高二英语人教课标选修8 Unit1 warming up and reading in unit1.ppt

Native Americans 1.Time: 15000 years ago 2.Where did they come from: from Asian to Alaska 3.What happened in the sixteenth century? were killed by European were forced into slavery died from the disease survived the terrible times The Spainsh Fill in the form:(note down an important events) 16th century 18th century in 1821 in 1846 Russians Gold Miners Do some T or F questions: 1.In the early 1800s, Russian hunters began settling in California. 2.In 1848, before the Amerian-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California. 3.A lot of adventures achieved their dream of becoming rich. 4.California become the thirty-first state of the United states of Amerian in 1850. A building in Chinatown Other reference pictures about gold rush in California Why is California in the 21st century such a multicultural community? Explain in your own words. Write three or four sentence. The state of California is a multicultural community because European, African and Asian people have been immigrating to the state for the last 200 years.Before their arrival, native American people had lived there for thousands of years. People from all over the world are still coming to settle in California because of its good climate and the lifestyle it offers. Imagine you are a Californian , and introduce California to tourists. Spain soldiers arrived and took their land California was ruled by Spain California became part of Mexico Mexico gave California to the United States Influence: today over 40% of Californians speak Spainish as a first or second language after few Moved from Mexico Africans Later arrivals Worked in ship aircraft industries 1942-1945 Africans Fished and made wine Italians Developed industry Jewish Established a town Denmark Farmed Japanese Build the railway Chinese Event Time People Stage