Saint Lucia PPT

My power point focuses on my research paper on Saint Lucia. Slide 1 has my research question, and claim. Slide 2 has my three focal points of my essay. Slide 3 (which is my favorite slide because I spent so much time making it) summarizes and elaborates on my focal points. Slide 4 has a graph based on the growth domestic product for Saint Lucia.  

FUN STUFF ON SAINT LUCIA

* The Pitons - Gros Piton and Petit Piton - are twin volcanic peaks that rise from the sea. These marvelous volcanic monuments have contributed in a big way to making St Lucia very famous.






*Jacquot, or the St. Lucia Parrot, is a bird native only to these islands. It is the national bird of St. Lucia, and its scientific name is Amazona Versicolor.

Highlights of Research, Some Bumps in the road, & Whats NEXT

Research question:
Is tourism causing the economic downfall of Saint lucia?

• who would ever know how hard it is to come up with a research question? 

I am now working on how to bring to together my focal points of my paper to make a conclusion.

The History, Culture, and People

       The island of Saint Lucia was first inhabited by the Arawak people, then later on the Carib people eventually replaced the Arawak’s. Saint Lucia was not settled upon until the mid-17^th century. St. Lucia deals with the settlement battle between the British and the French until 1814, when the British took permanent possession. This island suffered from back-to-back tropical storms in 1994 and 1995 which caused a 20% loss of banana crops. 
       The culture of Saint Lucia has a broad mixture of the French, English, and African heritage. The majority of the islands inhabitants come from the African descent. Tourists commonly visits the islands museum in the Pigeon Island National Park that provides vast history of Saint Lucia. The country’s national sport happens to be cricket which was introduced to the island by the British. 

      Saint Lucia is one of the many islands commonly called the Lesser Antilles, or the Caribbean Islands. This island is mostly known for its wild and romantic scenery. For example, such as the infamous Pitons that shoots its peak across the skies. Saint Lucia is located twenty-four miles southeast of Martinique and twenty-one miles north east of Saint Vincent. Catholic is the primary religion of most of the islands inhabitants. Castries is the capital of Saint Lucia.