人教版选修8-Unit-1-A-land-of-diversity-reading课件

Unit1AlandofdiversityLookatthemapoftheUSAwithyourparnter,writeonthemapthenamesofasmanyofthefollowingthingsasyoucan.TheAtlanticOcean

ThePacificOceanCanada

Mexico

Caliornia

RockyMountainsGreatlakesTheMississippi

Pre-readingCaliforniahasanareaof411.ooosquarekilometers,thethirdlargeststateintheUnion.Butithasthelargestpopulation,withthemostdevelopedeconomy.

SanFrancisco圣地亚哥SanDiego洛杉矶LosAngelesWhatdoyouknowaboutthepeopleinCalifornia?Californiahasthelargestpolulationanditisalsothemostmulticultural(多文化)stateintheUSA.1.What’sthetopicofthistext?2.Howmanykindsofpeoplearementionedinthistext?

Fastreading1.What’sthetopicofthistext?

A.thecultureofCaliforniaB.thehistoryofCaliforniaC.theweatherofCaliforniaD.thehistoryofUSAB

carefulreading:.NativeAmericans:HowdidtheEuropeastraveltoCalifornia?2.AfterthearrivalofEuropeans,thenativeAmericanssufferedalot,why?TheycrossedtheBeringStraitfromAsiatoAlaskabymeansof

abridgewhichexistedinprehistorictimes.TheBeringStrait

AsiaSothAmerica

ThenativeAmericanwerekilledorforcedintoslavery.Inaddition,

ManydiedfromthediseasesbroughtbyEuropeans.TheSpanish

1.WhyistherestrongSpanishinfluenceinCalifornia?2.DidCaliforniabelongtotheUSAallthetime?WhendiditcomebacktotheUSA?Becauseitwasonceruledby

Spaininthe18thcentury.No,inthe18thcentury,itwasruledbytheSpain.In1821,CaliforniabecamepartofMexico.After1846,MexicohadtogiveCaliforniatotheUnitedState.RussiansHowmanyRussian-AmercianslivinginandaroundSanFranciso?25,000GoldminersWhenwasgolddiscovered?WhowenttoCaliforniatosearchforgold?3.WhendidCaliforniabecomeastateofAmerica?Next

In1850In1848,goldwasdiscoveredinCaliforniagoldmines

金矿SouthAmericans,peoplefromtheUnitedStatesAdventurersfromEurope,Asia,thePacificIslands

LaterarrivalsandMorerecentarrivalsInwhichtwocitiesareChinatowns?WhatbroughtevenlargernumberstoCaliforniainthe1860s?3.Whatpeoplearementionedinthesetwoparagraphs?4.Wherewasthefilmindustryestablished?LosAngelesandSanFrancisco

Chinatown

ThebuildingoftherailwaysfromthewesttotheeastcoastChinese,Italians,Danish,EuropeansincludingJewishJapanese,Africans,peoplefromAsiaincludingCambodians,Koreans

VietnamesesandLaotians,IndiansPakistanisInHollywood,California.1.ItalianfarmersandwinemakersarrivedinCalifornia.2.Today,CaliforniahasthelargestJewishpopulationintheUSA.3.ThefilmindustryattractedIndiansandPakistanis.4.PeoplefromAfricahavebeenlivinginCaliforniasincethe1800s.5.JapanesefishermenbeganarrivinginCaliforniaatthebeginningofthe20thcentury.6.DanishimmigrantsestablishedatownoftheirowninCaliforniain1911.7.Cambodians,Danish,LoatiansbelongtoMOSTRECENTARRIVALS.TorFTTFFFFF

HoweachpictureisrelevanttothehistoryofCalifornia?NativeAmerican—oneofthefirstpeopletoliveinCalifornia.ComprehendingAgoldminer—thediscoveryofgoldinCaliforniacreatedagoldrushwhichbroughtpeoplefromallovertheworldtoCalifornia.Thestate’sofficialnicknameistheGoldenState,referringtothegoldrush.

AbuildinginChinatown,SanFrancisco—ManyChinesehavesettledinCaliforniaandmanyofthemliveinChinatowninSanFrancisco.Discussion

WhyisCaliforniainthe21stcenturysuchamulticulturalcommunity?Explaininyourownwords.ThestateofCaliforniaisamulticulturalcommunitybecauseEuropean,AfricanandAsianpeoplehavebeenimmigratingtothestateforthelast200years.Be