Module8Unit1Alandofdiversity

1.WarmingupLookatthemapoftheUSAwithyourgroup.Writeonthemapthenamesofasmanyofthefollowingasyoucan.

Oceanontheeastcoast__AtlanticOcean

Oceanonthewestcost______PacificOcean

CountrytothenorthofUSA___Canada

CountrytothesouthofUSA__Mexico

Mountainsrangeinthewest____RockyMountains

GreatLakes:____Superior,Michigan,Huron,ErieandOntario

LongestriverintheUSA__MississippiRiver

Someimportantcities:_NewYork,WashingtonDC,LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,NewOrleans

AskSstoillustratesomethingaboutCalifornia.Thenletthemdiscussingroupswhateachpicturemeans.

SuggestedAnswers:

Picture1:LifeofNativeCalifornianIndians

Picture2:ACaliforniangoldmineraround1849

Picture3:AtraditionalChinesebuildinginSanFrancisco

Picture4:NativeAmerican

Picture5:ASpanishmonk

Picture6:AfricanAmericans

Moreinformation:

Picture1:AnativeAmericanIndian—oneofthe

California.

first

people

’sChinatown

tolivein

Picture2:Agoldminer—thediscoveryofgoldinCaliforniacreatedagoldrushwhichbroughtpeoplefromallovertheworldtoCalifornia.

Picture3:AbuildinginChinatown,SanFrancisco—manyChinesehavesettledinCaliforniaandmanyofthemliveinChinatowninSanFrancisco.

Picture5:ItshowsusaCatholicreligiousmanwhocametoCaliforniatoteachthenatives.Intheearly16thcentury,Spanishfoughtagainstthenativepeople,tooktheirlandandsettledinCalifornia.

Picture6:SomanyAfricanAmericanswerehavingclassesintheschool.In1924,theUnitedStatesCongressgaveNativeAmericansthesamerightsasothercitizensforthefirsttime.Schoolsegregationanddiscriminationinhousingwerebanned,butAfricanAmericansstillencounteredprejudiceandhostility.

Skimming:answerthefollowingquestions:

WhowerethefirsttoarriveinCaliforniatorushforgoldSouthAmericansandpeoplefromtheUnitedStates.

WhenandwhydidthelargenumberofChineseimmigratetoCaliforniaDuringthegoldrushperiod,manyChineseimmigratedtoCaliforniatoachievetheirdreamofbecomingrich,andinthe1860s,alargenumberofChinesewenttheretobuildtherailwayfromthewesttoeastcoast.

Whatattractedpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtoimmigrateto

California

Thetemperateclimate,themodernlifestyleanditsdiverseculturesattractedimmigratestoCalifornia.

readingAskSstotakethequizbelowandaccordingtothequestions;seewhether

Sscangraspthedetailsofthetext.(①A②B③C④B⑤D)

Whatdoesthetextmainlytalkabout

A.ThehistoryofCalifornia.B.ThelargepopulationofCalifornia.

C.ThepeopleofCalifornia.D.TheclimateandlifestyleofCalifornia.

HowdidCaliforniabecomeastateofAmerica

MexicogainedindependencefromSpain.

B.MexicolosttheAmerica-MexicowarandthengaveittotheUSA.

SpainlosttheSpain-Americawar.

SpaingaveittotheUSAasagift.

Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrue

Alotofpeoplebecamerichinthegoldrush.

Mostpeoplediedinthegoldrush.

Afterthegoldrush,mostpeoplesettledinCaliforniaalthoughdidnotfind

gold.

ThefirsttoarriveinCaliforniaforgoldwereEuropeans.

What’sthemainreasonthatChineseimmigrantscametoCalifornia

A.Forgold.B.Forthebuildingoftherailway.

C.Toopenrestaurants.D.ToliveintheChinatown.

WhyhasCaliforniaattractedsomanypeople

A.Goldwasdiscoveredhere.B.Ithasattractiveclimateandlifestyle.C.Manypeoplecameheretomakeafortune.D.Alloftheabove.

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CaliforniaisthethirdlargeststateinUSAbuthasthelargestpopulation.

It’knownsthatwhenexactlythefirstpeoplearrivedinwhatwenowknowasCalifornia.

ThenativepeoplesufferedgreatlyafterthearrivalofEuropeansinthe16thcentury.

Over40%ofCaliforniansspeakSpanishasafirstlanguage.

Inthe1800s,Russianfurtrappers,begansettlinginCalifornia.

6.Alotofpeoplerushingforgoldlosttheirlivesorwentbackhome,butmostof

themleftinCaliforniatomakealivingforthemselvesinthenewtownsoronfarms.

Comparedwiththeperiodofgoldrush,lessChineseimmigratetoCaliforniaduringtheperiodofbuildingtherailwayfromthewesttotheeastcoast.

Bythe1920s,thefilmindustrywaswellestablishedinCalifornia.

Itisthecomputerindustrysinceitsbeginningin1970sthathasattractedIndiansandPakistanistoCalifornia.

WithmoreimmigrantscomingtoCalifornianowandthen,Itisbelievedthatbeforelongtherewillbeaevengreatermixofnationalitiesinthisstate.

readingtrytofillintheform,youcanhaveadiscussioningroupoffour.

CALIFORNIA

Stage

People

Time

Event

Native

Asians

15,000

Arrivedfirst

Americans

Natives

1600s

SufferedbyEuropeans

1600s

Tooknative’ndsla

Spanish

Spanish

1800s

RuledbySpain

1821

BecamepartofMexico

1846

Declaredwar&Givenback

Russians

Russians

1800s

Settledin

South

Discovered&

Gold

Americans

1848

Rushforgold

miners

Americans,

Europeans,

1850

Becameastate

Asians

Africans

1800s

MovedfromMexico

Chinese

1860s

Builttherailway

Japanese

Early1900

Farmed

Later

Demark

1911

Establishedatown

arrivals

Jewish

By1920s

Developedindustry

Italians

Late1900s

Fishedandmadewine

African