Lesson 6 Inquiry
Completion requirements
Inquiry
Why did large numbers of Chinese people come to the Cordillera region?
Resources for Inquiry
Resources for Inquiry
- Textbook
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Pages 170 – 171
- Library Books
- Coming to Canada, pages 40 – 45
- Canadian Pacific Railway, (The entire book!)
- Websites
- Collections Canada: Chinese
- History: Chinese Immigration Canada
- A copy of the Expulsion Notice
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A game to play: Golden Mountain Quest
- Video
Notebook
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Digging Deeper
You may find these library books interesting:
- An Ocean Apart: The Gold Mountain Diary of Chin Mei-Ling
- Ghost Train
- Blood and Iron: Building the Railway
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