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选修8 Unit 1 A land of diversity 闽侯六中——林锦安 Period 1 Reading Teaching goals Enable the students to talk about things about the USA. Help the students learn the huge diversity of races and cultures in America, especially in California. Teaching important and difficult points Learn the huge diversity of races and cultures in California. Teaching methods Fast and careful reading; asking and answering activity; individual, pair or group work. Teaching aids A map, a blackboard and a computer Teaching procedures Step 1 Warming up. Ask the students to describe what they learn about the USA. Group work: look at the map of the USA with your group. Write on the map the names of as many of the following as you can. Compare your names with other groups. Step 2 Pre-reading Ask the students to tell things about California including its location, size, population, economy, history etc. What do you learn about California? Show the students some pictures and encourage students not only to say what each picture is about but how each one relates to California. Step 3 Fast reading Read through the passage and get the main idea. Reading comprehension. Ask the students the following questions: When you look at the title, what so you think of ? A land of differences. California is a land of great differences — differences in climate, in landscape and attitude. 2) Why is the USA called a melting pot? 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. Beside each date note down an important event in Californian history. 15,000 years ago16th 15,000 years ago 16th centure 1821 1846 1848 185000 First settlers crossed the Bening 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 st