人教高中英语选修八Unit 时

1、高二英语 选修八 unit 1 第一课时 Warming up & reading Teaching Goal: Enable the Ss to learn sth about the USAEnable the Ss to talk about some places with frequent englishTeaching important and difficult pointsPractice some important words and expressionsPart 1 Warming up Look at the warming-up part on page

2、1 and fill in the map(refer to the ppt.)What do you know about the USA？lets have a small test.1. Which flag is American flag?2. Which city is the capital of the USA?A. New York B. Washington D.C C. Los Angeles 3. Which stands for the USA? National Emblems（国徽）4. How many states are there in the USA?5

3、.Which doesnt belong to the USA?Part 2 Reading.Fast reading1.Which state in the USA has the largest Population?2. Why is California called the most multicultural state in the US?3.How many kinds of people are mentioned in this text? Detail readingNative Americans 1.Time: 2.Where did they come from:

4、3.What happened to the native Americans in the sixteenth century?Native Americans The Spainsh16th century 18th century in 1821 in 1846Influence: today over 40% of Californians speak Spainish as a first or second languageRussians & Gold MinersDo some T or F questions:1.In the early 1800s, Russian

5、 fur trappers began settling in California.2.In 1848, before the Amerian-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California. 3.A lot of adventures achieved their dream of becoming rich. 4.California become the thirty-first state of the United states of Amerian in 1850.Later arrivalsStagePeopleTimeEventL

6、ater arrivalsAfricans Moved from MexicoChinese Build the railwayJapanese FarmedDenmark Established a townJewish film industryItalians Fished and made wineAfricans1942-1945Worked in ship& aircraft industriesRecent arrivalsStagePeopleTimeEventRecent arrivalsIndians,Pa

7、kistanis Worked in Computer industryCambodiansKoreansVietnameseLaotians ImmigratedFutureDifferent partsFutureImmigratedLook at the pictures below. Each illustrates something about California. Discuss in groups what each picture means to you.1.A native American Indian was standing beside a camp .It seemed that he or she felt very happy. Maybe he or she had a good harvest.2.He was a gold miner. He was panning gold. He looked not only thin and weak, but also thirsty and tired. It was difficult for them to achieve the dream of becoming