California is the largest state in the
USA and has the largest 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
the third largest
True or False
suffered greatly
4. In the early 1800s, Russian hunters
began settling in California.
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
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