陕西省榆林育才中学高中英语Unit1Alandofdiversity阅读理解导教案人教版选修8教学目标：通过了解美国的多元文化特征，培养学生跨文化交际意识；学习重点：重点词汇的基本用法及阅读能力【自主学习】StepIwarmingup:HowmuchdoyouknowaboutAmerica?_______________________________________.AquizaboutthegeneralknowledgeoftheUSA（onthePPT）StepIIFastreading1.What’sthetopicofthistext?A.thecultureofCaliforniaB.thehistoryofCaliforniaC.theweatherofCaliforniaD.thehistoryofUSA2.WhichstateintheUSAhasthelargestPopulation?__________________________.3.Howmanykindsofpeoplearementionedinthistext?______________________________________________________________________.StepIIIcarefulreadingNativeAmericans•1.Time:_____________yearsago•2.Wheredidtheycomefrom:__________________________•3.Whathappenedinthesixteenthcentury?•____________________________________________________________________TheSpanishFillintheform:16thcentury:__________________________________________________________18thcentury:__________________________________________________________in1821:______________________________________________________________in1846:____________________________________________________________Influence:_________________________________________________________Russians&GoldMiners:DosomeTorFquestions:1.Intheearly1800s,RussianfurtrappersbegansettlinginCalifornia.2.In1848,beforetheAmerican-Mexicanwar,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.3.Alotofadventuresachievedtheirdreamofbecomingrich.4.Californiabecomethethirty-firststateoftheUnitedstatesofAmericanin1850.BesideeachtimenotedownanimportanteventinCalifornianhistory:15,000yearsago____________________________________________________________16thcentury_______________________________________________________________1821:_____________________________________________________________________1846:_____________________________________________________________________1848:______________________________________________________________________1850:______________________________________________________________________【合作探究】:Fillintheform:StagePeopleTimeEventsEarlyarrivals15,000yearsagoEarly16thcenturyEarly1800s1848LaterarrivalsAfricans1800sChinese1860sJapaneseEarly1900sItaliansLate1900sDanish1911JewishBy1920sAfricans1942~1945RecentarrivalsIndians,Pakistanis1970sCambodians,Koreans,Vietnamese,LaotiansRecentdecadesFutureDifferentpartsFutureImmigrated【达标检测】．Takethequizbelowtoseewhetheryouhavegraspedthedetailsofthetext.①Thispassageismostlikelytobetakenfrom_______.A.anewspaperB.ageographybookC.anovelD.thefilmindustryinHollywood②HowdidCaliforniabecomeastateofAmerica?A.MexicogainedindependencefromSpain.B.MexicolosttheAmerica-MexicowarandthengaveittotheUSA.C.SpainlosttheSpain-Americawar.D.SpaingaveittotheUSAasagift.③Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?A.Alotofpeoplebecamerichinthegoldrush.B.Mostpeoplediedinthegoldrush.C.Afterthegoldrush,mostpeoplesettledinCaliforniaalthoughdidnotfindgold.D.ThefirsttoarriveinCaliforniaforgoldwereEuropeans.④What’sthemainreasonthatChineseimmigrantscametoCalifornia?A.Forgold.B.Forthebuildingoftherailway.C.Toopenrestaurants.D.ToliveintheChinatown.⑤WhyhasCaliforniaattractedsomanypeople?A.Goldwasdiscoveredhere.B.Ithasattractiveclimateandlifestyle.C.Manypeoplecameheretomakeafortune.D.Alloftheabove.
