Final Test

Hi Class,

Just wanted to remind you that your final test is on Monday!

Ms. U

The Chinese in British Columbia

Hi Class,

Today we finished studying our last topic of the year!!! Wooohoooo!!! Today's lesson was about the Chinese in British Columbia and their experiences on the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Please spend some time browsing the pages of "The Ties That Bind" website. Go through all of the pages and check out the videos and images.

Complete the following questions with a partner:

1. Who were the Chinese railroad workers?
2. What was life like for the Chinese railroad workers during the railway building period and afterwards
3. What challenges did the Chinese railroad workers experience? What about their descendants’ challenges?
4. How did the Chinese railroad workers and their descendants help shape British Columbia and Canada?

Here are some other websites that are helpful too!

• Collections Canada
• An Overview of the CPR

The Emergence of Vancouver and Early BC Economy

Hi Class,

Here is what you should finish by next class:

• Using pages 230-233, create a web that describes what Vancouver was like in 1885. Be sure to include three branches:
• Society
• Politics
• Economics
• Read over pages 236-238 and complete #4 on pg. 238.

See you soon, 

Ms. U

Building the CPR

Hi Class,

Today we talked about one of the promises made to BC when they agreed to join Confederation; the Building of the CPR. Find the PowerPoint here: Building of the CPR

HOMEWORK:

• Read pg. 183-188 & 228-229.
• Finish the Deconstructing the Last Spike package.
• Add Craigellechie to your BC Map.

Ms. U

BC Joins Confederation

Hi Class,

Today we revisited confederation and looked at when BC joined. Here is today's BC Joins Confederation PowerPoint.

HOMEWORK:

• Read pages 225-227 in the textbook.
• Complete #1-4 on pg. 227
• For #4, do not do the posters!! Instead just come up with the slogans for each group AND add a group: the First Nations... so that's a total of 4 slogans!!
• Make sure your maps are up to date.

Ms. U

The Cariboo Gold Rush

Hi Class,

Here is today's PowerPoint on the Cariboo Gold Rush.

Check out this video on the Royal Engineers:

HOMEWORK:

• Read pg. 216-224
• Add to your map:
• New Westminster
• Thompson River
• Port Moody
• Complete Worksheet 6-4, 6-5

Yukon Dan in the Classroom

Hey Everyone!

Hope you had a good time today with our guest speaker Yukon Dan! I'll upload pictures here shortly.

I just sent an e-mail with an update about the assignment.

NEXT DAY:

• Quiz on Yukon Dan's presentation

Ms. U