British Columbia – Gather 'Round Homeschool
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Welcome to British Columbia

Explore fjords and shorelines, historic towns, and a very remote archipelago in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Along the way, you'll discover diverse people groups, the legacy of the fur trade and fishing industry, and how tourism boosts the economy. Marvel at nature and wildlife, including the rare spirit bear. Student Book activities include mapping, lesson summaries, legends, and the science of fingerprints. Onward!

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Access helpful materials, guides, and downloads that support your learning journey with Gather ’Round. Explore our growing library of resources designed to make teaching simple and engaging.

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Access helpful materials, guides, and downloads that support your learning journey with Gather ’Round. Explore our growing library of resources designed to make teaching simple and engaging.

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Booklist

Meet British Columbia

Goodnight British Columbia

by Niki Dorman

Tarragon Island

by Nikki Tate

Eyewitness

by Margaret Thompson

Nature and Weather

West Coast Wild: A Nature Alphabet

by Deborah Hodge

Canada Wild: Animals Found Nowhere Else on Earth

by Maria Birmingham

British Columbia Nature Guide

by Erin McCloskey and Gregory Kennedy

Industry and Economy

Building

by Henry Cole

Far West: The Story of British Columbia

by Daniel Francis

Hudson’s Bay Company Adventures: Tales of Canada’s Fur Traders

by Elle Andra-Warner

People and Governance

T is for Terry: An ABC of Courage

by Denise Dias

Meet Terry Fox

by Elizabeth MacLeod

Terry: Terry Fox and His Marathon of Hope

by Douglas Coupland

Supplies

Meet British Columbia

Student Notebooks

Science: Emerald Lake

  • a clear container like a cup or jar
  • a spoon
  • water
  • a small amount of flour or cornstarch
  • a flashlight or sunlight
  • blue or green food coloring (optional)

Science: Emerald Lake

  • 2 clear containers like cups or jars
  • a spoon
  • a bowl of water for each container
  • a small amount of flour or cornstarch
  • a flashlight or sunlight
  • blue or green food coloring

Nature and Weather

Teacher's Guide

Hands-on Activity

  • Dominoes or something else to make a chain reaction

Student Notebooks

Social Studies: Fingerprints

  • A stamp pad

Scope and Sequence

Check out the scope and sequence for this unit.

Tree Decorative Arrow
  • Glacial lakes
  • Emerald Lake demonstration
  • Western red cedar
  • Pacific dogwood
  • Steller's jay
  • Spirit bear
  • Genetic traits and albinism
  • Ecosystems of British Columbia
  • How the ocean regulates climate
  • Seasons in British Columbia
  • Effects of albinism on animals
  • Fingerprints
  • Beaver ecosystems
  • Overuse of natural resources
  • Ecosystems
  • Ways to help or hurt nature
  • Endurance
  • Long-distance running vs. sprinting
  • Quick energy vs. steady energy
  • Capital city: Victoria
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Fjords
  • Fort St. John
  • Vancouver and Vancouver Island
  • Cathedral Grove
  • Pacific North Rim
  • Clayoquot Sound
  • Tofino
  • Gastown
  • Whistler Mountain
  • Kelowna and Okanagan Valley
  • Yoho National Park
  • Barkerville
  • Haida Gwaii
  • Duncan
  • Nonaimo
  • Label Canada, United States, British Columbia, Pacific Ocean, and Victoria on a map
  • Great Bear Rainforest
  • Oak Bay
  • Port Loquitlam
  • Esquimalt
  • Vocabulary: heritage, inhabit
  • Start working on the unit project banner, including a flag, facts, and favorite place in BC
  • Legends
  • "The Legend of Ogopogo"
  • Make up your own legend
  • Vocabulary: imprint, remote
  • Answer comprehension questions about British Columbia's symbols
  • Add provincial symbols to the unit banner
  • Solve riddles about provincial symbols
  • Vocabulary: anchor, scarce
  • Answer comprehension questions about British Columbia's industry and economy
  • Add fact cards about industries in British Columbia to the unit project
  • Vocabulary: contrast, hobby
  • Answer comprehension questions about British Columbia
  • Add a spotlight on Terry Fox to the unit project
  • 1800s gold rush
  • History of the legend of Ogopogo
  • Indigenous traders: what they traded, how they traded, who they traded with
  • 1940s law prohibited the sale of stoves on Wednesdays
  • Terry Fox Marathon of Hope (1980)
  • Province facts: motto, nickname, population, size
  • More than 200 indigenous tribes, including Haida and Coast Salish
  • Choosing provincial symbols
  • Use of fingerprints for unlocking devices
  • British Columbia industries: trade, foresty, fishing, mining
  • Set up a trade
  • Tourism
  • Contrasting lifestyles across British Columbia
  • Weird laws
  • Create a pretend news report
  • Design your own state symbol
  • Acts 17:26
  • Perfectly placed by God
  • Psalm 139:16b
  • Ephesians 2:10
  • Exodus 16–17
  • Numbers 30
  • Isaiah 6:3
  • Genesis 15:5
  • Philippians 3:12–14
  • Contrast poll
  • Bar graphs
  • Glacial lakes
  • Emerald Lake demonstration
  • Western red cedar
  • Pacific dogwood
  • Steller's jay
  • Spirit bear
  • Genetic traits and albinism
  • Ecosystems of British Columbia
  • Pacific salmon
  • How the ocean regulates climate
  • Seasons in British Columbia
  • Geographical hazards: earthquakes, mudslides, wildfires, avalanches
  • Effects of albinism on animals
  • Fingerprints
  • Beaver ecosystems
  • Overuse of natural resources
  • Ways to disrupt or restore ecosytems
  • Quick effort vs. long-lasting effort (endurance)
  • Fast-twitch muscle fibres
  • Slow-twitch muscle fibres
  • Capital city: Victoria
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Eight regions of British Columbia
  • Coast Mountains
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Interior Plateau
  • Fjords
  • Fort St. John
  • Vancouver and Vancouver Island
  • Cathedral Grove
  • Pacific North Rim
  • Clayoquot Sound
  • Tofino
  • Gastown
  • Whistler Mountain
  • Kelowna and Okanagan Valley
  • Yoho National Park
  • Barkerville
  • Haida Gwaii
  • Duncan
  • Nonaimo
  • Label Coast Mountains, Rocky Mountains, Canada, United States, British Columbia, Pacific Ocean, and Victoria on a map
  • Great Bear Rainforest
  • Oak Bay
  • Port Loquitlam
  • Esquimalt
  • Vocabulary: flock, arid
  • Start working on the unit project banner, including a flag, facts, and favorite place in BC
  • Legends
  • "The Legend of Ogopogo"
  • Write your own legend
  • Vocabulary: spawn, regulate
  • Answer comprehension questions about British Columbia's symbols
  • Add provincial symbols to the unit banner
  • Solve riddles about provincial symbols
  • Vocabulary: pelt, entice
  • Answer comprehension questions about British Columbia's industry and economy
  • Add fact cards about industries in British Columbia to the unit project
  • Vocabulary: luxury, keenly
  • Answer comprehension questions about British Columbia
  • Add a spotlight on Terry Fox to the unit project
  • Late-1700s European traders
  • Hudson Bay Company trading post
  • 1800s gold rush
  • History of the legend of Ogopogo
  • Indigenous traders: what they traded, how they traded, who they traded with
  • European fur traders
  • 1850s boomtowns
  • 1940s law prohibited the sale of stoves on Wednesdays
  • Terry Fox Marathon of Hope (1980)
  • Province facts: motto, nickname, population, size
  • More than 200 indigenous tribes, including Haida and Coast Salish
  • Choosing provincial symbols
  • Uses of fingerprints: unlocking devices, solving mysteries
  • British Columbia industries: trade, foresty, fishing, mining, tourism, creative industries
  • Cost of living and taxes
  • Sustainability: hydroelectric power, responsible fishing and forestry
  • Set up a trade
  • Bartering
  • Tourism: plan a visit
  • Contrasting lifestyles across British Columbia
  • Multiculturalism
  • Parliamentary system of governing
  • Weird laws
  • Research and outline a curent event in British Columbia
  • Design your own state symbol
  • Draw or design a place to visit
  • Acts 17:26
  • Perfectly placed by God
  • Psalm 139:16b
  • Ephesians 2:10
  • Psalm 37:23
  • Exodus 16–17
  • Numbers 30
  • Isaiah 6:3
  • Genesis 15:5
  • Philippians 3:12–14
  • Contrast poll
  • Bar graphs
  • Glacial lakes
  • Emerald Lake demonstration
  • Western red cedar
  • Pacific dogwood
  • Steller's jay
  • Spirit bear
  • Genetic traits and albinism
  • Ecosystems of British Columbia
  • Pacific salmon
  • How the ocean regulates climate
  • Seasons in British Columbia
  • Geographical hazards: earthquakes, mudslides, wildfires, avalanches
  • Effects of albinism on animals
  • Autosomal recessive conditions
  • Alleles: dominant and recessive
  • Punnett squares
  • Biometrics: fingerprints, facial recognition, DNA
  • Beaver ecosystems
  • Overuse of natural resources
  • Ways to disrupt or restore ecosytems
  • Deforestation
  • Reforestation
  • Invasive species
  • Wetland restoration
  • Quick effort vs. long-lasting effort (endurance)
  • Type II muscle fibres
  • Type I muscle fibres
  • Capital city: Victoria
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Eight regions of British Columbia
  • Coast Mountains
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Interior Plateau
  • Fjords
  • Fort St. John
  • Vancouver and Vancouver Island
  • Cathedral Grove
  • Pacific North Rim
  • Clayoquot Sound
  • Tofino
  • Gastown
  • Whistler Mountain
  • Kelowna and Okanagan Valley
  • Yoho National Park
  • Barkerville
  • Haida Gwaii
  • Duncan
  • Nonaimo
  • Label Coast Mountains, Rocky Mountains, Yukon, Alberta, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Pacific Ocean, and Victoria on a map
  • Great Bear Rainforest
  • Oak Bay
  • Port Loquitlam
  • Esquimalt
  • Vocabulary: dialect, infrastructure
  • Start planning a unit project presentation
  • Legends
  • "The Legend of Ogopogo"
  • Plan and write your own legend
  • Vocabulary: temperate, albino
  • Answer comprehension questions about British Columbia's symbols
  • Write a summary of the lesson
  • Add provincial symbols to the unit project
  • Write riddles about the provincial symbols
  • Write a poem using provincial symbols
  • Vocabulary: finite, recurring
  • Listening comprehension: British Columbia's industry and economy
  • Use guided notes to create a summary about British Columbia's industry and economy
  • Write summaries about destinations in British Columbia
  • Write about an industry that had an important impact on the economy and add it to the unit project
  • Vocabulary: precedence, prosthetic
  • Listening comprehension questions about British Columbia
  • Use guided notes to create a summary about British Columbia
  • Complete your unit project with the writing prompts and present it
  • Grade your unit project with the included rubric
  • Late-1700s European traders
  • Hudson Bay Company trading post
  • 1800s gold rush
  • History of the legend of Ogopogo
  • Indigenous traders: what they traded, how they traded, who they traded with
  • European fur traders
  • 1850s boomtowns
  • 1940s law prohibited the sale of stoves on Wednesdays
  • Terry Fox Marathon of Hope (1980)
  • Province facts: motto, nickname, population, size
  • More than 200 indigenous tribes, including Haida and Coast Salish
  • Choosing provincial symbols
  • Uses of biometric identification systems
  • Compare and contrast biometric identification systems
  • British Columbia industries: trade, foresty, fishing, mining, tourism, creative industries
  • Cost of living and taxes
  • Sustainability: hydroelectric power, responsible fishing and forestry
  • Bartering
  • Double coincidence of wants
  • Medium of exchange
  • Tourism: plan a destination
  • Destinations in Britsh Columbia
  • Contrasting lifestyles across British Columbia
  • Multiculturalism
  • Parliamentary system of governing
  • Progressive political leanings of British Columbia
  • Weird laws
  • Research current events in British Columbia and write a breaking news report about one
  • Design your own state symbol
  • Design a brochure
  • Acts 17:26
  • Perfectly placed by God
  • Psalm 139:16
  • Ephesians 2:10
  • Psalm 37:23
  • Exodus 16–17
  • Numbers 30
  • Isaiah 6:3
  • Psalm 19:1
  • Genesis 15:5
  • Philippians 3:12–14
  • Contrast poll
  • Bar graphs
  • Pie charts
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