2. 学生通过对文章的阅读，掌握 scanning 的 阅读技巧，提高阅读速度和快速寻找信息的 能力，培养分析和概括能力，并能流利的讲 述加州的相关历史。 学生通过对文章的阅读，掌握 scanning 的 阅读技巧，提高阅读速度和快速寻找信息的 能力，培养分析和概括能力，并能流利的讲 述加州的相关历史。

4. This is the map of the ________________. USA

6. 1. Which flag is American flag? A. B. C. 2. Which city is the capital of the USA? A.New York B.Washington D.C C.Los Angeles

7. 3. ____ has the largest population in the USA. A. California B. Alaska C. Washington D. Texas

8. 4. When is American Independence Day? A. June 4 th B. July 4 th C. October 1st D. August 14 th

9. 5. How many states are there in the USA? A. B. C. D. 47 48 49 50

10. 6. Where is California? A. B. E. C. D.

11. California (one of the 50 states of the USA)

13. Pre-reading---(2 m) Native California Indians （ 印地安人 ）

14. California gold miners around 1849 （淘金者）

15. 唐人街 (Chinatown)

16. the Bering Strait Spain Catholic Mexico the Pacific Island Denmark Danish Korea Korean Pakistan Pakistani Cambodian Vietnamese Laotian n. 白令海峡 n. 西班牙 adj. 天主教的 n. 天主教徒 n. 墨西哥 n. 太平洋群岛 n. 丹麦 adj. 丹麦的；丹麦语的 n. 丹麦人 n. 韩国；朝鲜 ; adj. 韩国人；朝鲜人 n. 巴基斯坦 adj. 巴基斯坦（人）的 n. 巴基斯坦人 n 柬埔寨人 n. 越南人 n. 老挝人

17. 1.What’s the topic of this text? A. the culture of California B. the history of California C.the weather of California D. the history of USA 2.Which state in the USA has the largest Population? California (over 30 million people) 3.How many kinds of people are mentioned in this text? Fast reading (5m’)

18. Russians Later Arrivals people The Spanish Most Recent Arrivals Native Americans 3.How many kinds of people are mentioned in this text? Gold Miners The future arrivals

19. Native Americans(4m’) 1.Time: 15000 years ago 2.What happened in the sixteenth century? were killed by Europeans were forced into slavery died from the disease survived the terrible times Native Americans Careful reading

20. The Spainsh(7m’) Fill in the forms :(note down important events) 16 th century 18 th century in 1821 in 1846 Spain soldiers arrived and took their land California was ruled by Spain California became part of Mexico Mexico gave California to the United States

21. Russians & Gold Miners(6m’) 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. after few

22. StagePeopleTimeEvent Later arrivals AfricansMoved from Mexico ChineseBuilt the railway JapaneseFarmers DenmarkEstablished a town JewishDeveloped industry Italians Fishermen and wine makers Africans1942-1945 Worked in ship& aircraft industries 1860s 1800s Late 1900s By the 1920s Early 1900s 1911 (9m ’ )

23. StagePeopleTimeEvent Recent arrivals Indians, Pakistanis Worked in Computer industry Cambodians Koreans Vietnamese Laotians Immigrations Future Different parts Future Immigrations Recent decades In the 1970s (3m ’ )

24. Homework Please retell the whole passage and preview the language points.