A land of diversity.ppt

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1、CaliforniaCalifornia蚌埠九中蚌埠九中 李媛媛李媛媛Watch and try to get as muchinformation as possibleWarming upCaliforniaReading:Reading:CaliforniaCaliforniaSkimmingSkimming 1.Listen to 1.Listen to paragraph one paragraph one and do the following questionand do the following questionWhatWhats the topic of this tex

2、t?s the topic of this text?A.the culture of California A.the culture of California B.the history of California B.the history of California C.the climate of California C.the climate of California D.the population of California D.the population of CaliforniaRussiansRussiansLater Later ArrivalsArrivals

3、 peopleThe SpanishThe SpanishMost Recent Most Recent ArrivalsArrivalsNative Native AmericansAmericans2.How many kinds of people are 2.How many kinds of people are mentioned in this text?(Look at the mentioned in this text?(Look at the blue words on P2-3)blue words on P2-3)Gold MinersGold Miners Scan

4、ning Do exploring cases(探究案）探究案）探究一：探究一：Native Americans探究二：探究二：Gold Miners探究三：探究三：Later ArrivalsWhat the picture is about and how the one relates to California?Native American Indianone of the first people to live in California._ by Europeans_ into slavery_the diseases_ the terrible times探究一：探究一：Na

5、tive Americans 1.When did Native Americans live in California?2.What happened to Native Americans in the 16th century?Sufferings 15,000 years agoThousands were killedThousands were forcedMany died fromSome survivedWhat the picture is about and how the one relates to California?A gold minerthe discov

6、ery of gold in California created a gold rush which brought people from all over the world to California.探究二：探究二：Gold MinersThe Gold RushStagePeopleTimeEventGold MinersSouth AmericansAmericansEuropeansAsiansin 1848in 1850Californiabecame the 31st stateGold was discovered in CaliforniaRead the paragr

7、aph 5 and fill in the blankRead paragraph5(Gold Miners)Which of the following is NOT true about the Gold Rush?A.Only a few people became rich in the Gold Rush.B.Many people died in the Gold Rush.C.It happened during the American-Mexico war.D.The first to arrive for gold were South Americans.Why is C

8、alifornia such a Why is California such a multiculturalmulticultural state?Explain in your state?Explain in your own words.own words.Think?What the picture is about and how the one relates to California?A building in Chinatown,San FranciscoMany Chinese have settled in California and many of them liv

9、e in Chinatown in San Francisco.探究三：探究三：Later ArrivalsLets read paragraph7-8and fill in the blankStagePeopleTimeEventLater ArrivalsArrivalsChinesebuilt the railwayItaliansfished and made wineDanish established a townJewishestablished film industryJapanesefarmedAfricansworked in ship&aircraft industr

10、iesin the late19th centuryin the 1860sat the beginning of the 20thin1911by the 1920s1942-1945 SummaryFill in the blanks with the proper words according to the reading.From the passage we know that California is the _1_ largest in the USA but has the largest_2_.Because it is made up of different _3_(

11、immigrate)from all over the world,it is also the most _4_state of America.It is believed that _5_(many)people will immigrate to California in the future.thirdpopulationmulticulturalmoreimmigrantsImagine you are a Californian.Introduce California to the tourists from China.Homework Surf the Internet to find more information about California and you are expected to present it to your peer in the next class.