3b Beaches, Seal Beach and Bodega Bay

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3B Beaches, Seal Beach and Bodega Bay

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.wikipedia.org/search-redirect.php?search=bodega+bay&language=en&go=++%E2%86%92++&go=Go

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=seal+beach&go=Go

http://www.ci.seal-beach.ca.us/

http://www.bodegabay.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

The reason these two locations connect to humanities is that California is very much defined by its beach culture. When people think of California, they think of the ocean. These small towns offer us a glimpse of what California was before it became huge and commercialized. In this sense it can give us, culturally, a sense of our roots. These two locations also, because of their beauty, tend to be favorite spots of artists. Both towns have also been used for film making.

Contains the following elements that will be used in upcoming projects for analytical purposes:
What are some assumptions/stereotypes you think people have of each location: 1 point

Honestly, I don’t know the answer to this question. I had never heard of Seal Beach before doing this project. People have stereotypes about Southern Californian beaches in general. They tend to think of palm trees and movie stars. Now that I know about Seal Beach, those are the types of stereotypes I would associate with that town.

From what I gather from my relatives, the stereotypes that people have of Bodega Bay tend to be related to the fact that Bodega Bay is in Sonoma County which is in the wine country. When my relatives think of Bodega Bay, they think of an upscale, ritzy food and wine Mecca on the ocean.

List 3 things that make each location similar: 1 point

1. Both towns are small, Bodega Bay being much smaller than Seal Beach.
2. Both towns are beach towns.
3. Both towns are reliant on tourism.

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

1. Seal Beach is a Southern California beach community, whereas Bodega Bay is a Northern California beach community which means a difference in climate and culture.
2. Seal Beach built up around a Naval air station and munitions development, whereas Bodega Bay built up around fishing and vacationing.
3. Seal Beach is much closer to a metropolitan area than Bodega Bay is.

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

One of the things that I learned about Seal Beach is that it has managed to maintain its integrity as a small town despite the fact that it is adjacent to one of the largest cities in the world. What kind of advice for maintaining cultural integrity would the residents of Seal Beach offer to the residents of Bodega Bay as tourism and development in the twenty first century begin to strain the small town?

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 checked out Katy’s blog from last week and found that Seattle was a gold rush town. I didn’t realize that. I mostly just have the stereotypes of Seattle as a grunge and coffee kind of town. I think that this is related to our foundation because we are focusing on California and what makes California unique. I'm familiar with just San Francisco because I grew up here, but it was interesting to see the development of another very similar city with a similar past in juxtaposition to what I'm familiar with.