高中英语选修8Unit_1reading公开课课件.ppt

1、Unit 1 A land of diversityCaliforniaWarming up and Reading,Learning Aims,1.阅读课文,了解加利福尼亚的人口状况及其多元化人口构成形式 2.学会分析课文中的长难句，归纳文章的主旨，并能理解语篇中的重要细节,1. Whats the topic of this text? A. the culture of California B. the history of California C. the weather of California,2. Make a list of the peoples (民族) mentio

2、ned in this text please.,While-reading,Para.1,Task 1 Fast reading,Russians,Later Arrivals,peoples,The Spanish,Most Recent Arrivals,Native Americans,2. Make a list of the peoples mentioned in this text.,Gold Miners,(the subtitles),Task 2 Scanning When did they first came to California ?,in the early

3、1800s,during the gold rush period (in the late 1840s/ early 1850s),in the late 19th century,in 1911,in more recent decades,1.When did they come:_ 2. How did they come : _ 3. What happened to them after the arrival of the Europeans? were killed by Europeans were forced into slavery died from the dise

4、ases,Native Americans (para2),15,000 years ago,by means of a land bridge,They_ greatly.,suffered,Write down an important event in Californian history in each box. 16th century 18th century in 1821 in 1846,Spainish soldiers arrived in California,California was ruled by Spain,California became part of

5、 Mexico,Mexico gave California to the USA,Today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language,The Spanish (para3),Influence:,True or False? Correct the false ones. 1.In 1848, before the American-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California. 2.A lot of adventurers achieved th

6、eir dream of becoming rich. 3.California become the thirty-first state of the United states of America in 1850.,after,Few,Russian& Gold- Miners (para4-5),F,F,T,Later arrivals & most recent arrivals (para6-9),1. Which event brought even large members of Chinese immigrants to California? The building

7、of the rail network from the west to the east coast 2. Later arrivals include immigrants such as_ _, _,_, _ and _.,Italians,Danish,Jewish,Africans,Japanese,Chinese,The future (para10),What attract people from different parts of the world to California? They are attracted by the climate and lifestyle of California.,Homework,1.Read