U1 California

Task 1: What do you know about California?  Write down at least 10 words in your notebook.

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Task 2:  10 things to see in California

Watch the video and answer the questions. Write them down in your notebook.

 

1) How far is it from Malibu to Los Angeles?

  • 1 hour away
  • half an hour away
  • ten minutes away

2) Death Valley is the ... in California.

  • highest, coldest and wettest
  • coldest, lowest and driest
  • lowest, driest and hottest

3) What kind of terrain does Death Valley have?

  • salt flats and sand dunes
  • deserts and mountains
  • all of the above

4) Why is the architecture in San Francisco unique? Because it's built ..

  • on the seaside
  • in the mountains
  • on hills

5) Where can you see seals and sea lions?

  • Pier 39
  • Pier 49
  • Pier 59

6) What kind of town is Montery?

  • desert town
  • cliff town
  • coastal town

7) What can you explore in Redding?

  • trails, mountains, waterfalls and hot springs
  • beaches, lakes, rivers and cliffs
  • all of the above

8) . Where is San Diego?

  • Southern California
  • Eastern California
  • Northern California

9) What country does San Diego boarder?

  • Cuba
  • Canada
  • Mexico

10) What particular characteristic does Joshua Tree have?

  • beaches
  • rock formations
  • all of the above

11) Mount Shasta is

  • an alien hot spot
  • in the desert
  • an active volcano

12) Venice Beach is good for

  • trails and wildlife
  • walking on the boardwalk and people watching
  • fishing and eating seafood

13) What can you see along the drive in Big Sur?

  • the sea and whales
  • beaches and lakes
  • the ocean and cliffs

14) . The winding road is ___ route between Northern and Southern California.

  • not the shortest
  • not the most beautiful
  • not the fastest

 

Do you want to see the online version? https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/top-10-things-to-see-in-california

 

Task 3: These are all questions about California. Do you know the answers? If you don't, find them on the internet.

Task 4:    Goldrush

Watch the video and answer the questions. Write them down in your notebook.

1)

Fill the gap: The United States has been essentially depression for a ________________________ years.

2)

Fill the gap: There's no real good way, no matter how ________________________ you work in the united states to get ahead.

3)

Fill the gap: Almost the entire population of 20 ________________________ people lived on the East coast.

4)

Fill the gap: And at the furthest point away sat ________________________.

5)

Fill the gap: Back then, only a select few were brave enough or ________________________ enough to make the Trek West.

6)

Fill the gap: James Marshall was an ________________________ guy who came to California to start a new life.

7)

Fill the gap: Marshall became the first man to find ________________________ in California.

8)

Fill the gap: Headlines splashed across the front pages of ________________________, from California all the way to New York City...

9)

Fill the gap: ...instantly ________________________ the attention of a poor ________________________ nation.

10)

Fill the gap: As hundreds of thousands of ________________________ 49ers set out for the West coast?

11)

Fill the gap: An 8,000 mile ________________________ around the Southern tip of South America.

12)

Fill the gap: It was the start of the ________________________ mass migration.