ST.LUCIA AND THE USA

By: Joshua West and Madelyn Holmes

ST.LUCIA ADAPTATIONS Most people in St.Lucia have houses and

air conditioning They live a normal life like we do now In the past there were a lot of climate

changes The way they adapted to it was moving

to different places and hunting animals for food

USA ADAPTATIONS People used resources nearby People also used animal skins and bones

for clothes, tools and weapons The main animals people would hunt are

whales, seals, caribou, foxes, squirrels and birds especially turkey and peacock

Also with animals the Inuit's (Indians) used them to build tents or they used driftwood

ST.LUCIA HOLIDAYS Independence day, February 22nd Easter Weekend Bastille day, June 30th Emancipation day, First Monday in August Fete Des Meres, August 30th Discovery day, December 13th

Christmas, December 25th

Boxing Day, December 26th

New Years Eve, December 31st

ST.LUCIA FOOD These are some of St.Lucia’s most popular

foods… Fresh seafood(mostly lobster) Green figs Lamb Salt fish Fried plankton Some drinks are… Rum(cocktail punch) Caribbean beer

ST.LUCIA RELIGION Roman Catholic- 85-90%

Protestant- 10-15%

ST.LUCIA CLOTHES St.Lucia has mainly three types of

clothes they wear and they include… Scrubs Fabric dresses And caps

ST.LUCIA SPORTS Some of the spots they play in St.Lucia

include… Hiking Water skiing Jet skiing Banana boating Parasailing Golf Scuba-diving Horse back riding

USA HOLIDAYS New Years day, January 1st

Martin Luther King Jr. day, January 16th

President’s day, February 20th

Easter, April 8th

Memorial day, May 28th

Independence day, July 4th

Labor day, September 3rd

Columbus day, October 8th

Halloween, October 31st

Christmas, December 25th

Thanksgiving, November 22nd

Veterans day, November 11th

New Years Eve, December 31st

USA CLOTHES Jeans and denim Leather

USA RELIGION Christian- 78.4%

Other- 4.7%

Unaffiliated/none- 16.1%

USA FOOD Some foods in the USA include… Clam chowder Shoofly pie Pastrami Smithfield ham Fajitas Chili Sour dough Oysters and HOTDOGS

USA SPORTS Soccer Cricket Field Hockey Tennis Volleyball Table Tennis Baseball Golf Basketball Football

PAST MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE

PAST MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE IN ST.LUCIA

ST.LUCIA TIMELINE FOR GOODS 1950’s- Bananas became the most

important crop 1960-1970- Bananas and sugarcane

marketed and became very expensive 1980’s- leather products and paper

products were over powering bananas 1990’s till now- bananas are the most

popular crop

ST.LUCIA TIMELINE FOR INVENTIONS AND EVENTS 1997- Kenny Anthony wins election 2002- Tropical storm Lili hits and

destroys all banana crops 2003- A new criminal code passed 2004- Volcano twins erupt 2005- 25th anniversary 2006- John Compton wins election 2007- John Compton dies

USA TIMELINE FOR INVENTIONS

USA TIMELINE FOR GOODS