Iris

=Culture Research 2012=


 * **Component:_** || **// My Culture:_ //** ||

food, clothing, customs, traditions, housing, family, language, education, celebrations, pastimes, games || ** Notes from: ** Food American food - hamburger, sandwich Asian food - Thai food, Chinese food Mexican food - Taco Bell Clothing Sports cloth, Jeans, Sneakers, T-shirts Language English, Spanish Another fact: Another fact: || ** Paragraph ** Washingtonians like to play all kinds of sports, so that's why they wear a lot of sports clothes. There are lots of sports shops in Washington. But of course they also wear other clothes when they aren't playing sports. For example casual. || religion, holidays, right and wrong, symbols, education, customs, traditions, beliefs, folktales || ** Notes from: ** Holiday: Christmas day, St. Patrics Day, Valentines Day, New Year, Thanksgiving ect Religion: Christen, Jewish, ect.
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 * Me ( Iris Yang) **
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 * Book - "Washington" **

Western Hemlock (State Tree), Willow Goldfinch (State bird)
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|| art, music, dance, games, leisure, beauty, drama || ** Notes from: ** Art: Native American Art, Music: Grunge ( Nirvana, Pearl Jam) Famous building: Space needle, EMP, Seattle Public Library Another fact: Another fact: || ** Paragraph ** || jobs and work, money, technology, roles of men and women, currency, goods, services || ** Notes from: ** Money : Dollars Another fact: Washington provides one-third of all water based electricity in USA! Another fact: || ** Paragraph ** Job: Microsoft, Boeing, Starbucks
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 * Book-"Washington" **
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 * Washington-Book **

There are three famous, world wide companies in Washington. Microsoft, Starbucks, and Boeing. all of their headquarters are in the Seattle
|| rules, laws, government, leaders, local, national || ** Notes from: ** Current Senators Patty Murray & Maria Cantwell Another fact: || ** Paragraph ** || geography, climate, land and water features || ** Notes from: ** Continent : North America Animals : Fish Climate/weather : Not hot nor cold, because of the Pacific. (you will know why...) || ** Paragraph ** || history || ** Notes from: ** Important date: November 11th 1889 because that was when WA was named 'Washington', WA was the 42nd state. Important Date: 1962 because that was when the Space needle was built and when the World's fair was held in Seattle. || ** Paragraph ** || Washington State (PS It's awesome!) Links and Note Taking Why is the capital of WA called Olympia and how is it connected to Greece? || Notes in paragraph form: || How does WA's climate and the geograghical location affect the economy? || Notes in paragraph form: || How many cities are there in WA and what are the populations? || Notes in paragraph form: ||
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DID YOU KNOW THAT SOME OF THE WASHINGTONIANS ARE NATIVE AMERICANS?
WA SELLS LOTS OF GOODS, FOR EXAMPLE: APPLES.

Sea Fair

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You will be researching information in these places: a book, a world map, or the internet. Remember to take notes like we learned! J

North America || Name the hemispheres that your country is in. Circle one: East __West__ Circle one: __North__ South || Name the ocean or oceans that surround your state. Pacific || Oregan, Idaho, || Name one famous river, mountain, or lake in your country. Mt. Raineir Lake Washington || What is the population of your country? About 612,100 || Olympia || Describe the weather / climate in your home country. || What is the total area of your home country? || Apples have existed for the length of recorded history, believed to have originated in the Caucasus, a mountainous area between what is now the Black and Caspian Seas. The people of that region are commonly considered the ancestors of most of the peoples of modern Europe, Persia, Afghan and India – apparently taking apples along with them INTERNATIONAL BRUNCH **//__ DRAFT __//** The International Brunch was a //very// delicious and fun experience. I never knew that there were //that// many kinds of food in the world. If you want to know the story, //read on…//
 * Name the continent your state is in.
 * Name some states that are near to yours.
 * What is the capital city?

Last night, I was lying on my bed wondering when my mom would make the salmon that I was going to bring. The next morning I found out that my mom made the salmon that morning. I thanked her and we got ready.

When we arrived, the hallway was crowded with moms, dads and students. We squished through the spaces and placed the salmon on top of my locker. Mrs. O’Reilly greeted us.

I walked into the classroom; all my friends were in there dressed in their culture’s traditional clothes. We had a little meeting about all the norms (aka rules) and then we went to eat. I tried alot of new things, the tandoori from India was a little bit spicy, but it still was good. The Churro from Spain was very sweet and tasty.

LAND & CLIMATE

Washington is around 47 latitude. When people think of Washington State, they think- 'Rain, Rain, Rain, Sunny Day'. That's not all true, Washington is a great place if you like not-to-hot-in-summer-and-not-to-cold-in-winter climate, here's the average temperature: .
 * **Average Seasonal High and Low Temperatures**
 * //Spring//: 60/39°F
 * //Summer//: 78/52°F
 * //Fall//: 61/40°F
 * //Winter//: 43/30°F ||
 * The reason Washington's climate is so 'not-hot-in-summer' and so 'not-cold-in-winter' is because of the Pacific Ocean. Yeah, you would think "What in the world? Just because of an oce-" sorry to interuppt your thoughts but, here's the thing: Washington state is lucky, at winter, the Pacific absorbs the coolness of the winter and the next summer, they let out the coolness to the land and absorb the hotness. and the next winter the Pacific lets out the heat and absorbs the coolness and so on. It's like a cycle. ||