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Warm ups 10.12.2016*How did Canada attract European immigrants?
*How did Europeans affect the natives of the area?
Lesson Objective:
*describe impacts that the arrival of Europeans had on the indigenous (native) people of Canada’s West
British Columbia*How do you think British Columbia’s location on the Pacific Coast impacts Canada?
First People in British Columbia*If the first humans arrived in the Americas by crossing the Bering Land Bridge, do you think humans have been in British Columbia for a long time?
Physical Geography*based on the physical geography of BC, what do you think the culture of the first humans might have been like? Why?
Arrival of Europeans*when Europeans first arrived, they traded iron tools for furs from the locals
*they did not stay, and they had little impact on the locals…...until…...
Gold!!!!!*once gold was discovered in the area, people rushed in from all over
Changes for Indigenous Peoples*native people were annoyed that thousands of people came to take their gold, and even their land
*they had lived there for thousands of years, but now the government was “giving” them very small pieces of land to live on (like reservations)
Changes for Indigenous Peoples*children were forced to go to European style schools
*laws banned their customs, religion, and even languages
Canadian Pacific Railway*a railway was built to link the country together, and this caused British Columbia to become more settled
British Columbia Today *about 11% of British Columbians have Asian ancestors
*40% of all of their trade is with Asian countries
Canada’s Residential Schools*write a paragraph about your opinion about Canada’s Residential Schools
(at least 4 sentences)