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　　BOOnit 1 A land of diversity
　　教学设计
　　教学内容分析：
　　本单元主要围绕了具有多元文化的美国这一主题展开，其中重点介绍了加利福尼亚州的多元文化特征。本单元有助于培养学生跨文化交际意识，进一步拓宽视野，为终身学习奠定良好的基础。
　　本单元所涉及的要点：
　　通过了解美国的多元文化特征，培养学生跨文化交际意识；通过对加州移民的深入了解，使学生认识到“美国是民族的熔炉”；掌握本单元教学目的和要求中词汇的用法；掌握在书面表达中如何使用“方向和位置”来介绍一个地方和描述一个事件，以及鼓励别人说话的方法；掌握名词性从句的具体用法。
　　Period 1  Warming up and Reading
　　Teaching goals
　　1. Enable the students to talt things about the USA.
　　2. 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.
　　1. Ask the students to describe what they learn about the USA.
　　2. 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.
　　Answer key:
　　Ocean on the east coast: Atlantic Ocean
　　Ocean on the west coast: Pacific Ocean
　　Country to the north of USA: Canada
　　Country to the south of USA: Mexico
　　Mountain range in the west: Rocntains
　　Great Laperior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario
　　Longest river in the USA: Mississippi River
　　Some important cities: New York, Washington D C, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New Orleans
　　Step 2 Pre-reading
　　1. Ask the students to tell things about California including its location, size, population, economy, history etc. What do you learn about California?
　　2. Show the students some pictures and encourage students not only to say what each picture is about but how each one relates to California.
　　Picture 1 : Life of Native Californian Indians
　　Picture 2: A Californian gold miner around 1849
　　Picture 3: A traditional Chinese building in San Francisco’s Chinatown
　　Step 3 Fast reading
　　1. Read through the passage and get the main idea.
　　2. Reading comprehension.
　　Ask the students the following questions:
　　1) 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.
　　3. Beside each date note down an important event in Californian history.
　　Step 4 Detail reading
　　Beside each cultural group, write the period in which they first came to California in large numbers.
　　Cultural groups Periods Cultural groups Periods
　　Russians early 1800s Japanese Early 1900s
　　Chinese Late 1840s/early 1850s Cambodians From about the 1970s
　　Africans 1800s Koreans From about the 1970
　　Italians Late 1800s Danish 1911
　　Jewish 1920s Pakistanis From about the 1970s
　　Step 5 Post-reading
　　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 immigrating to the state for the last 200 years. Before their arrival, Native American people had lived there for thousands of years. People from all over the world are still coming to settle in California because of its good climate and the lifestyle it offers.
　　Step 6 Homework
　　Finish “Learning about language” on page 4.
　　Period 2 Language points
　　Teaching aims:
　　1. Learn expressions and phrases.
　　2. Learn language points.
　　Teaching important points:
　　Language points
　　Teaching methods:
　　Presentation and practice
　　Teaching procedures
　　Step 1 Revision
　　Retell the passage
　　Step 2 phrases
　　the third largest state 第三大州
　　A multicultural state 一个具有多种文化的州
　　By means of 通过……工具
　　In prehistoric times
　　In addition 另外
　　die from 死于……
　　In the 18 century 在18世纪
　　Fight against 反对…..而战争
　　The majority 大多数
　　Gain independence 获得独立
　　Achieve one’s dream 实现某人的梦想