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Unit 1 A land of diversity
Warming up and reading
Step 1 Warming up
A quiz about the general knowledge of the USA.
1. Which city is the capital of the USA?
A.New York B.Washington D.C C.Los Angeles
2. How many states are there in the USA?
A.47 B.
2、48 C.49 D.50
3. The most important and largest river in the United States of America is____ ?
A. the Ohio River B. the Colorado River C. The Missouri River D. the Mississippi River
4. When is American Independence Day?
A. June 4th B. July 4th C. October 1st
3、 D. August 14th
5. Which city is known as the “Big Apple”?
A. New York B. Chicago C. Los Angeles
6. Which doesn't belong to the USA?
A.Statue of Liberty B.White House C.Eiffel Tower D.Golden Gate Bridge
Step 2 Pre-reading
A brief introduction of California.
C
4、alifornia, a state in the western USA, borders the Pacific Ocean. It has an official nickname "Golden State". California is the third largest state in the USA with the largest population. Its capital Los Angeles is California's largest and the nation's second largest city.
St
5、ep 3 Reading
1. Fast reading
1)What's the topic of this text?
A. the culture of California B. the history of California
C. the climate of California D. the population of California
2)How many kinds of people are mentioned in this text?
people
2. careful reading
Na
6、tive Americans
1. Time: ___________
2.Where did they come from: __________________________
3.What happened in the sixteenth century?
The Spanish
1.16th century:
18th century:
in 1821:
in 1846:
2.Influence:
Russians & Gold Miners
True or false
1.In th
7、e early 1800s, Russian fur trappers began settling in California.
2.In 1848, before the American-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California.
3.A lot of adventurers achieved their dream of becoming rich.
4.California become the thirty-first state of the United states of America in 185
8、0.
Stage
People
Time
Event
Later arrivals
Africans
Moved from Mexico
Chinese
Build the railway
Japanese
Farm
Denmark
Established a town
Jewish
film industry
Italians
Fished and made wine
Africans
1942-1945
Worked in ship& aircraft industri
9、es
Recent arrivals
Indians,Pakistans
Worked in Computer industry
Cambodians
Koreans
Vietnamese
Laotians
Immigrated
Future
Different parts
Future
Immigrate
15,000 years
ago
16th century
1821
1846
1848
1850
Answer:
Ocean on the east coast : Atlantic Ocean
Ocean on the west coast : Pacific Ocean
Country to the north of USA : Canada
Country to the south of USA : Mexico
Mountains range in the west : Rocky Mountains
Great Lakes : Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario
Longest river in the USA : Mississippi River
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