高二英語（選修八）unit 1 period 1

1、Unit 1 A land of diversity What can you see in these pictures?Period 1 Warming up How much do you know about USA?General Knowledge Quiz about the USA Choose the best answer: 1) How many states are there in the USA?_ A. 49 B. 50 C: 51 D: 48 2) The most important and largest river in the United States

2、 of America is _. A. the Ohio River B. the Colorado River C. the Missouri River D. the Mississippi River 3) California is the_ largest state in the USA. A. third B. second C. fourth D. fifth 4) _ has the largest population in the USA. A. California B. Alaska C. Washington D. Texas DBAA 5) California

3、, a state in the western USA, borders_. A. the Pacific Ocean B. the Indian Ocean C. the Atlantic Ocean D. the Arctic Ocean 6) _ is Californias largest and the nations second largest city. A. Sacramento B. Los Angeles C. San Diego D. San Francisco 7) Californias official nickname is the _. A. Sunflow

4、er State B. Golden State C. Land of Opportunity D.Evergreen State 8) California entered the Union on September 9.1850, as the _ state. A. thirtieth B. thirty-eighth C. thirty-second D. thirty-first ABBDHow many names can you find out?How many names can you find out?Ocean on the east coastOcean on th

5、e west coastCountry to the north of USACountry to the south of USAMountain rang in the westGreat LakesLongest river in the USASome important citiesAtlantic OceanPacific OceanCanadaMexicoRocky MountainsSuperior,Michigan,Huron, Erie and OntarioMississippi RiverNew York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San

6、 Francisco, Chicago, New OrleansMatch the names with the map.Match the names with the map.Atlantic OceanPacific OceanCanadaMexicoRocky MountainsGreat LakesMississippi River1)When you look at the title, what so you think of?2) Why is the USA called a melting pot? A land of differences. California is

7、a land of great Differences differences in climate, in landscape and attitude.Period 2: Pre-readingAnswer the following questions: There are many immigrants to the USA and there are many cultures and nationalities. So it is a place in which people, ideas, etc of different kinds gradually get mixed t

8、ogether. What each picture is about and What each picture is about and how each one relates to California? how each one relates to California? A Native American Indian-one of the first people to live in California A gold miner the discovery of gold in California created a gold rush which brought peo

9、ple 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 Reading Step1 Read through the passage as quickly as you can ,and find out the main idea.Step 2 Beside each date note down an i

10、mportant event in Californian history.15,000 years ago16th century1821184618481850First settlers crossed the Bening Strait from Asia. These people are now known as Native Americans.Spanish soldiers arrived in South America.California became part of Mexico.The US declared war on Mexico.Gold was disco

11、vered in California.California became the 31st state of the US.Step 3 Besides each cultural group, write the period in which they first came to California in large numbers.Cultural groupsPeriodsCultural groupsPeriodsRussiansJapaneseChineseCambodiansAfricansKoreansItaliansDanishJewishPakistanisearly

12、1800sLate 1840s/early 1850s1800sLate 1800s1920sEarly 1900sFrom about the 1970sFrom about the 1970s1911From aboutthe 1970sStep 4 Why is California in the 21st century such a multicultural community? (Using 3 or 4 sentences to explain. )The state of California is a multicultural community because Euro

13、pean, African and Asian people have been immigration to the state for the last 200 years. Before their arrStep5 True or False 1. California is the largest state in the USA and has the largest population. 2. Everybody knows exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California. 3. Thousands of the native people in California were killed or forced into slavery after the arrival of the Europeans.FFT 4. Today over 40% of Americans speak Spanish as a first or second language. 5. Many Chinese-Americans li