Contains a title using the format listed above .25 points
3a World Cities: San Francisco and Santa Barbara
Contains a web link to your locations. (eg you can use the tools in your blog where you paste your work; there is a little icon that looks like a link) .25 points
http://www.santabarbaraca.com/static/index.cfm?contentID=14
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco,_California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco,_California
Contains an explanation regarding how this component (any aspect of it; eg content of videos, content of websites) connects to your study of humanities. .25 point
As with almost all large and world known cities San Francisco is home to a diverse community of people. This variety of culture is reflected in its food, music, dance, and public events. San Franciscans can enjoy the Chinese New Year's with a splendid parade, or they can join in on the colorful San Francisco Pride Parade.
Santa Barbara is a smaller, but equally famous city known for it's surfing, architecture, and scenic setting that has captivated individuals for years. To me Santa Barbara is a city that most greatly resembles it's long ago past, when the Spanish and Native Americans inhabited the region.
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What are some assumptions/stereotypes you think people have of each location: 1 point
I think that many people assume you have a very liberal political viewing and that you openly embrace a gay/lesbian lifestyle if you are from San Francisco.
If you are from Santa Barbara, I think that many people may assume that you are a beach lover who is easy-going and layed back about life.
List 3 things that make each location similar: 1 point
Each location is located by the ocean and heavily influenced by it. For example, the food in both San Francisco and Santa Barbara involve many seafood specialties.
Both cities are home to beautiful art museums including the de Young Museum in San Francisco and the Santa Barbara museum of art in Santa Barbara.
Both cities contain one of the California missions. These missions were built long ago by Spanish missionaries and Native Americans, they are a significant part of our California history. (The Spanish influence is shown in the names of both cities.)
List 3 things that make each location so different: 1 point
San Francisco has a much wider variety of ethnicity than Santa Barbara. (Only about 45% of non-Hispanic whites populate San Francisco compared to Santa Barbara's 74%)
Santa Barbara has a distinct old Spanish style seen in its architecture. San Francisco has a diverse architectural elements changing from location to location. For example, Chinatown has a distinct Chinese influence to its buildings, whereas, the churches in North Beach are clearly replicated from old Italian styles.
Santa Barbara has passed a law against billboards and public advertising, making the city almost completely free of annoying advertising. This gives the city a kind of old fashioned feel. San Francisco should follow in SB steps, it would make the city so less cluttered!
Questioning: What else would you like to know about these places? When completing the question section, lead your audience into the question by stating a fact you do know, yet you still have the related question. This way, both your audience and you will have an educational experience. .5 point
I know that before the Spanish, Native American tribes lived in both the areas of San Francisco and Santa Barbara. I would like to know more about the culture of the tribes and what they thought of these two areas of California.
5. Using your classmates work from last week, tell us one thing you learned from 1 student. Is this one thing some common experience you share or some experience that is completely different than what you experienced? Is this one thing related to our class theoretical foundation and if so, how? Is that one thing related to historical or cultural context of this country or a different one? Link that persons blog to this entry (eg cut paste that blog entry here) . .5 point
I learned from Dorothy that Junipero Serra (the founder of the California missions) planted the first seeds of the varietal of grape used in Mexico to make wine. Since then the California wine industry has exploded, making it an important part of California culture as the warm Mediterranean climate was used to boost the state's economy, and give California a name in the wine industry and culture.
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