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  , 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 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 PeriodsCultural groups Periods RussiansJapanese ChineseCambodians AfricansKoreans ItaliansDanish JewishPakistanis 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.