人教版新课标Book８ Unit １period 1[原创]-新课标[下学期]
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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 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
D
B
A
A
5) California, 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 California’s largest and the nation’s
second largest city.
A. Sacramento B. Los Angeles
C. San Diego D. San Francisco
7) California’s official nickname is the ___.
A. Sunflower 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
A
B
B
D
How many names can you find out
Ocean on the east coast
Ocean on the west coast
Country to the north of USA
Country to the south of USA
Mountain rang in the west
Great Lakes
Longest river in the USA
Some important cities
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Canada
Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Superior,Michigan,Huron, Erie and Ontario
Mississippi River
New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles,
San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans
Match the names with the map.
Atlantic
Ocean
Pacific
Ocean
Canada
Mexico
Rocky
Mountains
Great
Lakes
Mississippi
River
1)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 a land of great
Differences — differences in climate, in landscape
and attitude.
Period 2: Pre-reading
Answer 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 together.
What each picture is about and 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 people 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 important event in Californian history.
15,000 years ago
16th century
1821
1846
1848
1850
First 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
discovered
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 groups Periods Cultural groups Periods
Russians Japanese
Chinese Cambodians
Africans Koreans
Italians Danish
Jewish Pakistanis
early 1800s
Late 1840s/
early 1850s
1800s
Late 1800s
1920s
Early 1900s
From about
the 1970s
From about
the 1970s
1911
From about
the 1970s
Step 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 European, African and Asian people have been immigration to the state for the last 200 years. Before their arr
Step5 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.
F
F
T
4. Today over 40% of Americans speak
Spanish as a first or second language.
5. Many Chinese-Americans live in the
“Chinatowns” of Los Angeles and San
Francisco.
6. California has become home to people
from Asia, Cambodians , Koreans,
Vietnamese and Laotians included.
F
T
T
Homework
Finish “Learning
about language”
on page 4.
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 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
D
B
A
A
5) California, 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 California’s largest and the nation’s
second largest city.
A. Sacramento B. Los Angeles
C. San Diego D. San Francisco
7) California’s official nickname is the ___.
A. Sunflower 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
A
B
B
D
How many names can you find out
Ocean on the east coast
Ocean on the west coast
Country to the north of USA
Country to the south of USA
Mountain rang in the west
Great Lakes
Longest river in the USA
Some important cities
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Canada
Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Superior,Michigan,Huron, Erie and Ontario
Mississippi River
New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles,
San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans
Match the names with the map.
Atlantic
Ocean
Pacific
Ocean
Canada
Mexico
Rocky
Mountains
Great
Lakes
Mississippi
River
1)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 a land of great
Differences — differences in climate, in landscape
and attitude.
Period 2: Pre-reading
Answer 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 together.
What each picture is about and 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 people 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 important event in Californian history.
15,000 years ago
16th century
1821
1846
1848
1850
First 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
discovered
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 groups Periods Cultural groups Periods
Russians Japanese
Chinese Cambodians
Africans Koreans
Italians Danish
Jewish Pakistanis
early 1800s
Late 1840s/
early 1850s
1800s
Late 1800s
1920s
Early 1900s
From about
the 1970s
From about
the 1970s
1911
From about
the 1970s
Step 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 European, African and Asian people have been immigration to the state for the last 200 years. Before their arr
Step5 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.
F
F
T
4. Today over 40% of Americans speak
Spanish as a first or second language.
5. Many Chinese-Americans live in the
“Chinatowns” of Los Angeles and San
Francisco.
6. California has become home to people
from Asia, Cambodians , Koreans,
Vietnamese and Laotians included.
F
T
T
Homework
Finish “Learning
about language”
on page 4.