WEST COAST

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British Columbia is a very interesting place,and the third largest province. It is in North America,and the only county bordering it is the USA. It is also known for its coast line which is said to be very beautiful. And did you know British Columbia is bigger than California,Oregon, and Washington combined!

REGION AND MOVEMENT

Everyone in British Columbia mostly speaks English. They also speak Chinese, German, and French.

NATIVE SPEAKERS

SLANG IN B.C.

• Whole milk-Homo milk
• American cheese-Processed cheese
• Tennis shoes-Runners
• Bathroom-Washroom
• Whole wheat bread-Brown bread
• Back East:east of the Rockies
• The Rock:Vancouver island
• Terminal City:Vancouver city
• Canucks:Canadians
• Clicks:kilometers

The currency of British Columbia is called Canadian Dollars. One Canadian Dollar equals 78 cents in the US.

Three points of interest in the West Coast are Vancouver’s Chinatown, Kootenay ski towns,and Haida Gwaii which is a island covered in rain Forrest that’s full of Haida anchient culture.

Cities you would most likely visit would be Victoria because it is the capital,Vancouver because of its architecture and Chinatown,and Prince George because of its historical sights.

PEOPLE

The population of the West Coast is 4,648,550 people. More than half of British Columbians live in the Vancouver-Victoria area.

People in the West Coast wear what we wear.For example, jeans, t-shirts, tennis shoes,etc.

Two holidays that The West Coast celebrates are Chinese New Year and Family Day.

Family Day is celebrated on the second Monday of February. On that day all you are supposed to do is spend time with your family.

Chinese New Year is actually one of the most celebrated holidays in Vancouver. In it there is a parade and fireworks where some of the floats even have people who pass out candy.

Once again it’s the same. They eat the same stuff as us like hamburgers, hot dogs, pork, salads, chicken noodle soup.
,etc. Though there is poutine it is not very common. Poutine is more around where Quebec is.

FUN FACT

HISTORY

The region was formed in 1858 and there were two wars the Fraser Canyon war and the Chilcotin war.

The first war the Fraser Canyon War was Miners and Native Canadians that lived in the canyon v.s. Americans,Germans, and French mercenaries.

The second war, the Chilcotin War, was between construction workers on the White Road railroad v.s. Native Canadians that lived nearby.

The government is lead by a prime minister which is all of Canada.That is called the federal government. Then the government that controls a province is called the provincial government which is lead by a premier. The current premier is John Horgan.

LANGUAGE ARTS

In Language Arts I have to talk about what it’s like in a British Columbian school. In a British Columbian school you have one hour of lunch, and five to six classes a day. Also there isn’t a middle school, elementary school is kindergarten to 8th grade.

Some other interesting things about British Columbian schools are that British Columbia is ranked 3rd in the world in education and skill. Plus elementary school goes from 8:30 to 3:30. And high school goes from 8:30 to 2:30. One whole hour off.

CURRENT EVENT

In British Columbia there has been a increasing amount of schools that have decided to switch from letter grades to descriptive feedback. At the beginning of this idea 40% of families decided to keep letter grades. Now only 15 families ask for letter grades.

An increasing number of schools in British Columbia are switching to descriptive feedback but some schools still do letter grades. This new program involves grades 4-9 but schools are trying to get it for all grades.

Research actually shows that these students with descriptive feedback actually engage more than kids with letter grades.

"Overall in B.C.,there is a move toward the importance of meta-cognition:the ability to self-assess,set goals, and engage students in ownership of learning. Students need to leave our system being able to speak who they are."-Peter Jury District Director of Instruction for School District:48

And that is only one of many changes British Columbians schools want to make.