1、A land of diversity A land of diversity UUnniitt 11Reading Help the students learn the huge diversity of races and cultures in California.Understand why California is such a multicultural community?Pre-readingIt has an area of 411.ooo square kilometers.And it is one of the American states of the lar
2、gest population,with the most developed economy.What does each picture mean to you?Native American Indianone of the first people living in California.A gold minerthe discovery of gold in California created a gold rush which brought people from all over the world to California.A building in Chinatown
3、,San FranciscoMany Chinese have settled in California and many of them live in Chinatown in San Francisco.Step1 Scanning:after scanning,have a general Knowledge Quiz about California.1.California is the _ largest state in the USA.A.third B.second C.fourth D.fifth2.California,a state in the western U
4、SA,borders _.A.the Pacific Ocean B.the Indian Ocean C.the Atlantic Ocean D.the Arctic Ocean3._is Californias largest and the nations second largest city.A.Sacramento B.Los Angeles C.San Diego D.San Francisco4.Californias official nickname is the _.A.Sunflower State B.Golden State C.Land of Opportuni
5、ty D.Evergreen State5._ has the largest population in the USA.A.California B.Alaska C.Washington D.Texas6.California entered the Union on September 9,1850,as the _ state.A.thirtieth B.thirty-eighth C.thirty-second D.thirty-firstStep2 Read again,beside each time,note down an important event in Califo
6、rnian history.15,000 years ago16th century1821184618481850First settlers crossed the Bering Strait from Asia.These people are now known as Native Americans.Spanish soldiers arrived in South America.California became part of Mexico.The US declare war on Mexico.Gold was discovered in California.Califo
7、rnia became the 31st state of the US.Step3 Beside each cultural group,write the period in which they first came to California in large numbers.Spanish RussiansAfricans ChineseItaliansDanishin the early 16th centuryearly 1800s1800slate 1840s/early 1850sin the late 19th century1911 JewishJapaneseKorea
8、nsCambodiansVietnamesePakistanis1920sbeginning of the 20th centuryfrom about the 1970sfrom about the 1970sin more recent decadesfrom about the 1970sSome pictures about the history of California!Native AmericansGold Rush PeriodWhy is California such a multicultural community?What problems do you think might arise?Explain in your own words and write three of four sentences.Compare your answer with your partner and be prepared to tell your ideas to the class.Step4 Discussion1.Finish“Learning about language”on page 4.2.Underline the sentences you dont understand.
