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Many People, Many Ways of Life

Many People, Many Ways of Life . Why do you think most communities are made up of different groups of people? . Custom. A custom is a way of doing something. In a community, the people in a group often share the same customs. . Culture.

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Many People, Many Ways of Life

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  1. Many People, Many Ways of Life Why do you think most communities are made up of different groups of people?

  2. Custom • A custom is a way of doing something. • In a community, the people in a group often share the same customs.

  3. Culture • The customs that people have are part of their culture. • The culture of a group is made up of things the people share. • They usually speak the same language and believe the same things.

  4. Founders • The people who start the community are called its founders. • A community begins when a group of people start to live together.

  5. Vancouver • Vancouver is a city in Canada, the country to the north of the U.S. • It is a community made up of many groups of people from different parts of the world.

  6. Musqueam Indians • The Musqueam Indians were the first people to live on the land where Vancouver was built. • The ancestors of some of the people who live in Vancouver today were Musqueam Indians.

  7. George Vancouver • Vancouver is named for George Vancouver, the British sea captain who explored the area in 1792. • He wanted Vancouver to become part of Great Britain. • He was NOT the founder of Vancouver.

  8. Hastings Mill • The founders of Vancouver, William Hailstone, Sam Brighouse, and John Morton, founded Vancouver when they built Hastings Mill there in 1865. • Hastings Mill was a lumber mill.

  9. Resources in vancouver • Trees were a resource in Vancouver. There were lots of forests with many trees. These trees provided the lumber the city needed.

  10. People in Vancouver • In the 1850s miners came from the U.S. and Australia to search for gold. • In the 1880s thousands of Chinese workers came to help build the railroads.

  11. Sikhs • In 1904 a large group of Sikhs moved to Vancouver from India to cut trees in the forests.

  12. Celebrations in Vancouver • The Chinese people celebrate Chinese New Year in February.

  13. Canada Day • On July 1 everyone celebrates Canada Day, the country’s birthday. • On July 1, 1867 Canada gained independence from Great Britain.

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