3B Beaches Goatrock Beach/ San Diego Beach

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3B Goatrock beach/San Diego Beach

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.youtube.com/watch?v=CRbLNbf8iR0
http://www.inn-california.com/sanfrancisco/Sonoma/Jenner/goatrock.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi5109jjS3w
http://www.sdnews.com/

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

For both searches I looked at both videos and news websites. The videos i watched are mainly videos taken by regular people to show the world what the lives of most Californians are like. Most people in California are no further than two hours from the beach. This pertains to our study of Humanities because California is it's own culture. The culture of those lucky enough to enjoy the beauty of the ocean.

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What are some assumptions/stereotypes you think people have of each location: 1 point

There are many assumptions that others have about California and our beaches. People believe that we are all blond surfers and that we all live surrounded with movie stars. Our beaches have alot to do with our attraction to other people. People from northern California believe that every beach in southern California is warm and swimable. People from southern California believe that all northern California beaches are cold and fridgid. For the most part these assumptions are right. In the videos of both beaches you can tell the difference between the weather at both beaches.

List 3 things that make each location similar: 1 point

1. Both locations are beaches that consist of sand and salt water meeting. Both locations meet up to the Pacific Ocean.

2. Both beaches are considered state beaches. They are protected under the law as a state park.

3. Both locations are tourists attractions and therefore have a constant flow of people that want to visit. San Diego is a huge beach town that is very popular and Bodega bay contains a number of hotels and tourist attractions.

List 3 things that make each location so different: 1 point

1. The weather is the most obvious difference between Goatrock and San Diego beach. Southern California beaches are much warmer than northern California beaches. Northern california beaches are rarely the types of beaches one would want to swim in. While southern California beaches are warm and inviting.

2. The water temperature also vary dramatically between both beaches. During the summer San Diego beaches' water can reach 70 degrees and seldom drop below 57 degrees in winter. Northern California beaches' wather range from 40 degrees in winter to 57 degrees in summer.

3. The landscape is the last difference between both beaches. San Diego beach has a smooth surface and no real rocky areas. Northern California goatrock beach has a very rocky ans sharp landscape, consistant with the name goatrock.

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

San Diego beach has two times the number of shark attacks as northern California beaches. Is the difference because of the amount of swimmers in one beach verses the other?

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 chose to look at Nicolette's study and comparison of Los Angeles and San Francisco. One commonality between both cities that Nicolette pointed out is that both cities were at one point settled by the Spanish. This relates to our study of humanities in that both cities are large influencial cities in California. The culture of California has largely been influenced by many different cultures and groups. In my family we are mestisos which means tht we are a blend of Mexican Spanish alot like many Mexicans. This fact has influenced my family just as California has been influenced by the settlement of both these cities.

http://ichbinfreiburger.blogspot.com/2008/10/3a-san-francisco.html