M8U1 A lad of diversity教案.docVIP

M8U1 A Land of Diversity Reading I. lead-in Show some pictures in which are famous places of interest in California, including Hollywood, Disneyland, Golden bridge, Chinatown and the native Americans. II. Pre-reading By dealing with multiple choices, let students get to know more about California. For example, where is it? What is it famous for? How large is it? Also by introducing the famous basketball teamLA Lakers, the interest was aroused and the multi-culture phenomena are best illustrated, because there are many international players with various culture background. III. While-reading 1. Scanning Go through the text and spot the kinds of people going to California. What order is the text arranged? Find out the topic sentence in Para. 1. 2. Skimming Write down the period in which they first came to Californian in large numbers. 3. Careful-reading Native Americans (15000 years ago) ?One of the first people to live in California. How did they arrive there? What sufferings did the arrival of Europeans bring to them? The Spanish and Russians (16th century) dealing with T or F questions Spanish soldiers fought against native people mainly for their land. The majority of the first Spanish to go to California were people who believed in God. California used to be an independent country. The US took California away from Spain. Spanish is still widely spoken in California. In the early 1800s, there are about 25000 Russian-American living in San Francisco. Gold miners What happened I 1848? Who went to CA? Did they make fortune? What did most people do in California? What was Californian like by 1850? Later arrivals What do these words or phrases mean? There were two towns and industries established. What are they? Recent arrivals and future ______ has attracted people from India and Pakistan to California? A. Drugs B. gold C. Medicine D. computer industry With the mix of nationalities, will there be any? Draw a conclusion that Califor