Patterns 1. Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really knows.

2. However, in 1846 the United States declared war on Mexico and after it lost the war, Mexico had to give California to the United States.

3. Although Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period, it was the building of the railway from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s.

4．Now that you have read the text, you know a lot more about the pictures on pages 1-3. Aids

Multimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams

Procedures

1. Warming up by talking about California

California is a state located on the west coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous state in the U.S., as well as the most physically diverse, with the highest and the lowest points in the lower 48 states located within 150 miles of each other. If California were an independent nation, it would have the fifth largest economy in the world (after the rest of the U.S., Japan, Germany, and Britain; see economy of California). The state's official nickname is "The